I have erased all the hard drive for some reason and I don't have anymore the windows version of my laptop,the question is below!
hi,
I like to know if somebody has a laptop with windows 8.1 installed and has a recovery partition in the case of reinstalling windows 8.1. somebody has erased all harddisk with low level format for some reason.
now this man has no more 8.1 to reinstall it. I have my self the dvd of this version of windows 8.1 or suppose the trial version ,
if I install the windows from my dvd (or the trial version )and activate it with his product key which is on his laptop voor his 8.1 version.
is this action illegal or not ? if this action is illegal i like to know why?
thanks
johan
h.david
If a proper license is held for the product, MS do say that you can use any legitimately-acquired media to re-install.
If the computer originally shipped with a manufacturer-supplied copy of Windows (OEM), then only the media from the OEM should be used. This might require him to purchase a set of recovery discs or USB from the OEM.
It may be possible to retrieve/download a copy of Windows 8.0 or 8.1 from the MS website, with only a product key, but, it is common for modern computers sold now, that there is no visible product key (instead, the key is stored in firmware)
If you need to download Windows 8.1, to create installation media, this article may help:
http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-81-tip-download-windows-81-iso-windows-8-product-key
Don
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