Installing OEM Windows 7 on a new PC


  1. Tomtom111
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    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64
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    Installing OEM Windows 7 on a new PC


    Hi,

    A couple of years ago I got a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled, now I am looking for a new laptop it since windows 8 just came out many of the new laptops are lacking it. So I was wondering if there was away to get a genuine copy of Windows 7 onto a brand new laptop, without having to buy another copy of it from Amazon or somewhere. If I wiped the drive in the old laptop and then either clean install W7 on the new laptop or use windows system image to transfer it to the new one.

    Would either of these methods leave me with a genuine copy of 7? Or of I do get a new laptop with Windows 8 am I stuck with it?

    Thanks
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  3. theog
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    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    You can not transfer a OEM preinstalled license.

    Look for old stock with Windows 7 or new with Windows 8 Pro/ Windows 7 twin load.
    or
    Buy Business, Home and Gaming Laptops from Novatech
    NO OS, Windows 7, or Windows 8.
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  4. gregrocker
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    Downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7
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  6. Tomtom111
    Posts : 365
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    Sorry to bring up an old thread, but would that tutorial work even though I would be using an OEM license on a different machine?
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  7. Kari
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    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
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    No. An OEM license / product key does not work on another PC. You need a new, valid license.
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