- #INTERNAL HARD DRIVE WITH WINDOWS 7 PREINSTALLED INSTALL#
- #INTERNAL HARD DRIVE WITH WINDOWS 7 PREINSTALLED FULL#
Therefore, I have no bootable windows media or restore disk to use so I need to purchase a new windows 10 license, which apparently only comes downloadable or on a thumb drive. If the computer did come with a rescue disk, I can't find it and have never made one. I don't have a windows an original 10 disk/thumb drive, as the computer was purchased with a preinstalled windows 7. So I will power up the computer with a blank hard drive and I guess whatever firmware is on the motherboard/CPU (not sure where firmware lives). IF the hard drive is the issue, my thought was I would buy a new internal hard drive and swap it with the dead one. I'm not sure I was clear in my description of what I propose to do.
#INTERNAL HARD DRIVE WITH WINDOWS 7 PREINSTALLED INSTALL#
So, my main question is this: is replacing the main PC internal hard drive as simple as installing a new one and having a new windows 10 install disk ready to to insert?īasically, if it had Windows 10 on before then just skip where is asks you for the product key and it should activate once it is installed and booted up. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. I have a hard drive docking station which I can plug the old one into to retrieve and copy the few files he actually would want to retrieve, assuming it will even spin at all. Assuming the hard drive is the problem, can I just purchase a new internal hard drive myself, a new copy of windows 10 on a cd, and put the cd in the computer so when it boots up it installs the new copy of windows 10? All of the software he has on the PC (steam for games, Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud) can be downloaded again and reinstalled on a new hard drive.
#INTERNAL HARD DRIVE WITH WINDOWS 7 PREINSTALLED FULL#
I took the PC in today to a local Microcenter and paid $42 for a full diagnostic. He then told me, "Oh yeah, I was seeing an "imminent hard disk failure" message pop up whenever I rebooted over the last month."
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I tried plugging his PC into my monitor and turned the power on, but no signal ever went to my monitor so it stayed blank. Monitor suddenly went black with the "no signal" message briefly flashing up. My son's 3-year old HP flaked out yesterday while we has playing minecraft.