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Is there a way to get windows 7 from my laptop on to a desktop?

Luke Robertson
By Luke Robertson
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I am buying parts for a new computer and looking to save money wherever I can. So I was wondering if there was a way I could get the windows 7 professional files from the laptop which already has it and install them to the new computer; therefore I would not have to pay for an OS.

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If your laptop had windows 7 installed when you bought it you can't reuse the key, because it's oem copy.

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If your laptop had windows 7 installed when you bought it you can't reuse the key, because it's oem copy.

I deactivated the OEM copy that I originally bought (windows 7 professional) and now my friend is happily using it on their computer.

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No, it is registered to the MOBO

No, read below.

 

If your laptop had windows 7 installed when you bought it you can't reuse the key, because it's oem copy.

No read below.

 

I am buying parts for a new computer and looking to save money wherever I can. So I was wondering if there was a way I could get the windows 7 professional files from the laptop which already has it and install them to the new computer; therefore I would not have to pay for an OS.

When manufactures make laptops it would be tedious to enter every single unique key into every single laptop. What they do instead is use a manufactures key. This registers the laptop with windows. Then they put a sticker on the bottom of your laptop and that is the key you paid for. You can use this key on a different computer because it isn't yet registered to anything. Most people don't know this and they often go unused and wasted.

 

You can't copy windows that way, but you can just download windows and use your key and you'll be fine.

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thanks. so how do I download windows?

yea about that (am wondering that myself)

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