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formating my laptops hard drive

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hey guys, im not to sure if i should post it here or not but here goes..

my sony vaio laptop is sitting here waiting for me to sell it, and i want to freshly install windows 7 on it and format the hard drive to save me uninstalling EVERYTHING.

now how can i go about this as i dont have the windows 7 serial key?

i dont want to have to use a loader for it as if im selling it, i dont want the buyer to have hassles with it.

any help is fine and is appreciated 

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hey guys, im not to sure if i should post it here or not but here goes..

my sony vaio laptop is sitting here waiting for me to sell it, and i want to freshly install windows 7 on it and format the hard drive to save me uninstalling EVERYTHING.

now how can i go about this as i dont have the windows 7 serial key?

i dont want to have to use a loader for it as if im selling it, i dont want the buyer to have hassles with it.

any help is fine and is appreciated 

Load home premium 64 bit onto it and leave it unactivated.

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Load home premium 64 bit onto it unactivated.

will it automatically activate or?

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They will have to activate it with their own home premium key.

hense why i started this topic. to find a way around that

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There isn't any legal way around it.

ok

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You can use some Linux based installer cd/partition maker to wipe drive without having to put any OS onto it. Buyer will need to install OS in order to use the thing ofc.

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