On my last Mac, I got a copy of Windows 7 and installed it with Bootcamp. I later removed that partition. If I remember right, I did it with Bootcamp assistant. I no longer have that computer and I'm going to be buying a MacBook Air soon. I want to re-install Windows on the new computer, but I'm not sure if my license is "used up" from that last computer. I also don't know if there was a way I could've removed my license from the last computer's Windows 7 before reformatting. I did no preparation whatsoever for the reformat, I just went to Bootcamp Assistant and clicked whatever the erase option was. Anyone knowledgable with this? Is my Windows 7 disc now useless?
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Can I re-use my copy of Windows 7?
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In practice, Microsoft will often still let you re-install OEM on a different machine, but you will have to call them and activate by phone.
Transfer to another machine is definitely not a right established by the EULA, so they could say no.
So Yumunum, just try it.
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Well I purchased this from Microsoft... I didn't get it with a Windows computer or anything. So is that what you'd call "retail"? I'll try it when I get the MBA. I just wish I knew if it'd work for sure :S
For what it is worth, some OEM packages, are labeled as "System Builder Edition" and don't say OEM anywhere.
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