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Happened to a laptop of a friend of mine's. The solution was to use another Windows install disk. Feel free to torrent an untouched version off the web and use your product key.

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Happened to a laptop of a friend of mine's. The solution was to use another Windows install disk. Feel free to torrent an untouched version off the web and use your product key.

Or... you know, I'm sure microsoft hosts their own ISO's...

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On 2/1/2015 at 3:08 AM, patriotbarrow said:

Happened to a laptop of a friend of mine's. The solution was to use another Windows install disk. Feel free to torrent an untouched version off the web and use your product key.

 

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Or... you know, I'm sure microsoft hosts their own ISO's...

 

Do you have a link to a Windows ISO on the Microsoft website? Can't find one anywhere.

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How would I do that? And, I thought Torrenting Windows was illegal.

 

It's a legal gray area. As long as the code is unmodified and you're using a legally-obtained product key I think you ought to be fine. But @JeffreyEagan suggested a better alternative.

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On 2/1/2015 at 3:09 AM, JeffreyEagan said:

Or... you know, I'm sure microsoft hosts their own ISO's...

 

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Downloaded an ISO just to check and it seemed legit.

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Downloaded an ISO just to check and it seemed legit.

 

So, that will work.

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Hopefully it will fix the problem you're having. I also did a BIOS reset to defaults on the laptop I used. Not sure it did anything useful.

 

Okay, so what do I do to get this on to a DVD and Install Windows from it. (I can't find my memory stick)

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that's extremely unlikely

 

So, I'm installing the ISO and it says it's gonna take 2 hours. Is that normal?

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that's extremely unlikely

 

Also, apparently, Digital River is licensed by Microsoft.

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that's extremely unlikely

 

What should I do in the partitions section of the setup? I haven't got their yet but was wondering if I need to do anything in that part.

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So, I'm installing the ISO and it says it's gonna take 2 hours. Is that normal?

 

Installing as in.. burning the DVD? If you have a very slow burner, I guess it's normal? I don't really know what you mean by that.

 

What should I do in the partitions section of the setup? I haven't got their yet but was wondering if I need to do anything in that part.

 

Partition your hard drive. You can either create a partition for your OS and software and another for your personal files, or just use all of the available space for one big partition and hope your organizational skills are good.

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Installing as in.. burning the DVD? If you have a very slow burner, I guess it's normal? I don't really know what you mean by that.

 

When I say install I mean downloading it from the website on to my laptop before I burn it to the DVD. It now says 4 hours.

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When I say install I mean downloading it from the website on to my laptop before I burn it to the DVD. It now says 4 hours.

 

You might have a slow internet connection. There's nothing you can really do about that now except be patient.

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Partition your hard drive. You can either create a partition for your OS and software and another for your personal files, or just use all of the available space for one big partition and hope your organizational skills are good.

 

Wouldn't the HDD already be partitioned from the original installation of the OS.

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Installing as in.. burning the DVD? If you have a very slow burner, I guess it's normal? I don't really know what you mean by that.

 

 

Partition your hard drive. You can either create a partition for your OS and software and another for your personal files, or just use all of the available space for one big partition and hope your organizational skills are good.

 

That ISO I spent for ever downloading is apparently invalid.

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When I say install I mean downloading it from the website on to my laptop before I burn it to the DVD. It now says 4 hours.

 

Fixed it :D

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You might have a slow internet connection. There's nothing you can really do about that now except be patient.

 

Okay, it's asking me to load a driver. I don't know what driver it is referring to and where to find a driver.

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