Copy the retail of Windows 8

I had bought Windows 8 pri when it was first released.  I installed it on a convertible netbook from dell duo touchscreen. I sold the netbook restore factory settings, which has windows 7.  I do have Windows 8 and have not reinstalled it on any computer and want to sell it, can I?

Hello

You can sell a retail license, as long as is not installed anywhere else.

But you must tell the buyer that they might have to phone activation, due to the fact that you had installed on another machine, which can generate activation errors...

If you don't tell them that you installed before the formatting of the old machine and sell it, they don't know what to say Microsoft if the activation fails, and can then contact you for assistance.

See you soon.

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