Windows 7 OEM Reinstall

Hello all,
I currently have Windows 7 OEM on a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro, but I wish to instead use it with Boot Camp where you can choose to boot into either Windows or Mac OS, because the performance is quite bad on a VM. I realize that Windows 7 OEM is bound
to your motherboard/BIOS. So, I was wondering if anyone knew if it would be possible to remove the VM I currently have Windows 7 installed, and then use the same installer disc and product key to create a Windows 7 partition in Boot Camp, since the VM and
new partition are using the same motherboard.
Thanks
-BrazM

You can install and activate the OS by calling MS support, activate windows using product ID.
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