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Matching OS key with Windows version
I have a the Windows 7 product key to a DOA Sony Vaio laptop. It needs an OS reinstall, but it doesn't have a restore image, and I don't know if the key belongs to Windows 7 Home 64 bit, or 32 bit. Is there some type of program or site that I could enter the Product Key into to find this information?
Download it. Install and Run.
It will show the product key and version.
It will show the product key and version.
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Just a slightly different thought to the good suggestion above: can you use Sony's website to enter the serial number (http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/updates/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=0&old=n&s=VGX-TP). Once you're in, it will list all the necessary drivers and will state 32 or 64 bit, depending on what it was shipped with.
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Im not sure why the thought of contacting Microsoft made me shudder....the system is legit. Ill look into entering the serial no. into Sony's website.
No it didn't come win discs, the user was supposed to make an image when they got the laptop.
For the rest of you: the system is doa, so running anything from within Windows is a no go.
No it didn't come win discs, the user was supposed to make an image when they got the laptop.
For the rest of you: the system is doa, so running anything from within Windows is a no go.
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Safe mode actually worked. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Here's to you Snurker.
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