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April 22, 2014 6:38:57 AM

Background: Had an ASUS g73jh, HDD died. Had professional install a Samsung 120gb SSD, Windows 7 on the SSD, and a 500gb WD HDD. Laptop died- fell from approx 4 feet off the floor, due to my clumsiness/tripping over small child-screen and case were worst damaged parts, mobo and ram/drives appeared undamaged. I believe the HDD and SSD are still operational (to be confirmed in the next few days). I plan to replace the ASUS by building a new desktop, from ground up. Assuming the drives still work just fine, here are my questions:

Can I use them on the new system? (The HDD was just media storage/games/documents, so I assume it should be okay to just install it.

Can I re-install Win7 on that SSD, and how to do this on the new build. It sounds like I need to wipe/format the ssd, is it possible to do this from the BIOS?

I know these are total noob questions, but hey, I like a challenge, and I am here to learn!
Thanks in advance

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April 22, 2014 6:44:07 AM

Yes, the HDD will be fine, assuming it still works.
For the SSD and OS, just install the OS on it, wiping out any and all partitions as you do it. Boot from the Windows install disk, and off you go.

Do you have another license key for the OS?
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April 22, 2014 7:27:43 AM

No i do not- it was installed by the repair shop, who used their own, if that makes sense. I will probably have to buy Win 7 again.
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a c 906 G Storage
April 22, 2014 7:30:01 AM

Vervuel9 said:
No i do not- it was installed by the repair shop, who used their own, if that makes sense. I will probably have to buy Win 7 again.


If they installed it, they are required, by the terms of the licensing, to give you the key.
If they won't....yeah, you'll have to buy your own.
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April 22, 2014 8:17:05 AM

Ah, that makes sense then. Will have to talk to them this week.
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April 22, 2014 9:48:02 AM

USAFRet said:
Vervuel9 said:
No i do not- it was installed by the repair shop, who used their own, if that makes sense. I will probably have to buy Win 7 again.


If they installed it, they are required, by the terms of the licensing, to give you the key.
If they won't....yeah, you'll have to buy your own.


If the shop installed a full retail version, you should have received the install DVD with a product key on the packaging. If you no longer have the packaging, you can get your product key by installing and running an informative utility called "Belarc Advisor": http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

If the shop installed an OEM version of Win 7, then the OS is not transferable to the new system and you'll have to buy a new copy.

Yogi

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April 23, 2014 6:20:11 AM

Y0GI said:
USAFRet said:
Vervuel9 said:
No i do not- it was installed by the repair shop, who used their own, if that makes sense. I will probably have to buy Win 7 again.


If they installed it, they are required, by the terms of the licensing, to give you the key.
If they won't....yeah, you'll have to buy your own.


If the shop installed a full retail version, you should have received the install DVD with a product key on the packaging. If you no longer have the packaging, you can get your product key by installing and running an informative utility called "Belarc Advisor": http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

If the shop installed an OEM version of Win 7, then the OS is not transferable to the new system and you'll have to buy a new copy.

Yogi



Thanks for this, they did install an OEM version I have found out, so yep have to buy a new version. At least this way i will have an actual physical copy. Thanks everyone!
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