Windows7 and new motherboard or hard drive

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Can you use the same retail copy of Windows 7 to do a re-install if you get
a new motherboard or hard drive? I am not clear on this licience thing with
Microsoft.

Thank you,
David
 
titus12 said:
Can you use the same retail copy of Windows 7 to do a re-install if you get
a new motherboard or hard drive? I am not clear on this licience thing with
Microsoft.
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Well, you should ask in the Win7 newsgroup, rather than the WinXP one.
I've changed several hard drives and motherboards on my XP system, and
it never asked for a reactivation. I expect Win7 is the same.

Yousuf Khan
 
Can you use the same retail copy of Windows 7 to do a re-install if you get
a new motherboard or hard drive? I am not clear on this licience thing with
Microsoft.
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Yes you can. Though depending on what improvements you make to your PC
it may require reactivation. If it does require reactivation and the
online activation fails, a simple phone call to Microsoft and explaining
what's happened will get it activated again.
 
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