Charged computer hard drive Gateway laptop with Windows 7 and installed in the Dell computer. Now it says Windows is a counterfeit
my gateway labtop has been damaged so I removed the hard drive and installed in my dell requires a hard drive. It worked great for about a month and now it tells me that I have a copy of windows conterifet. When I bought the two all have windows 7 on them what make? I can't afford to buy and I have not to?
When you buy a computer with a copy preinstalled Windows 7, it's the OEM version is good ONLY for the system with the original motherboard. If you remove the hard drive and move to another computer, Windows 7 license is not good and cannot be enabled. Please don't shoot the Messenger! :-)
Good luck.
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