COA on X220 how to proceed, if no HD

[gychang]

I plan to get a x220 from ebay, unfortunately no HD, but am told it has a win 7 Pro COA sticker in the battery compartment.

1. will I be able to legally install windows 7 pro?
2. am told I have to contact Lenovo for discs, is this true and what will be the expected cost?

thanks,

[rkawakami]

1) Yes, if you obtain a factory recovery disk set.
2) If you go through the factory you could obtain a set for free if the system is still under warranty. Otherwise, it's about $50 including shipping/taxes.

An alternative would be to post a WTB here in the Marketplace, detailing exactly what COA is on the system (i.e., 32 bit or 64 bit).

[ajkula66]

You could actually install W7 Pro from almost any media. The worst that could happen is that you'd have to place a call to Microsoft in order to activate the OS if the online activation won't take the key.

[MikalE]

Yes, I've done it many times with a valid key. All you need is the .iso.