Solve : Fresh install Question...?

1.	Solve : Fresh install Question...?
Answer» Been looking at a Lenovo laptop that is one of those ones that has Win 7 Pro 64bit installed when you get it, but has Win 8 license embedded I guess on the mobo so it's ready to upgrade to 8 which I'm not interested in doing. My question is this... how do I obtain the license keys for the copy of Win 7 that is running on the laptop? I want to do a fresh install to eliminate the bloatware WITHOUT having to go out and buy an OEM copy of Win 7. Is it possible to find out what the Win 7 license keys are? Surely they can be found somewhere on the system. Any ideas / directions on how to do this WOULD be greatly appreciated...Quote Any ideas / directions on how to do this would be greatly appreciated... Well, I say don't do it. The drivers are already installed. Bloatware overstated. You can remove it safety and gain drive space. Doing a fresh install is like cutting off toes to get rid of toenails. Before you do a fresh install, look at this: Bloatware: How to clean the crap off your PC Magical Jelly Bean KEY finder Should work. If the system came with Office or other similar APPLICATIONS you can get the Keys for those as well. If you are going to reinstall Windows It's usually better to download the drivers beforehand- just for convenience. I usually copy them to a flash drive myself, even if I have another system to use.

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Been looking at a Lenovo laptop that is one of those ones that has Win 7 Pro 64bit installed when you get it, but has Win 8 license embedded I guess on the mobo so it's ready to upgrade to 8 which I'm not interested in doing.

My question is this... how do I obtain the license keys for the copy of Win 7 that is running on the laptop?

I want to do a fresh install to eliminate the bloatware WITHOUT having to go out and buy an OEM copy of Win 7.

Is it possible to find out what the Win 7 license keys are? Surely they can be found somewhere on the system.

Any ideas / directions on how to do this WOULD be greatly appreciated...Quote

Any ideas / directions on how to do this would be greatly appreciated...

Well, I say don't do it. The drivers are already installed.
Bloatware overstated. You can remove it safety and gain drive space. Doing a fresh install is like cutting off toes to get rid of toenails.
Before you do a fresh install, look at this:
Bloatware: How to clean the crap off your PC
Magical Jelly Bean KEY finder Should work. If the system came with Office or other similar APPLICATIONS you can get the Keys for those as well.

If you are going to reinstall Windows It's usually better to download the drivers beforehand- just for convenience. I usually copy them to a flash drive myself, even if I have another system to use.

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