Apr 30, 2010 #1 W whs Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS. -- whs
Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS. -- whs
Apr 30, 2010 #2 S satwilson whs1260115 Wrote: > Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change > of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS. I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on my Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you. -- satwilson
whs1260115 Wrote: > Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change > of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS. I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on my Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you. -- satwilson
Apr 30, 2010 #3 W whs satwilson1260130 Wrote: > > whs1260115 Wrote: > > Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change > > of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS.> > > I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use > my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on > my Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you. I was answering the OPs (Phil) question. -- whs
satwilson1260130 Wrote: > > whs1260115 Wrote: > > Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change > > of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS.> > > I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use > my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on > my Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you. I was answering the OPs (Phil) question. -- whs
Apr 30, 2010 #4 L LVTravel "satwilson" wrote in message news:87cc25deb09cb4bdbcf9c8647ca71767@nntp-gateway.com... > > whs1260115 Wrote: >> Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change >> of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS. > I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use > my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on my > Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you. > > > -- > satwilson No. You need to contact Dell and see if you can get a recovery disk from them. Should be able to with just a little cost.
"satwilson" wrote in message news:87cc25deb09cb4bdbcf9c8647ca71767@nntp-gateway.com... > > whs1260115 Wrote: >> Changing a disk creates no licensing problem whatsoever. Only a change >> of the mobo would require a reactiviation by MS. > I wasn't concerned with reactivation issues, but rather if I could use > my Win7 PRO DVD to boot and access the the System Recovery Options on my > Vista O/S. Please read my original post, thank you. > > > -- > satwilson No. You need to contact Dell and see if you can get a recovery disk from them. Should be able to with just a little cost.