Windows 7 Reinstallation

[CharlieBoi]

Hi,

My dad recently purchased a Dell Vostro laptop for himself,the problem is that it came with windows 7 Pro 64 Bit and he needed the 32 Bit.So he purchased it..

My question is,can I install the 64 bit(which no one is using) on my Acer desktop using the re-installation cd?

Any help will be much appreciated,
thanks

 

[bensym]

Yes you can!... possibly

Hey Charlieboi,

it depends on the hardware mostly but everything after and a few of the Dual Core is more than likely 64bit capable.

but...

using the Preinstall disk will probably check the machine to see if you are installing it on a Dell, but give it a go as Security is not always instituted on the disks. once you begin the install you will soon find out if you can or not.

Cheers
Ben Symington

 

[Viva]

I think he's asking whether or not the Windows license can be used on another computer. The Acer most probably has a 64bit CPU.

I'm nut sure, to be honest, but it might be possible. You might end up having to use Microsoft's phone activation service. This once happened to me.

Just two questions: What for can anyone need 32bit Windows so badly? And why didn't he use the 64bit license to activate the 32bit Windows? As far as I know, the license is not limited to just 32bit or 64bit.

 

[Venomous]

:erm:

If you want to stay legal don't use his Dell key on your PC.

The key is locked to that laptop & dies when the laptop dies.

You could try installing the 32bit using his key & see how that goes & then possibly use the new key on your PC with 64bit software. Not sure if it will work.

If the windows he bought is a retail copy it may later be removed & used on another PC again.

MS's rules.....

 

[Viva]

I really have a issue with all these rules from Microsoft. They just make it harder to stay legal. It is seriously easier for me to activate a legal copy of Windows using an activator than it is using the official Microsoft activation method.

 

[vinodh]

Using the key will work, if you phone it through and scam them, but it's illegal. Using the recovery disks will only work if you have a Dell SLIC 2.1 marker in the BIOS. You have the Acer marker so that's a no no. That's assuming you CPU is x64 capable. If you accidentally downloaded a BIOS from the Acer site and clicked the wrong button and used a BIOS mod tool and unwittingly modified you Acer BIOS to add the Dell SLIC 2.1 marker and made a mistake by copying it onto a bootable USB flash drive and flashed your BIOS, then the Dell x64 recovery disks would work.

 

[Viva]

Using the key will work, if you phone it through and scam them, but it's illegal. Using the recovery disks will only work if you have a Dell SLIC 2.1 marker in the BIOS. You have the Acer marker so that's a no no. That's assuming you CPU is x64 capable. If you accidentally downloaded a BIOS from the Acer site and clicked the wrong button and used a BIOS mod tool and unwittingly modified you Acer BIOS to add the Dell SLIC 2.1 marker and made a mistake by copying it onto a bootable USB flash drive and flashed your BIOS, then the Dell x64 recovery disks would work.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the unfortunate series of above-mentioned mistakes happens to quite a number of people. Really weird.

 

[ponder]

I really have a issue with all these rules from Microsoft. They just make it harder to stay legal. It is seriously easier for me to activate a legal copy of Windows using an activator than it is using the official Microsoft activation method.

If it's an issue stop using their products.

 

[Viva]

If it's an issue stop using their products.

No, I like their products. I have no issue with Microsoft's products. It's just that the rules about how a Windows license can be used seems somewhat too strict for my taste. But I can't see myself moving away from a great OS like Windows 7 over a small issue like this.

 

[ponder]

No, I like their products. I have no issue with Microsoft's products. It's just that the rules about how a Windows license can be used seems somewhat too strict for my taste. But I can't see myself moving away from a great OS like Windows 7 over a small issue like this.

Then pay them what they ask.

 

[Viva]

Then pay them what they ask.

I do. But then I sometimes have issues activating - just because I didn't use the supplied recovery disc (with all HP's bundled bloatware) to do the installation, but an original. This happened to me at the end of last year. It was such a mission to activate using the license I paid for (in the end I did succeed) that I decided to use alternative and easier method's to activate my legal paid-for software in the future.

 

[vinodh]

Use OEM pre-activation. It's legal; by using a clean original disk, you won't get any of that OEM bloatware, and Microsoft even supply the info on how to do it. this way, the key on the COA is NOT used. No phoning blah, blah and it's done instantly offline.

 

[Arthur]

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All the hassles we legal users have would not exist if there weren't thieves. Vendors wouldn't have to resort to crazee protection schemes, activations, etc if people were honest in the first place. Another hidden cost of crime.
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