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Need to reinstall your PC's operating system ?
Need to reinstall your PC's operating system?
Use the Dell OS Recovery Tool to create a USB recovery drive that you
can use to reinstall the OS that came with your PC.
of Windows 7 8 or 10
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/WT64A
or Linux
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/Linux
http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes
What you will need
Service Tag of the Dell PC on which you want to install Microsoft Windows or Linux
Open a terminal window via CTRL ALT T
type
sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-number
You will need this to download your recovery image.
Download and install Dell OS Recovery Tool
https://www.dell.com/support/home/Drivers/OSISO/recoverytool
(runs in Microsoft Windows only)
Blank USB flash drive 16GB or 32GB
Microsoft .Net Framework 4.7.2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4054530/microsoft-net-framework-4-7-2-offline-installer-for-windows
Administrator user rights and at least 16GB of available storage space to download the Dell ISO recovery image

