Windows 8 install. Need help ASAP!

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Dunkan77

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Hello guys,
I'll be straightforward on this one: I have an older computer that doesn't boot anymore so I decided to take its HDD and plop it in my new one to re-fromat it and reinstall an OS and here's my problem:
This has a Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.4 Ghz so it's already quite slow and on an ASUS P5B SE mobo. Can I install multiple copies of Windows 8 off a single DVD and if yes, will the computer even support it? Sorry if the question is stupid but I don't know much about latest software running on 8 year old hardware :D

Thanks for a blitzing fast answer from you, awesome Tom's community!
 
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You can use the CD for as many machines as you want, you can only use the product license key for one machine and one machine only!

Win 8 will work on your old hardware
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Yes and no-
The actual disk is the media- The media is useless without the key, so to install windows 8 on multiple computers, you have to buy multiple license keys.

Sorry!
 
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Dunkan77

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Ok so I don't have another product key. Can I install the 64-bit version of it?
 
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Dunkan77

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It's ok now, the PC boots much much faster(well, it must because it wasn't booting at all before the hard wipe...)
Thank you guys! I have another issue though so if you can help, look forward to my other post because this one's title will be misleading.
 
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