{"id":1577,"date":"2015-08-25T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swildow.darktech.org\/wp\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2015-08-25T14:24:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:24:27","slug":"recovery-win7-os-on-failed-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/?p=1577","title":{"rendered":"recovery win7 os on failed hard drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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found out how to do it.<\/p>\n

As well as registering the cert file you also need to give a specific key for each vendor and operating system version.<\/p>\n

This article :<\/p>\n

http:\/\/techdoors.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/26\/activating-windows-7-oem-way\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Pointed me to this file:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/docs.google.com\/open?id=0Bxj5NEo7I3z9djEzRVZyd1ljQ28<\/a><\/p>\n

Which contains the OEM win 7 keys for each OS version and manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Once I put the key in and activated, it was fine.<\/p>\n

Quite a clever system when you thank about it but I was starting to panic a bit.<\/p>\n

To sum up: :<\/p>\n

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  1. BEFORE wiping, copy the following file from your computer c:\\windows\\system32\\xxx.xrm-ms <\/b>(where xxx depends on your computer manufacturer) e.g. oem-cert.xrm-ms on my HP (if you don’t have a copy, you might be able to find them online somewhere…)<\/li>\n
  2. reinstall the OS<\/li>\n
  3. copy the xrm-ms file to your PC (e.g. C: drive)<\/li>\n
  4. run slmgr.vbs -rilc C:\\oem-cert.xrm-ms<\/strong> <\/em>in an elevated command prompt (registers your vendor certificate, matches your bios)<\/li>\n
  5. run slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx <\/em><\/strong>where xxx…<\/em><\/strong> is the OEM key listed in the above google doc link (assigns a key to your PC)<\/li>\n
  6. run slmgr.vbs -XPR\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> this activates your key<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hope this helps,<\/p>\n

    Andy<\/p>\n

    Edited Apr 4, 2014 at 11:24 AM<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

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    found out how to do it. As well as registering the cert file you also need to give a specific key for each vendor and operating system version. This article : http:\/\/techdoors.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/26\/activating-windows-7-oem-way\/ Pointed me to this file: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/open?id=0Bxj5NEo7I3z9djEzRVZyd1ljQ28 Which contains … Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1578,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}