Allenjolley
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So I erased my whole drive windows and all, by mistake. Now I don't have a windows disk, and I have no idea what to do. Assistance please?
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The original poster accidentally erased their entire drive without a Windows installation disk and is seeking help. Respondents suggest using the Windows 10 installation tool to create a bootable USB for Windows 10, which could activate with their existing Windows 7 serial number, or utilizing the PC’s recovery partition if available. Overall, the community leans toward creating a bootable USB as the more reliable solution.
The original poster accidentally erased their entire drive without a Windows installation disk and is seeking help. Respondents suggest using the Windows 10 installation tool to create a bootable USB for Windows 10, which could activate with their existing Windows 7 serial number, or utilizing the PC’s recovery partition if available. Overall, the community leans toward creating a bootable USB as the more reliable solution.
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Well one option would be to use the Windows 10 Download tool to make a bootable USB which should accept your Windows 7 (non enterprise) serial number to allow you to do a fresh install of Windows 10.
bochane
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Most PCs and laptops have a recovery partition. If it is still there, changes are good if you only formatted the C drive, you may be able to start a recovery to factory setting by using some control-key during start up. Look in the (on-line) manual.
But the option of Josephur is the better one
But the option of Josephur is the better one
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