One Windows Key on two Windows OS'

Aug 8, 2014
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Hey devbest,

Heres the situation, My PC over the past two years has without a doubt accumultated its fair share of gunk and junk software, pireateware etc. It honestly hasnt bothered me just sitting there but just yesterday nero start smart failed to burn a cd for me so I have decided to reimage my machine.
The bad news is that dell doesnt send windows CD's with their products so I just got it pre-installed (XPS 8700)
If i were to legally download a copy of Windows & home premimum (service pack 1, my current OS) and mount it onto a cd and reimage using the same windows key as written on the back of my desktop wil it work?

Or is that product key only allowed to be used once?
sorry that the question may be long, thanks!
 

cxdy

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Jun 8, 2014
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You should be able to use it.
But to be honest, you should upgrade to Windows 7. Vista and 8 are shit, and XP is no longer supported.
 

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