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Hey, how can i reset windows without loosing my license key?
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Are you intending to reinstall windows? I believe to do this is by putting the cd in, deleting the current partition, then reinstalling windows.

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Are you intending to reinstall windows? I believe to do this is by putting the cd in, deleting the current partition, then reinstalling windows.

yeah, but will i loose my license if i do that?

 

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yeah, but will i loose my license if i do that?

 

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/productkeysactivation/gr/mjbkeyfinder.htm Run that, make sure you do it in offline, so disconnect from the network. Then run it, note down the key, make sure you take a picture of it incase you get a letter wrong, then re-install windows 7 and then use the key when it asks you to. 

 

Does your pc not have a sticker on the side of the case? 

"Use the force Harry" 

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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/productkeysactivation/gr/mjbkeyfinder.htm Run that, make sure you do it in offline, so disconnect from the network. Then run it, note down the key, make sure you take a picture of it incase you get a letter wrong, then re-install windows 7 and then use the key when it asks you to. 

 

Does your pc not have a sticker on the side of the case? 

its a laptop, and yeah its a sticker under, and i cant acess windows beacuase the files are corrupt, it boots then it shutdown when it says "loading windows"

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its a laptop, and yeah its a sticker under, and i cant acess windows beacuase the files are corrupt, it boots then it shutdown when it says "loading windows"

You should be able to reuse the key 

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You should be able to reuse the key 

okey, but that key is for windows 7 home premium, and i only have a windows 7 professional disk.

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Oh, well then that's a problem. The only way of installing premium would be to get another cd then.

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If you have access to another computer, download the official .iso from the Microsoft store and burn it to a CD/memory stick. (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool). Then select the device as your boot device and re-use the key that was on the sticker on your laptop.

 

Also yes downloading the iso is perfectly legal since it's the trial version, activating it with a keygen/fake key is the illegal part.

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okey, but that key is for windows 7 home premium, and i only have a windows 7 professional disk.

Do you not have the CD that came with the laptop? 

 

Download the one you need from digital river: 

 

Then burn it and install it with your key: http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/

"Use the force Harry" 

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Thanks for the replis guys, i will try it out now! :)

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If you have access to another computer, download the official .iso from the Microsoft store and burn it to a CD/memory stick. (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool). Then select the device as your boot device and re-use the key that was on the sticker on your laptop.

 

Also yes downloading the iso is perfectly legal since it's the trial version, activating it with a keygen/fake key is the illegal part.

i cant find the official.iso file on the microsoftstore :(

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is this windows 7 home premium?

The first two are yeah, have you got a 32 bit or 64 bit system there? 

 

It should say on the sticker! 

 

Then download it, burn it install with your key. 

 

BTW they are official files and not from torrents or anything so your safe. 

"Use the force Harry" 

                   -Gandalf

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Borrow from a friends win 7 DVD burn it to an iso remove Ei.cfg from iso then burn modded iso to DVD. Now u have universal win 7 installer

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The first two are yeah, have you got a 32 bit or 64 bit system there? 

 

It should say on the sticker! 

 

Then download it, burn it install with your key. 

 

BTW they are official files and not from torrents or anything so your safe. 

i downloaded the 64 bit windows 7 home premium, but a problem occured while i tried to mount the iso file. http://prntscr.com/4yy1xy

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i downloaded the 64 bit windows 7 home premium, but a problem occured while i tried to mount the iso file. http://prntscr.com/4yy1xy

 

What are you using to mount the ISO and where are you mounting to? usb or burning it to a CD? 

"Use the force Harry" 

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http://prntscr.com/4yyh5l

I am trying to mount it on a usb 

Did it download correctly without any problems? 

 

Which one did you download? 

 

Try this one: : 

 

http://www.isotousb.com/

 

make sure to click bootable, any chance of burning it to a dvd or something? 

"Use the force Harry" 

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I guess if you re-install and "Overwrite" the actual Win7 installation the new install will keep most of your data in a folder called "Windows.old" or such, please tell me if i'm wrong guys.

Don't get mad, get even...

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Try downloading it again, did it complete correctly? 

 

Which version did you end up downloading? 

"Use the force Harry" 

                   -Gandalf

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