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November 28th, 2017 10:00
Hard drive failure
My dell laptops hard drive failed last night and i replaced it with a ssd drive. My laptop did not come with a windows disc and I did not make a bootable flash drive. Whats the best way to reinstall windows 10.
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ejn63
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November 28th, 2017 10:00
You can download an ISO of the latest version of 10 from here:
www.microsoft.com/.../windows10
Make a bootable flash drive (use the media creation tool) and use it to reinstall Windows.
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November 28th, 2017 11:00
The product key is embedded in a chip on the system board - the installer will pick that up. If Windows has been activated on the system before, it's got a digital entitlement with Microsoft for Windows 10.
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November 28th, 2017 11:00
ok but how will windows know i purchased it without a product key