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Cannot Install Windows 7 on New Hard Drive
Hi there-
Im new here. I recently bought a dell inspiron mini netbook from a guy off ebay and i was told to set up a system image on an external drive for reasons of backup or restore. Now, I just bought a 320GB Hard Drive and I want to use the system Image to put the OS back onto the new drive but when I try the F8 thing, nothing happens, Im either prompted for F2 which is settings or F12 which is the boot menu. I get this error when the computer trys to boot up normally.
PXE-E61 Media Test Failure, Check Cable
Operating System Not Found
Of course the operating system is not found its a brand new hard drive which doesn't have anything on it. If anybody knows how to get my windows 7 back on the new drive, please post here. Thanks in advance.
Lee
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January 19th, 2014 05:00
Follow Windows Reinstallation Guide/A Clean Install of Windows 7:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/
Note this system will likely have a license for Windows 7 Starter. There is no download link from Digital River for the Starter version but it can be obtained by modifying the bootable USB stick made from the Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit .iso by removing the ei.cfg file, see here for details:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-microsoft-windows-and-office/download-microsoft-windows/windows-7-sp1-iso-download/