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Hi Everyone, I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. It currently has a 60GB hard drive and is full. I want to replace the internal hard drive in the computer. I have done it to other computers before, I know how. But, here is my problem. I deleted the recovery OS portion of the hard drive a while back when I needed more room on the HD. If I put a new HD in the computer what are my options on installing a fresh copy of Windows?
Your options are windows 95, windows 98, windows me, windows xp, windows 2000, windows vista, and windows 7 (maybe even windows 3.1).
Easy. Just physically install the hard drive. Place a copy of a windows install disk in the cd/dvd player and turn your PC on. You might have to go into the bios and tell the computer to boot from the cd player first - no big deal.
I would purchase an external but I plan on giving this computer away to a friend so a new internal HD would be ideal. I have a Dell Vista disk that came with the family's desktop for a Dell Inspiron 531, would this work for the laptop?
One additional aspect if you're doing a fresh installation ... drivers. Download all of them first and put them on a CD or a USB stick or something. You WILL need them. http://support.dell.com/support/down...&catid=&impid=
Does that work for any computer, meaning his computer?
If it's indeed the OEM Dell version, it'll work on any Dell in which the BIOS has the prerequisite SLP 1.0 or higher.
Vista requires SLP 2.0 or higher ... and that's why I asked about what version of Windows is on the COA sticker. An XP laptop might not have the proper credentials, and so Vista activation will fail.
thank you for the replies. I just think it wasn't a good idea for dell to install the recovery disks on the hard drive. I like the disc method better. Didn't they ever think that some people may want an hard drive upgrade and would of needed the OS disks handy. Doesn't make sense
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