Since there are others on this list that will be albe to answer the IT
part of this better than I can, all I want to talk about right now is
the Best Buy part of this problem....
If you bought software from them based on THEIR incorrect
information/guidance....then they should make good on THEIR error. If I
was you I would make a stink and see to it that they make it right.
Did you pay with a credit card? I'd call your credit card company and
see if they can help as well.
tim
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On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Scott wrote:
> Okay, bought new Win8 discs. Bought new Samsung 250GB SSD.
>
> Put SSD in laptop, works. Installed Win8, works.
>
> Win8 is not 'activated', because the discs I purchased appear to be
> for an upgrade, not a clean installation, according to the popup when
> typing in the activation key.
>
> I asked specifically that question at Best Buy when buying the
> discs--can I put a NEW HD in my laptop, NO CLONING and install this
> Win8 set? They said yes. There's nothing on the packaging that says
> 'upgrade'. Not that it matters, but I suspect my solution is illegal,
> so I'm staking out the moral high ground now.
>
> I don't want to clone anything from the old drive to the new one. I
> have the cables, but they (the drives) are different capacities, and
> last time I tried that it all went bad. I also don't want to risk any
> malware going from the old drive to the new one.
>
> I'm inclined to say screw it and just use the Win8 on the laptop in
> its unactivated state--it seems to work fine. Am I risking jail time
> or anything else awful? I assume I cannot return the Win8 set to Best
> Buy and buy the 'right' set.
>
> On a side note, there are no Win8 video drivers on Dell's website for
> an E6400, and the display randomly shuts off, but then it did that on
> the old HD, too, but only after I installed Win8.
>
> This is why I avoid IT stuff on my own. Is the 'right' solution to
> clone the old drive, and if so, can any one recommend a web tutorial
> written as if for a five year-old, but that is also comprehensive? I'd
> need to clone an 80 GB drive to a 250 GB SSD, and I want the bare
> minimum necessary to be kosher with those Redmond bastages.
>
> And Dell sucks. All hail Lenovo. This crap never happened on our
> Lenovo machines.
>
> Scott
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