Product Key Question

[crusher25]

My hard drive got broken last week. Going to send it to Seagate sometime this week. I wasn't able to make any backup so I lost all of my files. I just want to know if I can still use the product key of my Windows 7 Home Premium after I get my hard drive back? My dad bought this PC in Greece from Plaisio and I think the OS was pre-installed. There's a sticker of it in my CPU with the product key in it.

 

[windude99]

My hard drive got broken last week. Going to send it to Seagate sometime this week. I wasn't able to make any backup so I lost all of my files. I just want to know if I can still use the product key of my Windows 7 Home Premium after I get my hard drive back? My dad bought this PC in Greece from Plaisio and I think the OS was pre-installed. There's a sticker of it in my CPU with the product key in it.

Yes, you can use the product key on the side to reinstall Windows 7.

 

[seavixen32]

Check out this tutorial, which explains how to clean install Windows 7 using your COA product key.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

You need to make sure the ISO you download is the same version as that on your computer, which in your case is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

 

[wanchoo]

Yes you can. You have brought the licence to use the Product Key on one Computer.

If you no longer have Restoration Partition or a Windows 7 Installation DVD then you can download a legal ISO image of Windows 7 from Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life, burn on a DVD and install Windows 7.

If your legit Product Key does not activate on the Net you simply phone Microsoft and they shall readily oblige in activating your OS.

Hopefully I have covered all the points.

PS: One point was left out. Please make sure that you download, if necessary, the ISO image for Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, the OS that you are using as per your specs.

My hard drive got broken last week. Going to send it to Seagate sometime this week. I wasn't able to make any backup so I lost all of my files. I just want to know if I can still use the product key of my Windows 7 Home Premium after I get my hard drive back? My dad bought this PC in Greece from Plaisio and I think the OS was pre-installed. There's a sticker of it in my CPU with the product key in it.

 

[crusher25]

Thanks for the reply guys!

 

[wanchoo]

As the round of thanks to everybody is now done with, the thread seems to be solved. If yes then kindly mark it so.

 

[gregrocker]

Do you have Greek Win7?

 

[crusher25]

Do you have Greek Win7?

I don't think the version installed before was Greek. I just downloaded an official ISO image of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit before.

 

[gregrocker]

Then it should work again with the Product Key on COA sticker.