Re-formatting New HP laptop that came pre-installed with Win7 ho-pre

[tarung1793]

Hii all,,
its been a long time since my last activity in the forum, glad to be back again(that too with a new laptop, HP dv6-6017tx), it came pre installed with Win7 home premium and a LOT of HP crap software and a trial version of NIS, but i have a KIS license so in no need of Norton,,

I wish to do a re-format of the system, hoping that the computer will actually be personal again, but i am a little worried about my Win license key, if i grab a DVD of Win7 and put the key of pre installed OS, will MS accept it??

or any other ideas( i don't have a recovery CD ,btw)..

Thanks in advance

[princeaniket]

welcome again to the forum tarung1793...

congrats for your new laptop..
no, it will not accept the key of your old (new since you bought recently ) laptop..
the OS 's key that is the default Win 7 home premium is licensed to other win 7 DVD and its already being used/activated in your new laptop.. same key cannot be activated twice times .. and a new Win 7 key will be required by it.

you can uninstall the crap software using Revo uninstaller free/paid .. regarding Norton and kaspersky.. you can uninstall norton via Norton removal kit depending upon version of Norton ..

[tarung1793]

what shall i do if i want to only format it??

[whatswhat?]

Before you do anything do a windows backup using the HP program provided, (boring I know).
It will need 4 DVD's to copy it & take forever (will seem like it)
Once you start playing around with your computer & totally wreck your Windows 7 system, at least you'll have a back up to restore it again !

[A Guy]

You can try the [url=http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/]PC Decrapifier . Does HP not provide the installation disk and your windows activation number? A Guy

[JayCub]

Another way around this is a tool called ABR it backs up your license and activation, use a win 7 disk of the same OS if it's home premium use home premium, now for the downside i have used this with Vista and it worked perfectly Raymond had a blog on this app and it has been updated for windows 7 use with a usb key. Google first and see what others say as i haven't tried this on windows 7

[Bearcat]

i don't have a recovery CD ,btw..

I bought an Hp Probooks laptop last summer and it didn't come with an installation DVD either, but when I called customer service, they sent me a DVD for Win 7, and another DVD containing the drivers and software that came with my Laptop, for free. I was then able to use those DVD's to re-install Win 7 and just the software I wanted, without all the other stuff I didn't want.

[tarung1793]

Before you do anything do a windows backup using the HP program provided, (boring I know).
It will need 4 DVD's to copy it & take forever (will seem like it)
Once you start playing around with your computer & totally wreck your Windows 7 system, at least you'll have a back up to restore it again !

Thanks for the suggestion, atleast this way i won't end up asking lot of questions and spending hours dating with google, if i screwed up anything ..

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You can try the [url=http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/]PC Decrapifier . Does HP not provide the installation disk and your windows activation number? A Guy

Nope, they just gave me the laptop, battery and BIG power brick with cables., that was all in the box,,

---------- Post added at 04:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:46 PM ----------

Another way around this is a tool called ABR it backs up your license and activation, use a win 7 disk of the same OS if it's home premium use home premium, now for the downside i have used this with Vista and it worked perfectly Raymond had a blog on this app and it has been updated for windows 7 use with a usb key. Google first and see what others say as i haven't tried this on windows 7

.Thanks man, it looks perfect and the comments confirm that it works on Win7, will try it after i found a Genuine copy of Win7, hom-pre.

Any suggestions for the source, any authentic download location available??(i won't trust most of the net space for that)...

[INDRANIL]

You can find here some download links here .

[tarung1793]

finally, I have decided not to format my PC, just remove what is junk for me, and keep the ABR generated key in a safe place for future, that way i dont have to wait for hooouuurrrrrsssssss waiting for the recovery disc...

Thank you all,,,