If you reinstall windows 7, do you need a neew product key?

[nonxcarbonx]

My friend told me that if you've registered windows 7 and reinstall the home premium edition, you're old product key is no longer valid. Is this true? if so, how do you get a new key? (I'm about to reinstall)

 

[Ijack]

Don't believe everything your friends tell you. You should be fine. The very worst that would happen is that you might have to call Microsoft to reactivate your installation, but with a first reinstall this is unlikely.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Reinstalling on same box will not require a new key.

 

[Ijack]

ms's rule: one key can only be used on one computer.
the genuine key supports many and many re-installation as you want(but unexpected thing always happens).
actually, the key is bound with the motherboard. if motherboard is changed, the old key will not work any longer. so don't change the motherboard unless you have to.
a little use to contact ms under such condition.
backup is a very important method to avoid such accident. keep good habit to backup your computer.
in case, you lose the original key, or have to change the motherboard, or no backup, you must feel unfair to buy a new key at that cost from ms online store.
here suggest to buy a key from a msdn partner. their price is much cheaper, under the acceptance. you can search REDACTED - SSon google. good luck!

That's funny. According to another post you have just made you bought a key from another site! Inn fact, this is the third site you have recommended in the past few minutes.

Avoiding anything recommended by this guy. He is a spammer and the sites he mentioned are scams.

 

[Raeesa Asmal]

My hdd crashed and died (it had countless bad blocks on it). I replaced it with an sdd and my Windows 7 Professional claims to no longer be valid. My key which was recovered using Belarc is apparently invalid. According to Microsoft, they say that I must re-purchase a license and they can't help me. Apparently it's not as simple as calling and explaining the problem. They also claimed that my key was all over the internet which is weird because it was never shared by me. My Windows 7 Professional ame pre-installed on my LG laptop when I bought it. (It was bought from an online vendor based in Durban, South Africa)

 

[Someone Somewhere]

My hdd crashed and died (it had countless bad blocks on it). I replaced it with an sdd and my Windows 7 Professional claims to no longer be valid. My key which was recovered using Belarc is apparently invalid. According to Microsoft, they say that I must re-purchase a license and they can't help me. Apparently it's not as simple as calling and explaining the problem. They also claimed that my key was all over the internet which is weird because it was never shared by me. My Windows 7 Professional ame pre-installed on my LG laptop when I bought it. (It was bought from an online vendor based in Durban, South Africa)

Sounds like the vendor installed a pirated copy of Windows on it.

Does it have a COA on the bottom?

 

[Raeesa Asmal]

It was stuck to the bottom of my laptop when i bought it and has since become completely illegible