Toshiba Recovery CD

ekam · 7 Aug 2010 at 15:16

may be a stupid question but i was wondering if u can use my Toshiba laptops recovery CD to install windows vista on my home PC and use the CD key which is written on the under side of the laptop to validate it.

gav2pac · 7 Aug 2010 at 16:09

ive used the same toshiba recovery cd on a few different laptops, worked no probs providing you have the key as you do

ekam · 7 Aug 2010 at 16:29

gav2pac said:
ive used the same toshiba recovery cd on a few different laptops, worked no probs providing you have the key as you do

sorted! so your 100% sure i just load it and boot of the CD? and does it work on desktop computers?

ekam · 7 Aug 2010 at 16:51

gav2pac said:
ive used the same toshiba recovery cd on a few different laptops, worked no probs providing you have the key as you do

oh and if i use the CD key from the laptop will it be a genuine windows setup?

Meatball · 8 Aug 2010 at 14:13

ekam said:
may be a stupid question but i was wondering if u can use my Toshiba laptops recovery CD to install windows vista on my home PC

What brand is your home computer? Your Toshiba disk will be customised for your laptop and thus won't work with your desktop.

and use the CD key which is written on the under side of the laptop to validate it.

No. Your laptop has an OEM windows licence, meaning you're Windows licence is tied to your laptop and cannot be transferred. If you want Vista for your desktop you'll have to purchase another licence. What OS is your desktop running?

ekam said:
oh and if i use the CD key from the laptop will it be a genuine windows setup?

No your desktop will be unlicensed and as illegal as a pirate copy. Every computer you have has to have it's own individual licence. You'll be using 1 licence for two computers.

gav2pac · 8 Aug 2010 at 14:14

sorry i misread, i thought you wanted to install it on another toshiba, my bad

jasonjax1 · 8 Aug 2010 at 14:20

the recovery disc will only work on different laptops of the same range.

i.e. if i bought 4 toshiba laptops with all the same specs, i would only need the 1 recovery disc for all 4, rather than keeping all 4 disc.

using it on a desktop won`t work in theory as the recovery disc will be installing all the components i.e. the gpu of the laptop vs the gpu of your powerful desktop.

a simple analogue would be "trying to feed a elephant, a mouse meal"

hope that raised a laugh