OS serial on restore disk

[SooperDave]

I've got a few older Sony laptops and am going to sell them. They are the same series and I plan on copyng the factory restore diskks I have and including the copies with the sale. After I imaged one of the hard drives with those disks it didn't prompt me for the key. I used a product key reader and found that the key didn't match the key on the bottom of the laptop the disks came with. Makes sense. Making individual disks for each machine would be spendy and time consuming. So is this a generic key that works with any Sony of that series? Or maybe any Sony. It really doesn't make any difference to me. Each one of these has a COA, but I am curious and would like to know more. What do you guys think?

 

[Paperlantern]

Usually, in cases of those types of disks, yes it works and is valid as long as it is a sony (i dont know how granular they get with the models), but if the software sees its on a sony, its activated and works without any further need to mess with it.

 

[tcsenter]

So is this a generic key that works with any Sony of that series? Or maybe any Sony. It really doesn't make any difference to me. Each one of these has a COA, but I am curious and would like to know more. What do you guys think?

Yes, its a generic key. The system uses a BIOS-based OEM pre-activation scheme that checks certificate files installed on the system (included with the OEM restore or installation media) against customized code in the OEM BIOS. Its OEM specific but rarely is it model or family specific, meaning it will work on multiple different systems from the same OEM.

 

[SooperDave]

Thanks guys :thumbsup: