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11/11/12 at 10:05am

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I am doing a fresh build from the ground up. Last week I upgraded my current PC from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro via download from Microsoft and ordered the back up DVD. My question is this....I have an OEM version of Windows 7 and I am well aware that changing all the components will disable the product key....but can I just put in the Windows 8 back up disc and do a clean install of Windows 8 on my new build?

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11/11/12 at 4:40pm

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Thanks for the help lol

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Samsung 830 Series 128gb	Samsung 830 Series 256gb	Seagate 1tb	LG Blu Ray
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11/15/12 at 10:19pm

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yes with the upgrade disk you can do a clean install.

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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Samsung 830 series 256GB SSD	Western Digital Black 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s	Western Digital Black 1.5TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0...	LITE-ON iHAS424 DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Corsair H100	Windows 8 Professional 64-bit	ASUS VH236H 23" 1080P	XArmor U9BL
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair HX850	Corsair 650D	Logitech G500	Audio Technica ATH-AD700
Audio
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di
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Q9450 @ 3.6ghz 24/7	EVGA NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI	XFX Double D Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) 1600mhz CAS9
Hard Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB 32MB Cache SATA...	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64	Hitachi SuperScan Elite 751
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Saitek Eclipse	Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 700W	Antec Six Hundred	Logitech G5
Audio
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
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Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM	W110ER	Nvidia Geforce GT 650M	Intel HD Graphics 4000
RAM	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
Samsung PC3-12800 1600Mhz DDR3 8GB	Seagate Momentus XT 750GB 7200RPM	Windows 8 Professional 64-bit	11" Glossy 1366x768
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