I was wondering I had just bought a copy of windows 7 for my own computer, and I am trying to fix a friends laptop but he does not have the CD (but does have the product key on the back of the laptop) Both my machine and his laptop are both windows 7 home. So I was wondering if I could use my windows CD to install on his laptop.
nikorr
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OK, I would install through the USB pen drive, so u don't waste even one disc.
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
How to @ http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/12/-the-usb-flash-drive.ars
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
How to @ http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/12/-the-usb-flash-drive.ars
arunphilip
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If it says OA on the sticker, then its OEM. You can use your OEM disk, or better still, as nikorr said, install via USB - its *much* quicker.
Bear in mind though that if your manufacturers are different, you might end up with different OEM branding - this is not too much of an issue, it usually is limited to the manufacturer logo and support links shown in 'Control Panel\System and Security\System'.
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