Install using the "i dont have a key option if it asks for one"
I suggest you buy the DVD today. Once these are gone they will NEVER be available again. The windows refurbisher program has ended as has support for windows 7 and 8. From now on its windows 10 only 64 bit only.
speedstep
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February 5th, 2021 08:00
There are no soft fixes for physically bad drives.
There is no panacea fix for all dell models all years all os versions.
Buy a new drive
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Internal-Drive-3-5-Inch/dp/B07H2RR55Q/
Buy an OEM windows 10 dvd
Install using the "i dont have a key option if it asks for one"
I suggest you buy the DVD today. Once these are gone they will NEVER be available again. The windows refurbisher program has ended as has support for windows 7 and 8. From now on its windows 10 only 64 bit only.
https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-windows-10-home-64-bit-installation-recovery-disc-only-no-license-key-included/p/N82E16832350237
Install clean on the new drive.
Put the old drive on a drive wire or dock to recover any data if possible.
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-FIDECO-Converter-5-25-Inch-DVD-ROM/dp/B077N2KK27
Ontrack data can do this for $350 diagnostic and $3500 recovery of data.
Ontrack recovered all the data from a hard drive that came from the crashed space shuttle.
https://www.ontrack.com/en-us/blog/kroll-ontrack-space-shuttle-columbia