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#1 Post by bigbear2007 » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:06 pm

I already have the Vista home Pre. disk in my hand.

Because my T60 is my work machine. Can I install Vista on my 2nd temp HD. When the time comes, I will clone to my primary HD ?

As I know OEM license only allows to change some components of the laptop so I am not sure if I can do it ?
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:39 pm

Yes, you can; but keep in mind you can only activate oem once.
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#3 Post by bigbear2007 » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:18 am

Even changing the HD is not allowed ? :roll: :roll:
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#4 Post by Chatbox » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:39 am

ryengineer wrote:Yes, you can; but keep in mind you can only activate oem once.
Some OEMs (big ones, such as DELL, HP, Lenovo...etc) don't require their customers to activate their pre-installed (or the installation from system recovery disks) Windows (Vista included).
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#5 Post by bigbear2007 » Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:45 am

Chatbox wrote:
ryengineer wrote:Yes, you can; but keep in mind you can only activate oem once.
Some OEMs (big ones, such as DELL, HP, Lenovo...etc) don't require their customers to activate their pre-installed (or the installation from system recovery disks) Windows (Vista included).
But this case is not pre-installed or system recovery disks.
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