Win 7 installation

[Gobrowny]

Can you install Win 7 on a new internal hard drive on a laptop if you have an ISO install USB from another computer, as long as it is the same Win 7 home premium 64 bit. It will have a different licence key though, as it is from a different computer. Does that matter?

 

[ihatepcproblems2013]

not sure i understand you right. when you install an OS in a HD, everything supposed to be wiped out, any previous OS. usually a prompt comes up asking you to like either install in new partition or you can wipe everything and put a new OS on the HD.

 

[Gobrowny]

What I am wanting to do is install Win7 OS on a new hard drive. I can get the OS from one computer and then put in on the other computer that will have the new hard drive. Is that clearer?

 

[ihatepcproblems2013]

hmmm...if you want the same drive data and os to be on a different computer, there is this feature, "sysprep".

suppose to transfer same drive data along with os to a different computer. you can search it on run searh box. not without risk, backup that drive first then attempt , in case of failure.

i think as long as partition system is same, it can work(ex: mbr -mbr, gpt-gpt).

if you looking for putting win 7 on different computer, legally you supposed to have different liscense code on different computers. otherwise, computer would prompt you to get a new liscence key every so often, you can still use it after installation .

 

[jerdle]

You can install windows 7 on as many hard drives as you want using an ISO. Each will require a unique activation key, but the installer works the same regardless...

If you're asking if you can install it on a hard drive in another computer, then move the drive into a laptop, the drive will be readable as a secondary drive, but not a bootable one inside the laptop.

 

[Gobrowny]

Thanks