fresh windows 7 install on new SSD tonight.

Jamiman · 28 Oct 2010 at 12:45

NO, you can install it twice on the same license so long as you got retail version not OEM

jorzeh · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:01

Yep what Jamiman said since it's the same Hardware ID you can just boot up to both witout problems long as it is the Retail version i know this works because i do it.

cplhardnut · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:12

I got my windows from my student msdnaa account will it work with that?

DragonQ · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:13

Should do, I've used one of my MSDNAA licences on 3 different pieces of hardware (at different times) without problems.

bfar · 28 Oct 2010 at 17:01

eXist said:
all went smoothly except my steam games list is like a week solid of constant downloads now

Whao, you can simply backup the steam directory if you have a spare drive.

Also highly recommend gamesave manager to backup and restore all your saves. Incredible little app, which solves one of the greatest annoyances of PC gaming

jorzeh · 28 Oct 2010 at 17:21

you could have just copied over the full steam file and then deleted the .blob regs file steam would have sorted all the games out for you then

i have virgin 50mb so when i reinstalled 200gig of games it took like 1 night

adam_castell · 29 Oct 2010 at 12:58

Jamiman said:
NO, you can install it twice on the same license so long as you got retail version not OEM

what is the difference between retail and oem?

wapcatlet · 29 Oct 2010 at 13:20

adam_castell said:
what is the difference between retail and oem?

OEM versions of Windows 7 are identical to Full License Retail versions except for the following:

- OEM versions do not offer any free Microsoft direct support from Microsoft support personnel

- OEM licenses are tied to the very first computer you install and activate it on

- OEM versions allow all hardware upgrades except for an upgrade to a different model motherboard

- OEM versions cannot be used to directly upgrade from an older Windows operating system

adam_castell · 29 Oct 2010 at 13:25

damn it! just ordered the wrong one! lol

jorzeh · 29 Oct 2010 at 15:37

Retail version of win 7 means u only have to buy it once and can run it on any pc you own as long as you only run it on one set of hardware. It's tied to the User not the PC unlike OEM which is tied to the PC.