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 I have purchased my hp lap since 4 years , it was installed on it Original widows 7 so it worked good even after some time i could recover the original drivers and the original windows 7. last year , accepting an windows 10 upgrading but it did not work good and at last i decided to comeback to my windows 7 but this option is not available again , so i contacted Microsoft help and they told me to reinstall fresh windows7 and it will be automatically activated but it did not happened. help me to   re activate   my windows 7

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Probably if they were made correctly and the set is complete. 

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Windows 7 needs a Key Code to activate. You might have a sticker on the bottom ot the laptop or inside the battery bay with your original Key Code, and that can still be used, depending on the version of Windows 7 that you installed. Where did you get the Windows 7 that you have just installed?  

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No  Key   on  the  lap   top  ,   i  have purshaced it   with  this  windows   even   the  logo   of it still   here

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the   recent    windows   is  from   link  gave to me by microsoft team of support  and  said   to  me  that  your  manfutrer  of your lap   who  only can  activate  you

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Not true. You need a Key Code. 

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I    have   4  CDs   of recovery   from  very  early  date   of  purchasing   ,   can  i use it  to recover  my  original  windows ?

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Probably if they were made correctly and the set is complete. 

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How i  do  this   ,   Hp  recovery manager   dont  start 

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You have to boot from the recovery disk #1 to start the process. Tap F9 as you power up, with the disk in the drive and it should give you a boot menu. Pick the disk drive as the boot source. 

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