HELP! Laptop Repair

[mattinacan]

My neighbor's laptop has a broken hard drive. He bought a new HD and i switch it out for him. He needs windows 7 but has no disk or key. Is there anything i can do for him at this point or does he need to go buy windows 7?

 

[daswilhelm]

well if there isnt a sticker on the bottom with a key, then yea you have to buy new.

 

[memadmax]

You need a windows 7 disk.
You can download it and burn it to a dvd from the website mydigitallife.info.
From there, all you need is a key and to install it.

 

[mattinacan]

thanks! does he need to buy a key, or is there a savvy way to get one off the internet

 

[mattinacan]

also - is there any way to download to usb and make it bootable?

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Look on bottom of lappy for COA sticker with key, its sometimes UNDER the battery...

All the best Brett

 

[DarkSable]

Yeah, it can be a bitch to find sometimes - my netbook has it under the wireless card.

Also, yes, it's easy to make it install from a USB stick:

Just use this: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

And a (legal) download of windows 7:
http://www.mytechguide.org/10042/windows-7-service-pack-sp1-official-digitalriver-download/

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Good advice from DarkSable....but NO COA sticker means you WILL be buying a new copy (plus sticker) of 7...

All the best Brett