i got the cd but no code

[laustin]

I have the windows 7 home premium 32bit but i lost the code for it, i dont have the money to buy a whole new windows 7. What can i do, i need my computer. Please help.

 

[Golden]

Is this a new clean install of Windows 7?

 

[edwar]

Without the license key code no one can help you. If this is a store bought PC the key is somewhere on the computer case.

 

[laustin]

it was burned to a cd for us its been used before

 

[Golden]

Hi,

On your computer, is Windows 7 already installed, or are you trying to install it for the first time?

Regards,
Golden

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello laustin, welcome to Seven Forums!


If you don't have a Windows 7 activation number there's nothing we can do to help, have a look through this tutorial linked below for other ideas.

Clean Install : Factory COA Activation Key

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[laustin]

its already installed in the computer, now i just have so many days

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Here you go mate, the tutorial at the link below will give you a few more days to figure out a solution.

Extend the Windows 7 Activation Trial Period
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[mitchell65]

it was burned to a cd for us its been used before

So if it has been used before, where was it installed?

 

[gregrocker]

Did Win7 come preinstalled on the PC? Is there a COA sticker with Product Key on it attached to the machine? It should list your licensed version. If so then Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.


If this is retail Win7 and you lost the key, then you needed to audit the Winy Product Key from the old installation it was installed upon before overwriting it with a new install. Do you have a backup image of your old install which was activated with the Product Key?

If not then you'll have to buy a new key because the Product Key is required to reinstall.

 

[laustin]

no my computer came in with windows vista which i prefer to have. the windows 7 that i have on here now was for another computer.

 

[mitchell65]

Did someone give you a copy on Windows 7 on a CD and if so where did you get the Licence Key that you have now lost?
Having just read your post again. if your PC came with Vista installed and you prefer that anyway why do you not re install Vista?

 

[laustin]

we dont have the recovery to vista but if u now how to do it with no recovery disc can u walk me thro to put it back to vista

 

[AddRAM]

You have to find and download an iso file of Vista ( the version you originally had ) then burn it to a dvd.

Then use Gregs tutorial to install it.

 

[gregrocker]

Download and follow the steps given in this link to compile a Vista ISO to burn to DVD using ImgBurn at 4x speed: Vista ISO download - Vista Forums

Then follow the steps in my Clean Reinstall tutorial posted earlier to get a perfect reinstall.

 

[laustin]

At mitchell65 in my b/f computer. isnt there a way to get the product key off his. like find it in there somewhere.

 

[gregrocker]

I explained how you can get the Win7 key out of the previous Win7 installation although you ignored it. Why do you ask questions which were already clearly answered?

If this is retail Win7 and you lost the key, then you needed to audit the Win7 Product Key from the old installation it was installed upon before overwriting it with a new install.

Do you have a backup image of your old install which was activated with the Product Key?

If not then you'll have to buy a new key because the Product Key is required to reinstall.

You just finished saying you prefer to have Vista, so I provided you with the Vista installer ISO. You ignore this and ask about Win7 again. Which is it?

 

[gazz9496]

At mitchell65 in my b/f computer. isnt there a way to get the product key off his. like find it in there somewhere.

is that computer still in use? if so then you can't use that licence key for a second machine.

unfortunately without a valid licence we can't help.

 

[mitchell65]

At mitchell65 in my b/f computer. isnt there a way to get the product key off his. like find it in there somewhere.

OK lets get things straight here. There seems to be some confusion as to what you want to do.
Lets look at Windows 7 first. I think the facts are as follows:
Someone has copied a Windows 7 install disc to a CD and given it to you. Nothing wrong with this just suffice to say you can download as many Windows 7 ISO images and burn them to CD as you wish. What you now need is the Licence key and you are looking for a way to get that from the other machine! Is that correct?
Vista. Your machine had Vista preinstalled when you bought it? Is that correct? If so the Licence key for your Vista version will be on a sticker on the underside of a laptop or on the side of the tower on a desktop!
You can download the ISO image for your Vista version from Microsoft free of cahrge. Then you can burn the image to a CD for installing.