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    Reinstall Windows 7 OEM?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by piperpilot12w, Oct 19, 2011.

  1. piperpilot12w

    piperpilot12w Newbie

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    I recently purchased a U46E-RAL6 laptop. I want to reinstall Windows 7 to get rid of the bloatware. I have a copy of Windows 7-64 OEM from a desktop that I built. Will the OEM version work with my laptop by using the Windows code on my laptop, or does it need to be a retail version of Windows?
     
    piperpilot12w, Oct 19, 2011
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  2. arrowslinger

    arrowslinger Notebook Consultant

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    Very touchy and depends I did this once with a cyberpower disk made for that machine only.

    Best bet is

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/win...-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html

    I downloaded the 64 bit win7 installed my laptop COA worked beautifully :cool:
     
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    Samsen Newbie

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    If both are same exact version on Win7, there should be no problem.
    Thought physically otherwise may work, legally it should not be done.
     
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    khadir Newbie

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    dear all ,
    i have asus k401j c2d i installed win7 but bluetooth not showving in bios and divice maneger inside
    i installed all wifi console and bluetooth drivers but blue tooth not shoving fn+f2 opton coming..........any budy can help me ? :D
     
    khadir, Oct 20, 2011
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  5. volati1e

    volati1e Notebook Consultant

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    Should work fine since this disc you already have doesn't sound like a manufacturer specific one. However, the advantages to downloading the ISOs that arrowslinger mentions are that you can get a Win 7 with SP1 built into it already so it saves you 1 less step when you are doing the OS install.

    I went this route and the only thing is that you probably won't be able to activate online. You will get a message on the screen that you need to call for activation but it just involves reading a bunch of numbers to an automated system and entering in the numbers on your screen to activate. It takes 5 mins max.
     
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    piperpilot12w Newbie

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    Thanks for the replies. I'll give it a try.
     
    piperpilot12w, Oct 20, 2011
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