Clean Vista install WITH NO ACTIVATION

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So far the reports I've been getting are mostly positive. Seems to be working well for most people.

Hey orev. I'm planning to buy HP Envy 15. this might be a stupid question: since it doesn't come with a built-in optical drive, I was wondering if i could still perform a clean install with an external optical drive?

[orev]

Hey orev. I'm planning to buy HP Envy 15. this might be a stupid question: since it doesn't come with a built-in optical drive, I was wondering if i could still perform a clean install with an external optical drive?

This is offtopic for this thread, but you can transfer the Win 7 install files to a usb drive and install from that. There are a few tools available that make this very easy. Google can tell you how.

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This is offtopic for this thread, but you can transfer the Win 7 install files to a usb drive and install from that. There are a few tools available that make this very easy. Google can tell you how.

Oops. My apologies. I just thought since the beta release of ABR works for win7, I could ask that question. Thanks a lot for your help though!

[nealloy1981]

Guys, any1 help me plz. i m new in HP Laptop. i used to use dell. anyway, just yesterday i bought dv6-210ea laptop(core i7). after that i have fresh installed my own bought operating system which is Windows 7 ultimate 64bit. everything is fine with driver installation except the quickset button. i have installed the appropriate version from their website and installation was successful as well. but when i touch the volume button i can't see any pop up windows where it normally shows the level, u knw what i mean. and even if i click on Caps lock button, it doesn't show anything in the screen. guys i m new in hp so i don't knw which order or how to install this stuff. plz help me...

[b|lly]

Question fellas.

Can I take activation files from one language version windows 7 and put it into another and make a succesfull activation?

Lets say I have a cert files from German Windows 7 and want to activate English version ?

[orev]

Question fellas.

Can I take activation files from one language version windows 7 and put it into another and make a succesfull activation?

Lets say I have a cert files from German Windows 7 and want to activate English version ?

Yes, this should work fine, as long as it's the same edition (Premium, Ultimate, etc...)

[b|lly]

Thanks, will give it a try tomorrow from a start, tried today but no luck with activating in and dont know what the problem is...

maybe:

Turn off the Wireless Network switch and unplug any network cables.

Do you think this have any effect and we really need to do it?

[orev]

Thanks, will give it a try tomorrow from a start, tried today but no luck with activating in and dont know what the problem is...

maybe:

Turn off the Wireless Network switch and unplug any network cables.

Do you think this have any effect and we really need to do it?

Network or anything else will not effect activation. However, I assume you are using ABR to originally backup the OEM activation and also using it to restore. Hardware changes will only effect non-OEM activation. Is this what you are doing?

[b|lly]

No, I use other program, since ABR does not support win7 yet, or it does?

I used this:

Rongchaua's blog Windows 7 Activation Backup and Restore

PS, I am starting with everything from start, will report in 1h if it works this time...
PSS, just found out there is a beta ABR version, will test it!

[b|lly]

Worked great man, good job!

Tested on windows 7 home premium 64 bit.