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Inspiron 660s: Hard Drive Failure. Need Advice Please.
Long story short my sister gave me an Inspiron 660s that she received as a gift a few years ago (fully legit). She said it wasn't working anymore and I could have it. I suspected a failed hard drive and after several diagnostic tests later it was confirmed the the original WD Blue had crashed; full failure. Now here is where I need advice:
1. When she received it it did not come with a physical Windows 8.0 OS disk. It was pre-installed and then later upgrading via her work's IT department to 8.1.
2. I cannot access the Windows code as it is in the BIOS.
3. I have a working laptop hard drive with Windows 7 installed and tried hooking it up to see if it would take realizing that this was a long shot at best. As you probably concluded it wasn't recognized.
4. I was thinking of wiping one of my hard drives and doing a clean install of Windows 10.
Question: With a new hard drive (or possibly an SSD) would #4 work or would I still have issues with the BIOS and embedded Windows product code?
Question: What would you suggest that I should try? It is a Nice small system and everything is clean and stable. I have someone who is in need of a system but cannot afford one and I thought I would give her something that would meet her needs.
Thanks.
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October 4th, 2016 13:00
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re: 4. I was thinking of wiping one of my hard drives and doing a clean install of Windows 10.
Yes, this should work, but for this you will need to buy either a OEM copy of W-10, that has it's own product key.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-windows-10-home-64-bit-windows/4423102.p?skuId=4423102
https://softwarekeep.com/microsoft-windows-10-home-edition-32-bit.html?gclid=CNXh5ev3wc8CFQGSaQod5A4LMQ
The free upgrade version of W-10, from either Windows 8, 8.1, 7 ended on July 26.
Bev.