windows 7 disc problem

sniperone · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:35

i have lost my windows 7 disk moving house , i still have my activation code and a freind is going to lend me his disc .

thing is his disc has service pack 1 and mine did not , will i be able to use it with my code or do i need one without service pack 1 , both are 64bit versions

thanks in advance

BigBoy · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:43

it will be fine!

sniperone · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:45

Thanks buddy

firewallblocked · 23 Aug 2011 at 22:57

If you look at this Microsoft link it looks like you can't use an activation code for WIN 7 Sp1 with WIN 7 disc.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Windows-7-activation-error-invalid-product-key

Microsoft Quote:
•You might be using a product key that doesn't match the version of Windows 7 that's installed on your computer. Check the product key to make sure it is for the version that you are trying to activate. You can't use a product key for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to activate a copy of Windows 7 without SP1.

Your using it the other way round, I hope it works out.

I have installed WIN Vista 32-Bit using a Vista 64-Bit activation code. Only found this out after I bought a 64-Bit disc and decided I wanted 32-Bit instead. Not sure if this is the same for WIN 7.

BigBoy · 23 Aug 2011 at 23:25

The cd key will work just fine, sp1 makes no difference!