Reformat using legit CD Key

[jbl772]

So I am about to sell my laptop which has a legit Windows 7 Home Premium.

I was planning to use WipeDrive (If someone knows a better program for this tell me) to wipe the entire HDD clean. Then I was going to install Windows 7 that I downloaded from Digital River and use that to install Windows.


If I do this process, it will ask me for a CD key correct? Then if I input the legit key I have right now will it work? Or will Windows say "This key is already in use" or something like that.

Please help ASAP so I can sell it, thanks!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.dban.org/

Wipe drive then reinstall.As long as key is legit you should be ok.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

As said it will work BUT....

You will ALSO have to install ALL the laptop drivers and extra software from the manufacturers site...

All the best Brett

 

[13thmonkey]

can you not use the recovery mechanism on the laptop to re install everything?