So a when windows 7 first came out, i purchased it online with the student discount and downloaded. Now that computer has been stolen which i downloaded it on. I did make a copy of windows 7 on a CD, but I didnt write the activation code, stupid.

Anyway of getting that activation code?? It was on my laptop which was stolen. Can microsoft issue me a new one??

 

try to call em up, say you reformatted, it should work.

 

your secret is safe.
you can tell us.

you got this copy from a friend, didnt you?

 

Look for an email from Microsoft or Digital River.

 

^ or it might be in your microsoft digital locker. But they should've emailed you the key

 

thanks, digital river narrowed down the search. With windows 7 search i guess i overlooked this email. Email has the key as well. Cool. Thanks

 

For anything I buy electronically, I make a pdf copy of the receipt/e-mail and keep it titles in my documents folder and via Google cloud.

 

I have a folder in my email called misc software downloads that I keep stuff like this in.

 

yea i had all that stored on my laptop. This was also the time before google drive. And I dunno if I knew about dropbox back then. Neve figured my laptop would get stolen. And in that case I got a mac, but i wanna bootcamp it so i can use particular programs that doesnt work on apple.