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new hard drive have key but no original OS disc
I have a Samsung Laptop that had Windows Home Premium OEM. Did not come with a copy of Windows but I have the key. I do not have a recovery disc. I am in México right now. My HD crashed and a local computer store is doing the repair. Normally they just install their own Windows Pro 7( probably using it illegally!). But it is in Spanish! I know how to change almost everything to English but some things never change. A real pain! I do have an upgrade disc of Windows 7 that I purchased a long time ago to upgrade another computer from Vista. Can we just install this upgrade to my laptop but use the key that is on the laptop? Or would I have to use the upgrade key and call Microsoft? Thanks