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new hard drive need windows 7 or 10 professional installed.
old hard drive went bad and i just purchased and received a 2tb hard drive thats clean.
im looking for clean instructions on how to get windows 7 or 10 professional installed on the hd.
please dont send random links that contain other random links about windows. lol.
is there a disk or drive on ebay that can be acquired cheaply ?
any help appreciated.
DELL-Jesse L
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September 22nd, 2016 05:00
beavis1122,
Click the link below for information installing Operating Systems on your computer.
Windows Operating Systems
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September 22nd, 2016 07:00
Sorry, but a Dell Hosted Recovery Image is currently not available for the Service Tag that you entered. Please enter another Service Tag or contact Dell Technical Support for further assistance.
would this disk work ?
www.ebay.com/.../112142516531
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September 22nd, 2016 10:00
but i have a key code on my computer
no good ?
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September 22nd, 2016 10:00
BEAVIS1122,,
If the win10 disc installed on your computer you could not activate it because it clearly states No Key Code.
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September 23rd, 2016 06:00
BEAVIS1122,
If you have a Windows 10 key code you can download from the MS link below.
Download Windows 10
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September 23rd, 2016 06:00
no computer came with windows 7 pro.
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September 23rd, 2016 08:00
beavis1122,
The free upgrade to Windows 10 is over. You would need to purchase Windows 10.
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September 23rd, 2016 10:00
is there anyway i can get windows 7 or 10 on hd with having to purchase it?
maybe best to buy a cheap computer with 7 pro on it and using a clone to get it on new hd ?
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September 26th, 2016 06:00
BEAVIS1122,
When you install a cloned Windows OS onto a PC the operating system configures itself to that particular computer your removed it from. . Unfortunately, while cloning does create a perfect copy of your hard drive and the operating system. It will try to compensate by installing new drivers automatically, but if it can't.. If you transfer your existing OS to a new PC, much of that hardware is going to be different – and that can be a shock to your OS. It will have drivers for certain hardware, but that hardware is gone. It will try to compensate by installing new drivers automatically, but if it can’t find the right drivers it will likely crash.
If you are thinking of purchasing another computer with Windows on it and transfer the OS. you may want to just purchase the OS and avoid all cloning the OS for another computer.
Click the link below to purchase a recovery disk for your computer to install Windows 7. Actually, the disk are pretty cheap from what I am hearing.
Windows Restore Disk
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September 26th, 2016 07:00
ok thx a bunch.
dell offered to sell me a disc for about $20.
i bought something cheap on ebay, if it doesnt work i can buy what appears to be windows 7 pro sp1 for about $35.
www.ebay.com/.../112088285206
Hi Ron
Thanks for your reply
We tried to reach you however got routed to voicemail
As The System Is OWR there will be a charge for the Operating System Recovery CD : 19.99$ +taxes
You can revert on the email if in case you want to proceed with the same .
Regards,
Dell Tech Support