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I bought an HP laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled. It has a label with Windows serial number. However a Windows Installation DVD was not provided. I want to repartition the HDD to install Ubuntu and create a data partition. But I want to be sure that I will be able to restore Windows even if I reformat hdd or replace it by another one.
Is it enough to burn the system image on a bunch of DVD+Rdl and System repair disc using Windows 7 standard tools and save them in a safe place?
By standard tools I mean:
- "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Backup and Restore -> Create a system image" and
- "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Backup and Restore -> Create a system repair disc"
Is there any other way to achieve this?
He can't install Windows. He didn't get a Windows disc with his PC, as he explained. If he wanted to buy a second Windows license he wouldn't have bothered posting this question. – CarlF – 2011-10-04T16:40:34.693
@_CarlF That's why I told him to download an .iso image on wWondows 7 OS and burn it on a disc, no need to buy another license for that :) – Random Guy – 2011-10-05T06:27:25.863
No, but I believe it's illegal, and if he has an OEM license I'm pretty sure it won't activate generic Windows (although I could be wrong). – CarlF – 2011-10-05T12:27:36.503