Manage Windows 7 - uninstall and reinstall

[fohat.digs]

I may want to uninstall and reinstall Windows 7.

Part of the reason would be to move from a regular hard drive to an SS drive.

I am concerned about "using up" my installations, and/or having Micro$oft worry that the old installation is still active.

What do you do to uninstall or deactivate the current installation, so that the new one takes its place?

In the past, I just wiped and rebuilt, but once, recently, Office 2007 told me that I had used up my installations when I tried to reinstall it on my daughter's computer after a new Windows 7 format.

Thanks!

[baldgye]

pretty sure when you reboot with t he win7 disc in you can get it to go through the install process and tell it to format your c-drive

[absyrd]

OEM or retail version?

Generally with HDD changes you will not have a problem. If you do, the install may require a call to Microsoft. First step (which is usually enough) is you get connected to an automated helper that will give you a reactivation code. If that doesn't work you can get in touch with a real person and explain to them your HDD wasn't working well so you moved to a SSD.

[jspark]

If you want to remove windows installed on your computer, format the partition where windows are placed. As long as one of your boot loader settings is CD-ROM, your computer lead you installation menu when you boot your computer up with windows 7 cd.

[fohat.digs]

Thanks folks, but I suppose that I did not make my question clear.

Is there any specific "uninstall" procedure that "frees up" my disc/code/number and/or to notify MicroSoft that I am not still installed on the old hard drive?

[TheProfosist]

Nope!

[fohat.digs]

Thanks, Prof!

Just what I needed - a one word answer.

But here is another question: I got an SSD today and it is a 2.5" but came with a 3.5" aluminum plate for mounting in a 3.5" bay.

Do these things get hot? Should I put a little squirt of thermal grease between them and make that mounting plate into a heat sink also?

[TheProfosist]

Nope SSD dont get hot at all

[alaricljs]

The SD card in my camera gets hotter (since it's crammed inside the camera).

[Lanx]

some cases even have like side mounting behind the mb for ssd's since they barely get hot, imo ssd's are the last component you would have to worry about in terms of thermals. did you look at easeus, it's a partition backup software, and free i used it to move my broken ssd raided install to a crappy regular hd, and then move that to a real 128g ssd. i really hate reinstalling an os, even mine. (especially since i reinstalled my kitchen laptop(it fell off the counter, and the mbr was messed up beyond /r repair)and reinstalling wifes from win8 back to win7).