WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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I'm needing a fresh install of windows 7 on one of our laptop's we bought the laptop from new and it come pre installed with windows 7 so we have no disk.
any ideas?
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Kyle T
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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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You can download and burn an ISO from Micrsoft, you just need your license key.
http://www.w7forums.com/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads-t12325.html
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Recovery partition?
When you turn it on, does it say anything about doing a restore if you press F10 etc
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: koda Fabia VRS 5J
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I've got a not so fresh Win.7 disc you just need they key.
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fred7
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Registered: 17th May 04
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire
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What brand on laptop is it? My acer has an option when you click start then files theres a acer recovery option
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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It'll normally have annoying pop ups to say you can create your own recovery disc.
Failing that as said the above. You can even buy discs from PC World etc which don't have a license key. About £15 iirc.
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andy_mk3
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Registered: 18th Dec 11
Location: Peterborough
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Recovery partitions suck, it'll put all the nasty bloat-ware back on that laptops come with. Can't beat a nice fresh install
Download the ISO, use the key on the sticker, job done.
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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did it absolutely positively not come with a disc? they sometimes send them out with really boring plain discs that say what they are in small letters not a nice shiny hologram affair!
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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100% no disk have looked in the box also.
I've the product key under the laptop but just no bloody disk
Laptops an acer of some sort, will need to check when home. Will give a few of the ideas above a try and see how I get on.
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