This is not a question this is an answer. I have up and down google for three weeks and reinstalling windows without a disc seems to be a HUGE issue. IF you're computer came with windows 7 and you cannot restore it for whatever reason.....
DON'T try and download it!!!!
digital river is bogus! I tried over and over to download this and it never worked.
It is long and tedious process.
Call DELL, NOT MICROSOFT, if your computer is not under warranty you will be directed to the support without warranty, DON'T PANIC, tell them you're service number and they will send you a replacement disc for free. If you have done this before they may charge you a small fee. BUT if you have never asked they will send it out free.
I received my mothers computer after she died and thought it came with Windows 8, I reset it. I spent a week trying to figure out why it wouldn't reset, THEN I saw the product key. It was windows 7!! Another week trying to install windows 8 without a product key (had the disc and not the key) and then another week trying to download and install 7 from the internet onto a usb. I drove my family and friends nuts, asking for discs. I called dell, 5 minutes later the discs were being sent.
Now, I know some of you are going to say but I don't have a disc drive...most new computers don't have them, but most of those came with windows 8, and if you're trying to downgrade then I can't help ya.
Hope this helps someone from going through the hell I've been through in the past three weeks.
DON'T try and download it!!!!
digital river is bogus! I tried over and over to download this and it never worked.
It is long and tedious process.
Call DELL, NOT MICROSOFT, if your computer is not under warranty you will be directed to the support without warranty, DON'T PANIC, tell them you're service number and they will send you a replacement disc for free. If you have done this before they may charge you a small fee. BUT if you have never asked they will send it out free.
I received my mothers computer after she died and thought it came with Windows 8, I reset it. I spent a week trying to figure out why it wouldn't reset, THEN I saw the product key. It was windows 7!! Another week trying to install windows 8 without a product key (had the disc and not the key) and then another week trying to download and install 7 from the internet onto a usb. I drove my family and friends nuts, asking for discs. I called dell, 5 minutes later the discs were being sent.
Now, I know some of you are going to say but I don't have a disc drive...most new computers don't have them, but most of those came with windows 8, and if you're trying to downgrade then I can't help ya.
Hope this helps someone from going through the hell I've been through in the past three weeks.
No ISO (from Dell) or CD drive - how to reinstall an OEM copy of Windows? By Joshua King on Mar 29, 2016 at 11:14 UTC Windows 7.
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Shop from the world's largest selection and best deals for Microsoft Windows XP Operating System Software. Shop with confidence on eBay! Skip to main content. Save on Microsoft Windows XP Operating System Software. Dell Operating System Reinstallation CD Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. How to reinstall operating system After a couple days of problems connecting to wireless internet, and checking that the router is working with other laptops, we tried to reinstall the operating system by using the XP Home Edition reinstallation CD.