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If you're doing a fresh install on a brand new drive then you'll want to get the OEM version I'm pretty sure.

 

And yes you can say that, but I highly recommend wiping the drive by writing over it multiple times using a utility such as Eraser because I don't know what kind of information you have on your copy of windows on that drive. If you haven't used that drive at all (so you basically haven't turned on the computer or typed in any information at all), then it's probably fine but if you've logged into your microsoft account and whatnot, then do yourself a favor and securely erase your drive so that other people don't get their hands on your personal data. The fact that it's a hybrid drive might complicate things a little bit, but I'll leave that up to you to research :)

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I recently bought a Lenovo Y50 and plan on removing the HDD hybrid drive with a SSD. The laptop comes with a copy of Windows 8 but with me changing the drive I thought I could change the OS to Windows 7 Proffesional. I've been looking for a copy of the OS and see different versions such as OEM and some for refurbished or brand new. If I do this what version of the operating system should I get? Also, if I sell the HDD hybrid drive from the laptop can I say it has a copy of Windows 8 on it?

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Is there a specific reason for you to downgrade? Windows 8 has better hardware support for your laptop and is faster overall.

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Is there a specific reason for you to downgrade? Windows 8 has better hardware support for your laptop and is faster overall.

Besides, W10 is coming out in just a couple of months, so why not just wait?

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If you're doing a fresh install on a brand new drive then you'll want to get the OEM version I'm pretty sure.

 

And yes you can say that, but I highly recommend wiping the drive by writing over it multiple times using a utility such as Eraser because I don't know what kind of information you have on your copy of windows on that drive. If you haven't used that drive at all (so you basically haven't turned on the computer or typed in any information at all), then it's probably fine but if you've logged into your microsoft account and whatnot, then do yourself a favor and securely erase your drive so that other people don't get their hands on your personal data. The fact that it's a hybrid drive might complicate things a little bit, but I'll leave that up to you to research :)

I actually couldn't underclock my 5 year old GPU to make it as slow as a next-gen console.

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Is there a specific reason for you to downgrade? Windows 8 has better hardware support for your laptop and is faster overall.

I have Windows 7 Professional on my desktop and so I would be mapping my laptop and desktop together. I think you can do that on Windows 8 as well but I also personally prefer Windows 7 myself.

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If you're doing a fresh install on a brand new drive then you'll want to get the OEM version I'm pretty sure.

 

And yes you can say that, but I highly recommend wiping the drive by writing over it multiple times using a utility such as Eraser because I don't know what kind of information you have on your copy of windows on that drive. If you haven't used that drive at all (so you basically haven't turned on the computer or typed in any information at all), then it's probably fine but if you've logged into your microsoft account and whatnot, then do yourself a favor and securely erase your drive so that other people don't get their hands on your personal data. The fact that it's a hybrid drive might complicate things a little bit, but I'll leave that up to you to research :)

Thanks for the help!

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