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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?"

3 of 601 comments (clear)

  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.

  3. Re:Better still... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That's what I was going to say. Dang. Ya beat me to it.