Josh154
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Processor | Intel core i7 920 D0 @ 4.0 1.216v |
Motherboard | ASRock X58 Extreme |
Cooling | Corsair H50 |
Memory | G.SKILL 6gb 1600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | 2x evga 8800GTS 512mb SLI |
Storage | WD Caviar Blue 320gb |
Display(s) | Vizo 32"1080p |
Case | NZXT Lexa S |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | PC Power&Cooling Silencer 750w |
Software | Windows 7 home premium 64-bit |
Hey guys, so I'm starting to do a little pc repair stuff for some of my parents co workers and what not and here is what I'm faced with at the moment.
So this guy has a HP laptop that the hard drive has went bad in. It has errors where it says cannot read disk upon start up and it will not boot into windows. Once i get the laptop, I'm gonna take the hard drive out and try booting from a live CD to be sure it's actually a hard drive error and not something else.
So let's say it's the hard drive, i order a new hard drive for it, how do i go about installing windows on it again? It's got a vista x64 COA on the bottom. Now as far as i know, i cant just use any vista x64 disc that matches whether its ultimate or not. I need a OEM disc from HP themselves. Is that correct?
Also, so lets say i get a HP oem windows vista ultimate x64 disc, and then in the future i get a dell laptop that has windows vista ultimate x64 and has a COA on the bottom. Can i use the OEM disc i got from HP on this dell?
Basically, what discs do i need to go about reinstalling windows on clients computers if i do keep doing repairs? I want to be legit and have all my discs so in the future reinstalling is a breeze.
I'm pretty sure i need a OEM disc as well. On my old m2000 laptop, when trying to reinstall windows with a retail xp home edition disc, and my COA on the bottom of the laptop it wouldn't work. I'm guessing because its a retail disc and my key is OEM.
Thanks for all the help in advance, i really appreciate it as this will help me upgrade and build new systems for folding@home for TPU
So this guy has a HP laptop that the hard drive has went bad in. It has errors where it says cannot read disk upon start up and it will not boot into windows. Once i get the laptop, I'm gonna take the hard drive out and try booting from a live CD to be sure it's actually a hard drive error and not something else.
So let's say it's the hard drive, i order a new hard drive for it, how do i go about installing windows on it again? It's got a vista x64 COA on the bottom. Now as far as i know, i cant just use any vista x64 disc that matches whether its ultimate or not. I need a OEM disc from HP themselves. Is that correct?
Also, so lets say i get a HP oem windows vista ultimate x64 disc, and then in the future i get a dell laptop that has windows vista ultimate x64 and has a COA on the bottom. Can i use the OEM disc i got from HP on this dell?
Basically, what discs do i need to go about reinstalling windows on clients computers if i do keep doing repairs? I want to be legit and have all my discs so in the future reinstalling is a breeze.
I'm pretty sure i need a OEM disc as well. On my old m2000 laptop, when trying to reinstall windows with a retail xp home edition disc, and my COA on the bottom of the laptop it wouldn't work. I'm guessing because its a retail disc and my key is OEM.
Thanks for all the help in advance, i really appreciate it as this will help me upgrade and build new systems for folding@home for TPU