installing Os on customer Pc

excelmike · 07-08-2009, 09:42 PM

Hi. My name is Mike and i am starting a PC repair business soon and need to know how do I go about installing a OS on a customers PC. Do you I charge them for a license? can I buy a certain version from Microsoft that allows me to install on many computers? I saying this only if customer doesn't have there install CD and hard drive partition is corrupt. Any insight on this would be very helpful! Thank you

**manic** · 07-08-2009, 10:51 PM

I dont own a pc repair business. But I do build and repair alot on the
side. What I do for a new build is buy a oem copy of the os. Cheaper,
and I tell the client that the oem os stays with the pc, I give them the
option of full version which can go to any machine, or oem. But I know
you can buy mutiple licenses from micro soft, if you do alot I think
that may be cheaper..Others in here that run a pc business will
probably post more info......

excelmike · 07-08-2009, 11:29 PM

Thank you for the reply. That was the exact answer I was looking for. You have been real helpful. T

hanks again!!

**manic** · 07-09-2009, 04:21 AM

Your welcome! Good luck,,

07-08-2009, 09:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
excelmike Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	installing Os on customer Pc Hi. My name is Mike and i am starting a PC repair business soon and need to know how do I go about installing a OS on a customers PC. Do you I charge them for a license? can I buy a certain version from Microsoft that allows me to install on many computers? I saying this only if customer doesn't have there install CD and hard drive partition is corrupt. Any insight on this would be very helpful! Thank you

07-08-2009, 10:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,244 OS: xp	Re: installing Os on customer Pc I dont own a pc repair business. But I do build and repair alot on the side. What I do for a new build is buy a oem copy of the os. Cheaper, and I tell the client that the oem os stays with the pc, I give them the option of full version which can go to any machine, or oem. But I know you can buy mutiple licenses from micro soft, if you do alot I think that may be cheaper..Others in here that run a pc business will probably post more info...... __________________

07-08-2009, 11:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
excelmike Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: installing Os on customer Pc Thank you for the reply. That was the exact answer I was looking for. You have been real helpful. Thanks again!!

07-09-2009, 04:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,244 OS: xp	Re: installing Os on customer Pc Your welcome! Good luck,, __________________