Re: product key help

You will have to buy a retail copy of Vista (standard, not upgrade) to use with Boot Camp. You cannot use the product key from another computer. If you have a computer with Vista and did not get disks it is because Vista came preinstalled on the computer. You cannot use a product key from the bottom of that computer with any other computer. You can use a retail Vista dvd from any source but you still have to buy the product key and that means buying a copy of Vista.

I also run Windows on a MacBook Pro and used Boot Camp to set it up for installation. Take my advice and allow at least 40GB for the Windows partition.

"josh" <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7218CE87-34CB-43E1-972E-1363106C11BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ah, there in lies the problem that i dont have my disks which is why this
whole predicament started :)

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

An OEM version has a Cert. of Authority sticker on the back, and a standard
MS install CD has the Product key on the disk sleeve somewhere.

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"josh" <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A0623EE1-3193-4431-BC7C-681717C0C234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> how can i tell if i got an OEM version or not? I have a toshiba and > when i
> use magial jelly bean it tells me my code and vista home edition > premium.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Both for your current Product key, and for the borrowed disks, you >> could
>> not
>> do it if they are OEM products, married to a certain hardware
>> configuration.
>> If they were both the same Edition of Vista, and they were standard
>> install
>> disk and key from MS, you could mix and match.
>>
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>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> "josh" <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:73815204-AC5F-4FDB-9494-55A9D638B62D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi, i am getting a macbook pro on monday and wanted to dual boot it
>> > with
>> > bootcamp, the problem is i do not have my vista cd's. If i obtain >> > cd's
>> > from a
>> > friend is it possible to use the cd key that i have on this computer
>> > with
>> > the
>> > different disks and different computer?
>>

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