Windows serial numbers

dtokez · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:43

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a laptop from a friend, but he has lost the windows 7 installation disks. It has the code printed on a label at the bottom.

Can I install a version of 7 and use the serial on the laptop? If so where could I get a copy of win 7 with no code?

Thanks

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:55

Visit my digital life forums. You can get the desired disc there. This is perfectly fine to use other discs with that serial on the bottom of the laptop.

Pho · 23 Mar 2012 at 15:39

Are you sure it even came with discs? Usually the recovery data is on a separate partition on the hard disk nowadays.

robinbredin · 23 Mar 2012 at 20:30

Pho
Are you sure it even came with discs? Usually the recovery data is on a separate partition on the hard disk nowadays.

I know that Dell do that.

nutsnut · 24 Mar 2012 at 10:16

If its a manufactures specific OEM install then i don't think the COA sticker will work with a Non-OEM disc.

Deleted member 77746 · 24 Mar 2012 at 10:41

nutsnut said:
If its a manufactures specific OEM install then i don't think the COA sticker will work with a Non-OEM disc.

It will be fine, done it plenty of times.

Deleted member 77746 · 24 Mar 2012 at 10:42

MDLF has every disc anyone can want. Most direct links from digital river.