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‎03-25-2019 09:26 AM - edited ‎03-25-2019 09:27 AM

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Product: p21113w
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hello Everyone.    My friend who lives in another state is low income and his computer is vista and does not work properly anymore, slow etc. I have 3 hp computers and want to give him my desktop windows 7 tower. I bought it 3 or 4 years ago.  I want to install it in my friends home so he can have a computer. Is there any problem i may run into? I have all the original disks to install it on another pc! 

NOTE  I realize it is not under warrantee anymore.

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‎03-25-2019 02:30 PM

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You will wipe the HDD only if you want your data to be non-recoverable...but I dont think this is the case...

Also wiping out a HDD...causes premature wear on the hard drive...so I dont suggest you do that...

Just do a clean reinstall if you dont want your friend to bother with that....and thats about it!

Good luck!

Mike
HP Pavilion 590-p0026nq, Core i7-8700, 8GB, 1TB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060+Samsung 970 Evo Plus 256 GB NVMe

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‎03-25-2019 12:20 PM

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As long as you are giving him the whole desktop+the cd's along with the license...I dont see any problems!

Mike
HP Pavilion 590-p0026nq, Core i7-8700, 8GB, 1TB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060+Samsung 970 Evo Plus 256 GB NVMe
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‎03-25-2019 02:20 PM

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Do I have to wipe the disk clean before i reinstall the operating system with the disks or just install right over the harddrive?  I dont care what i have on it? Please let me know and Thank You

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‎03-25-2019 02:30 PM

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You will wipe the HDD only if you want your data to be non-recoverable...but I dont think this is the case...

Also wiping out a HDD...causes premature wear on the hard drive...so I dont suggest you do that...

Just do a clean reinstall if you dont want your friend to bother with that....and thats about it!

Good luck!

Mike
HP Pavilion 590-p0026nq, Core i7-8700, 8GB, 1TB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060+Samsung 970 Evo Plus 256 GB NVMe
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