albator Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Is it possible to reinstall windows 7 on a laptop using a OEM DVD with a legal key ?I was doing this with XP and it worked fine. I could format, partition the HD and then install a clean XP with the OEM key provided by the licence.Is it still possible in Windows 7 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hi Albator:The original activation key may be used after reinstalling Windows 7 to activate it again whenever the same Windows version is installed. It is nevertheless allowed to use the same key for both 32 and 64 bits working modes.HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albator Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) activation key ? what do you mean.I know about serial number and the activation process but I never heard about the activation process. Edited October 28, 2011 by albator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 You could find some help about: How to preserve your Windows 7 copy activated, reinstalling on the SAME COMPUTER and same architecture:My exampel:http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/139572-ask-your-seven-xml-here/page__view__findpost__p__967168http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/139572-ask-your-seven-xml-here/page__view__findpost__p__967448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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