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hotcooler172012-02-05 20:32:52

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hotcooler17, 2012-02-05 20:32:52

Tell me, from the point of view of the law, if I bought a laptop with Windows installed, and a “recovery” disk was attached to it, from which you can install Windows with hardware binding (it will not be installed on non-lenovo), and the disk was lost / spoiled. Can I:
1) Dump a copy of this disk from the network and burn it to a disc?
2) Merge from the network and burn a copy of the installer of another OS (say, not x86 HB, but x64 HP) onto a disc, provided that the disk was intended for the same line of laptops?
2+) Merge from the network and burn a copy of the installer of another OS to a disc, provided that the disk was intended for laptops from the same manufacturer? (Any other ruler and even a branch)
3) Use a backup copy of the original disk from the delivery kit, previously merged onto a hard disk - burn the image to a disk and install an OS from it?
4) Get the same disk somewhere?

Well, another question on the topic - how is Windows generally recognized as unlicensed? By sticker? And if she is not?

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Alex42rus, 2012-02-05
@Alex42rus

All this is regulated by the contract. Most likely, you can safely merge the image of your disk and burn it yourself, or simply download the official windows image of your edition and activate it with your key on the bottom of the laptop.

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Alexey Grichenko, 2012-02-05
@Kalobok

If we are talking about legality, then the answer will be “possible” to everything except 2/2+. It doesn't matter where you got the distribution from. With number 2, if it works out (which I doubt), it will be a violation - you bought another axis.

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phasma, 2012-02-05
@phasma

You can only ask the supplier for a disk and it's not a fact that he will provide it to you. If there is no disk, then you buy a new Windows.

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DmZ, 2012-02-06
@DmZ

Given that you can officially make one backup copy from the distribution of Windows (you never know) - you “buy” a sticker in essence. And almost all contracts have a clause about one backup copy ... Then merge a copy of the original disk onto a blank - no one will simply say that this is “not a backup copy”.
As for other software versions, Dell, for example, can trace the entire scope of delivery by the serial number, I don’t think that Lenovo is worse. So if you dig, it is quite possible to say that the copy is not from the original delivery. The question is whether there will be a need / time / desire to dig.

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Solver, 2012-02-06
@solver

The facts confirming the legitimacy of Windows are
1. Purchase documents (receipt, waybill, etc.)
2. Sticker
3. Disk (original or copy)
I downloaded a trial of Windows from the microsoft site, entered the serial from the laptop. All OK, all according to the law.
The only difference is that there are no built-in firewood and a bunch of useless software.
But delivering firewood is not a problem.