can I use my win7 laptop recovery disc on my desktop ? desktop has its own license key

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lego95

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Hey everybody. ... so I was wondering ...I am not gonna use my laptoos key . Desktop has its own key but I have lost thre installation cd and I only gave laptops recovery disk ! Is it gonna cause problems to my desktop if I install that disk ?
 
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It likely won't work at all since many OEM recovery disks are keyed to only run on specific hardware. Try it and see what happens. If there is a driver disk, do not run that, you will need to get drivers installed after you install the base operating system.
 
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lego95

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well i did install win7 from the recovery disc and i enter my desktops licence... so far so good ! i installed all my drivers and now windows are updating ... i just wondered if its gonna cause problems in the future !
 
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