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Options for 'Fixing' A Pirated Copy of Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

PunkOfLinux writes "My parents are running a pirated copy of windows that my mom received from a teacher at school. My parents want to go legit, and buy a copy of Windows, but they are afraid of deleting everything and having to reinstall all their programs. Seeing as I know you guys will have an answer, I'm going to ask you: What would you do in this situation?"

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  1. Reinstall by saroth2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All you have to do is reinstall.

  2. Just rename the old folder by Phasys · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Rename the old windows folder (to something like windows.old) Install new windows (in folder c:\windows or whatever) Reinstall old applications Copy old document folders to the new document folder or link old folder to "my documents" Copy favorites. Done. Delete old windows folder.