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Reformatting a Hard Drive with no Windows Disc

Generic Dreadhead · 2013-03-29 23:41:26

SO I'm going to reformat my old PCs hard drive once my new one is ready to rock so that I can give it to my girlfriend. I have lost my Windows XP CD. Is there anyway to reformat it without having to buy a new windows disc? Or (probably a stupid question) can 1 new Windows 7 disc be used on 2 computers?

29-03-2013 11:41pm

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Generic Dreadhead

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SO I'm going to reformat my old PCs hard drive once my new one is ready to rock so that I can give it to my girlfriend.
I have lost my Windows XP CD.
Is there anyway to reformat it without having to buy a new windows disc?
Or (probably a stupid question) can 1 new Windows 7 disc be used on 2 computers?

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#2 30-03-2013 12:28am

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The disk doesnt matter, its the licence key. Any disk of the same "type" will work.

If you have the key borrow a disk from a friend, BUT, if its a prebuilt machine you need the manufacturers disk specifically for that PC.

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