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    Reinstallation disk windows 7

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Sepharite, Aug 28, 2010.

  1. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    I have a vista inspiron 1520. My bro gave me his windows 7 reinst DVD from Dell. Will I be able to upgrade with his DVD ? Or is it not valid?
     
    Sepharite, Aug 28, 2010
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  2. Lithus

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    No. You need a Windows 7 license.
     
    Lithus, Aug 29, 2010
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  3. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    Is there any way to bypass it?
     
    Sepharite, Aug 29, 2010
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    Just use his CD key.

    Edit: before someone whines "oh that's illegal" blah blah blah... The owner of the license can GIVE it as a gift to someone else. As long as they don't sell it then nothing illegal is going on :) If the first owner fails to uninstall Win7 before giving his copy away to someone else, he still isn't breaking any laws. Software laws are such a joke....
     
    m_bisson, Aug 29, 2010
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  5. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    No, no you can't. An OEM license is tied to the hardware on which it shipped. You can't "gift" it to anyone.
     
    Lithus, Aug 29, 2010
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  6. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Lithus is right. OEM is a permanent installation.
     
    Greg, Aug 29, 2010
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    Unless he did not activate it on his laptop then techincly you could activate it on yours.... Also if it already has been activated you could call up microsoft when your trying to activate it and try to convense them that you got a new motherboard and your trying to activate it but it is not letting me... Had to do that once for a customer because they got a new desktop motherboard to replace there old one and he bought a oem key...it was a pain but it is doable
     
    Texanman, Aug 29, 2010
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    Inspiron 1520 has old bios and it will not activate after installation like on new systems with W7 bios.
     
    Jako, Aug 29, 2010
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  9. Sepharite

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    Oh okay. Then that makes more sense. I was trying to boot up Win7 for an hour, explains why it didn't do .

    Thanks for the replies.
     
    Sepharite, Aug 29, 2010
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