Looking To Install Windows 7

Hello everyone,

i recently bought a laptop without an OS, which was a mistake. I am currently living in a foreign land and well, i dont speak the language so well
anyway, i bought an ASUS K50IE - SX170
when i boot it up it asks to insert bootable media and restart the computer. I had some old Win XP disks, but these did not work.
So i am looking for buying windows 7 proffessional. I was told i need to get an OEM copy? which is ok, because the only ENG version of windows they sell here are OEM copies.
i am a little concerned about buying the wrong windows product. i want to make sure it boots and is legal to have and that it will run on my system. The driver disc that came with the laptop says all drivers are supported in Win 7. so i guess thats ok.

Never got a computer before without any OS, so i am a little nervous, and the price is a lot for me so i want to make sure i get it right. I am in a hurry right now, but if anyone needs more details i can supply them later. thanks in advance!

 

I am not totally up on licensing but I believe that an OEM requires a preinstallation kit of some kind while a full retail version does not. There are several people here who can help you out on this and should be around shortly.

 

I wouldn't consider myself the last word on this. But my OEM copy of W7HP installed without any advance preparation of the sort you mention. The only thing I was unable to do was an in place upgrade.

 

ok, so if i get the hands on an OEM, i think it will be better.

I just want to make sure it is bootable (as there isnt even FreeDos on my laptop atm)
and that it is compatible with the system. The store sells the same laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium so i am guessing that should be fine.

also, is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit? which one should i get?

here are the system specs:
intel core2 duo t6500
nvidia geforce 310m: vram 512mb
320gb HD
3gb memory


driver support win 7 32/64 bit

thanks for the answers so far

 

Yes, there is a difference. For your system, the 32 bit version will be fine.

 

what are the specific differences? and how will 64bit run?

thanks for the recommendation though, was just curious about the main differences

 

There are still far to many programs that are either not compatible or at least fully compatible with 64 bit. Most PC manufacturers are shipping with the 64 bit reinstalled and that has been causing some issues. I was fortunate to find a laptop that I both liked and was one of the few loaded with the 32 bit version of W7. I am not sorry.

 

You're welcome.

Read here for answers.

 

Befor you purchase any OS, check that you can get all the drivers required, as even now there are some W7 drivers not available for specific hardware

 

Although I'm not really looking forward to Windows 7, I'm able to install Windows 7,
along with WinXPpro and then I can learn Windows 7 gradually.
So the given links by "allheart55" are very interesting to me, to get an OEM version of Windows 7,
without buying a new computer.

My experience with the OEM-version of winXPpro was like this :
Activating winXPpro via internet was limited, after that I had to activate winXPpro by phone
and that was quite annoying. It worked of course, but it's easy to make mistakes (alot of figures) and then you have to start all over again.

Is this the same with the OEM-version of Windows 7 ?
Is it better to buy the retail-version of Windows 7 to avoid a phone-activation ?

 

There should be no actuation or validation problems with either version if it is a "first time" installation. The bigger problems arise when you try to re-validate and OPE version after significant hardware changes.

Let's please remember the initial issue and not expand it further.That is what New Topics (threads) are for.