Is it possible.....

[JEDIYoda]

I just bought my wife a laptop computer that has windows 7 and I made the recovery disks.

My computer has windows Vista is it possible to use her recovery disks and load windows 7 on to my computer???

 

[Billb2]

Uh...no.

 

[hennessy1]

Is it possible yes. Is it legal no. The key is tied to her computer not yours. You will most likely have BSOD issues as well since I am assuming that you do not have identical computers.

 

[corkyg]

Unless the chipsets are the same, the probable result is a BSOD. Overall, a dumb move.

 

[bruceb]

First, most recovery media, will not install on a pc of another maker. In a lot of cases (like Toshiba) it will not even install on another Toshiba of a different model. Second, as mentioned, even if it does install it probably will not work correct, if at all. Third, is the license issue. The recovery media is for Windows 7 from a particular OEM and your laptop has a Vista license and likely not from the same OEM so it would not be legit.

 

[Paperlantern]

You could possibly recover to YOUR hard drive installed in your WIFE's laptop, boot the system, configure it, then sys prep it. Remove the drive and put it in your machine with minimal issues. However, even if this does work, there is the issue of the license, which, as someone said, is tied to your WIFE's machine, not yours. Even if it doesn't pitch a fit, you are still in violation, and I would not recommend it.

In addition to the license, you will also have all of the software, and drivers for your wife's PC installed in the system (they will be stripped during sys prep, but they will still be on the system) so it won't be super clean. All in all just better to get a licensed copy and install fresh if you want to move to 7.

 

[FishAk]

I don't understand why you would want to install the recovery disks to your computer with all the factory bloat.

You can download and install Windows 7 (any virsion) direct from Microsoft (DigitalRiver). It will work happly for 30 days free- longer if you don't mind being nagged at. After 30 days you can worry about the license.

If it's the bloatware you desire, that's available for free also.