Additional FAQs and Wikies (Updated 16th of November 2014)

The wikis listed below are all unofficial documentation. They have been written and adapted to tackle the problems of the Dell Microsoft OS Forum by me, Philip Yip, the Dell Community Rockstar natakuc4.

Dell Technical Support may not be able to assist with unofficial configurations such as the unofficial driver sets or installation of Windows with Retail Media.

Microsoft Windows

Windows 8.1

Explanation of the OEM or Retail License (Philip Yip)
A Clean Install of Windows 8.1 (Philip Yip)
Download Windows 8.1 Retail and OEM .iso (Philip Yip)
Downloading Windows 8.1 Enterprise Trial (Philip Yip)
Customising and Using Windows 8.1 (Philip Yip)
Obtaining your BIOS Embedded System Locked Preinstallation 25 Digit Product Key (Philip Yip)
Installation of Windows 8.1 using a Windows 8.0 Product Key (Philip Yip)
Dell Backup and Recovery/Alienware Respawn - Setup A New Factory Partition on A Clean Install, Create Recovery Media and Restore Using Recovery Media (Philip Yip)
Dell Computer Support for Windows 8 Upgrade and Windows 8.1 Update (Dell ID 575111)*
Dell Technical Support Videos for Windows 8 (Dell)

* A number of unofficial drivers have been made for unsupported systems. See below.

Windows 7

Explanation of the OEM or Retail License (Philip Yip)
A Clean Install of Windows 7 (Philip Yip)
Download Windows 7 Retail and OEM .iso (Philip Yip)
WSUS Offline Update - Patch Windows 7 Fully (Theres no SP2) (Philip Yip)
The Activation Backup and Recovery Program (Philip Yip)
Dell Backup and Recovery/Alienware Respawn - Setup A New Factory Partition on A Clean Install, Create Recovery Media and Restore Using Recovery Media (Philip Yip)
Microsoft Windows 7 Compatible Dell Systems and System Requirements (Dell ID 273634)*
Dell Technical Support Videos for Windows 7 (Dell)

* A number of unofficial drivers sets have been made for unsupported systems. See below.

Windows Vista

Explanation of the OEM or Retail License (Philip Yip)
A Clean Install of Windows Vista (Philip Yip)
Download Windows Vista Retail and OEM .iso (Philip Yip)
WSUS Offline Update - Patch Windows Vista Fully (Philip Yip)
The Activation Backup and Recovery Program (Philip Yip)
Dell Backup and Recovery/Alienware Respawn - Setup A New Factory Partition on A Clean Install, Create Recovery Media and Restore Using Recovery Media (Philip Yip)

Windows XP

A Clean Install of Windows XP (Philip Yip)
WSUS Offline Update - Patch Windows XP Fully (Philip Yip)
Download Internet Explorer 8 (Microsoft)
End of Life - April 2014 (Microsoft)
White Paper Mitigating Risk: Why Sticking with Windows XP is a Bad Idea. (IDC Analyze the Future)

As XP is at End of Life you should avoid its use and migrate to a modern OS such as Windows 8.1 or 7. Neither Dell or Microsoft will support Windows XP. As XP is at End of Life, Dell cannot ship out any Windows XP Reinstallation CDs/DVDs.