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    Reinstalling Windows

    A friend needs to reinstall windows 7 on his laptop. He had downloaded the upgrade version and has a key but no disk. What are his options other then me lending him my disk in a week when I go back to work.
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    Is the problem that it is an upgrade version?
    If so, you can do a clean install with just the upgrade version. See: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media

    EDIT: For some reason this thread is showing as closed, dunno if Duke did it or who.
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      #3
      Maybe I hit something by accident.

      That link solves the upgrade issue but can he re download the file?
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        #4
        Didn't he save a back up copy after he downloaded it?
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          #5
          Originally posted by Apache Warrior View Post
          Didn't he save a back up copy after he downloaded it?
          Apache
          I will ask him.
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            #6
            Some flash drives are bootable. I had my windows disk on a flash drive, mounted the image elsewhere, burned it to disk, and did that.

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