You can also change the product key before getting MS activation involved. http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034890.html
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Jeremy Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > Just use whatever OS OEM disk you have laying around and type in the key > from the bottom of the laptop. You will have to install the drivers from > Hpaq’s site, but no big deal. > > > > Using a “normal” OEM disk will be a lot cleaner than a Hpaq restore > anyways. > > > > OEM media is OEM media. I have used Dell disk to install on Lenovo’s > before. This is a bit trickier, cause it **usually** takes the key off the > bottom, but not always, then you have to type in a “dell” key, call in to MS > activation, and tell them your Lenovo is a Dell. Its cool too, cause in > system properties of your Lenovo it has the Dell Logo. > > > > I am sure someone is going to argue with me on the legality of this, but > its an OEM disk, you have an OEM key on the bottom of your laptop, you just > had to use a different key to install. > > > > But if you use a non-branded OEM disk to install, then the key on the > laptop will work fine and you will not have any activation issues. > > > > Jeremy > > > > *From:* Devin Meade [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2009 8:59 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Compaq nc6400 Laptop OEM ISO download? > > > > HP Compaq NC6400 w/ a bad hard disk. It has a recovery partition, but we > have no OEM CD's. I want to swap the HDD out. Is there a download from HP > on this? I could not find anything but drivers and utilities. Maybe I can > clone the recovery partition (which seems to be good) to a new disk. > > Thanks, Devin > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
