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    Bought used M17x, need Windows 7 Home Prem. re-installation disk

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by kml928, May 1, 2012.

  1. kml928

    kml928 Newbie

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    I cannot find one for sale anywhere but there are black Dell Windows 7 Home Premium reinstallation disks around.

    Will a Dell one work to reinstall Windows on the Alienware M17x?
     
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    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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  3. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    A Dell Win 7 disk should work, but it's very easy to just download an iso version of Win 7 Home Premium SP-1 (x64)(English) here. It's slow, but it's free and legal, and it works.

    http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso

    Burn to a USB stick (recommended) or a blank DVD using Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, available from here: Microsoft Store Online.

    Then boot from the USB stick or DVD to install Win 7.
     
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