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I have a Vista 32 bit home edition CD which was installed on my HDD in my old build PC.
Last month I made a completely new build and used an SSD as the operating system drive for Windows 7 64 bit. My old HDD with Vista got relegated to a second drive where I keep all my mods, files and downloads.
I did not uninstall Vista before I used it as a second drive because I had over 200GB of stuff I did not want to lose.
I am now planning on getting a new laptop without an operating system and it would be ideal if I could install my vista into the new laptop to save me having to spend money on a new one.
Can I do that or will the old install still count as activated and windows deny me the install?
Last month I made a completely new build and used an SSD as the operating system drive for Windows 7 64 bit. My old HDD with Vista got relegated to a second drive where I keep all my mods, files and downloads.
I did not uninstall Vista before I used it as a second drive because I had over 200GB of stuff I did not want to lose.
I am now planning on getting a new laptop without an operating system and it would be ideal if I could install my vista into the new laptop to save me having to spend money on a new one.
Can I do that or will the old install still count as activated and windows deny me the install?