Genuine Windows 7 resfreshing--Need help

[WAQAS47]

Assalam o alaikum pak gamers.
About: I bought a used Dell Inspiron 411 Z, which came with a pre-installed genuine windows 7.
Problem: Now i am in need to install a fresh windows 7 os. as i am not having the genuine windows setup, is it possible that if i install locally available windows 7 and as per activation part i enter the windows key mentioned at the back of my laptop? will the new windows 7 accept the entered key?what if it accepts, will the windows be then called a genuine?
I need your good advice cause i am really in need of new window and also afraid of messing up the original windows as well if my plan fails.

 

[yousufr]

Assalam o alaikum pak gamers.
About: I bought a used Dell Inspiron 411 Z, which came with a pre-installed genuine windows 7.
Problem: Now i am in need to install a fresh windows 7 os. as i am not having the genuine windows setup, is it possible that if i install locally available windows 7 and as per activation part i enter the windows key mentioned at the back of my laptop? will the new windows 7 accept the entered key?what if it accepts, will the windows be then called a genuine?
I need your good advice cause i am really in need of new window and also afraid of messing up the original windows as well if my plan fails.

Taken from Microsoft's website:
"[FONT=Segoe UI, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif]You can re-install [/FONT]Windows on the same computer as many times as you want because activation pairs the Windows product key with information about your computer hardware. If you make a significant hardware change, you might have to activate Windows again."

You can re-install windows and use the same key as many times as you want on the same computer. However, it's best to use the windows backup file or DVD because that installation is custom-made specifically for your machine, and has all the necessary drivers. In case you do not have the backup file, then you would have to manually install all the drivers which can be quite confusing the first time.

 

[WAQAS47]

Taken from Microsoft's website:
"You can re-install Windows on the same computer as many times as you want because activation pairs the Windows product key with information about your computer hardware. If you make a significant hardware change, you might have to activate Windows again."

You can re-install windows and use the same key as many times as you want on the same computer. However, it's best to use the windows backup file or DVD because that installation is custom-made specifically for your machine, and has all the necessary drivers. In case you do not have the backup file, then you would have to manually install all the drivers which can be quite confusing the first time.

Bro i dont want to use my windows back up file, bcoz my old windows has become slow due to some softwares... Thats why i want to install fresh windows. By using the windows backup i think my old slow window will come again

 

[Skyd]

It's advised to use a backup, not necessary. Go ahead, you will be fine!

 

[fpj1]

afaik laptops with genuine windows come with a recovery mode or manager of some sort. Use that and you can get your laptop back to its factory condition.

 

[aura]

1. it has to be of same version which license says i.e. if its Home Premium then u should install Home Premium
2. Check and see if u have Recovery partition (a large size one e.g. grater then 10 GB). If so you can restore your laptop to default factory settings using ImageX or recovery CD

 

[newb3e]

Regarding win7 installtion i was tryijg to install win7 today but i got stuck it was asking for some driver to continue wth is this all anout is there a way to skip this step and go on with installation

sorry op dint wanted to create another thread.

 

[murtaza12]

If it's Home Premium then reinstall Home Premium. When it asks for a key use the one on the back of the laptop. It'll work fine. If you need anything else just ask me because I just did this process yesterday.

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