I did dowloaded window 10 on a usb drive. But when I tried to start the pc i get the message "an operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system"
Assuming you mean you used the Media Creation tool to prepare the flash drive (simply copying the MCT to a flash drive does not prepare the bootable media you need), connect it to a USB 2.0 port and then powerup. Press F12 a few times until a boot menu appears. If the system sees the drive as bootable, it will show up in the boot list. Select it and away you go with the installation.
My hard drive failed. I have a backup of the data. I purchased a new hard drive but I do not have a recovery disk for my Inpirion R15 5537 that came with Window 8 and upgraded to window 10. What to do next? Please help
Your 5537 has a DVD drive.
If you have another PC with a DVD drive, download the Windows 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD.
ejn63
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February 17th, 2022 17:00
You will need a blank flash drive -- and can create boot media onto it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Windows will auto-activate on connection to the Internet, since you had Windows 10 activated on the system already.
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February 18th, 2022 10:00
I did dowloaded window 10 on a usb drive. But when I tried to start the pc i get the message "an operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system"
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February 18th, 2022 10:00
I install a new internal hard drive and I do not have a recovery druve
ejn63
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February 18th, 2022 12:00
Assuming you mean you used the Media Creation tool to prepare the flash drive (simply copying the MCT to a flash drive does not prepare the bootable media you need), connect it to a USB 2.0 port and then powerup. Press F12 a few times until a boot menu appears. If the system sees the drive as bootable, it will show up in the boot list. Select it and away you go with the installation.
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February 18th, 2022 14:00
Your 5537 has a DVD drive.
If you have another PC with a DVD drive, download the Windows 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD.
Boot from the DVD.
Some people find this easier.