Windows 7 new hard drive

[CapnCrunch]

Hi,

I just had my hard drive crash on my laptop and figured its a good time to finally upgrade to a bigger one. The question I have is with my copy of windows 7.

I bought a windows 7 cd that it only good for an install on one computer, and it's currently installed on my crashed hard drive.

Can I replace my old trashed hard drive with the new one and still install windows 7 using this cd? Or do I need to get another windows 7 cd?

Thanks.

[sputnik]

You will be fine installing it again.

Microsoft isn't THAT strict when it comes to re-installations of the same license.

[eblend]

As long as the major components of the pc don't change (like motherboard) then the install will work and activate without issue

[CapnCrunch]

Sweet, thanks guys. :thumbsup:

[BlackArcher101]

And even if you do change the computer drastically, you just call up Microsoft when the activation fails and they will usually do it on the phone no questions asked.