My step-daughter bought a Dell Inspiration 6400 with T2130 processor when she studied in the UK and later bought a W7Ult upgrade disk and I installed it for her when she returned to Thailand.
I now have that Laptop and have replaced the HDD with an SSD. I made a bootable USB from the Upgrade Disk and did a Custom install. It wouldn't activate.
I talked to Microsoft and went through the activation process with them. Result he said this is an upgrade disk and you need to install XP Pro first. I did explain all but he was adamant. I don't have the XP Pro Disk.
I understand his point but the fact that I had bought everything legally now seems unfair that a failed HDD makes my purchases invalid.
I have genuine W7 Ult (X64) on my other laptop and tried that key but it said you can't use it on this computer. I also don't have a W7Ult (X86) DVD or bootable USB.
Is there anyway out of this other than find an XP Pro CD and do as he suggests. Any point in trying MS again.
Thanks
I now have that Laptop and have replaced the HDD with an SSD. I made a bootable USB from the Upgrade Disk and did a Custom install. It wouldn't activate.
I talked to Microsoft and went through the activation process with them. Result he said this is an upgrade disk and you need to install XP Pro first. I did explain all but he was adamant. I don't have the XP Pro Disk.
I understand his point but the fact that I had bought everything legally now seems unfair that a failed HDD makes my purchases invalid.
I have genuine W7 Ult (X64) on my other laptop and tried that key but it said you can't use it on this computer. I also don't have a W7Ult (X86) DVD or bootable USB.
Is there anyway out of this other than find an XP Pro CD and do as he suggests. Any point in trying MS again.
Thanks
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bitIntel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Penryn 45nm Te...3.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)Mobil Intel (R) Express Chipset Family
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP Compaq CQ45 102TU Laptop
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Penryn 45nm Technology
- Motherboard
- Compal 30F7
- Memory
- 3.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Mobil Intel (R) Express Chipset Family
- Sound Card
- High Definition Audio Device
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic PnP Monitor on Mobil Intel 4 Series Express Chipset
- Screen Resolution
- 1280*800
- Hard Drives
- 224GB Hitachi HTS542525K9A300 ATA (SATA)
- Internet Speed
- Fibre ... Paying for 30 down and 7 up and normally get more
- Other Info
- Desktop is a standard ACER M3920 (with 4GBs RAM and running Win7 Professional 64bit.
Dell Inspiration 6400 T2130 CPU, 2GB+0.5GB RAM W7Ult X86 256GB SSD
