ok i took the disk out and shut the pc down. i restarted and it booted like it normally would. i got past the floppy disk error message and it told me to put a disk in. im going to take a pic of the boot sequence and upload it so you guys can tell me if its right.Take the disc out.
ok will do. so the order should beIn the boot sequence photo, move the one that's #1 to #3.
not sure. im at work right now. i will try when i get home. i think i already tried this though and it just does the same thing as before. asks for a cd.Does doing so allow you to boot to Windows? (don't have the cd in the dvd drive)
Ok ill do it when i get home. If it does not load then what? I could be wrong like i said i dont know anything about computers but i think the operating system was deleted when i did the long system restore. If so would i just have to buy windows 7 and re-install?Once you move the HDD to the first slot, windows should load. As I said, disable the floppy drive thats why your getting the error for it. Its enabled and its not finding a floppy drive.
Go to the drives section arrow over to diskette drive and hit enter, should be able to disable it from there.
So if i dont already have windows 10 its useless? it has never given me an option to install windows 10.That cd you showed reinstalls windows 10.
Ok this thread is getting weird. I thought you were using that windows 10 cd to reinstall windows???View attachment 7329 here is a pic of the disk
No. My It guy gave it to me because he thought i could install it on the computer. Apparently he is not much of an IT guy. I dont think i can use this disk to install windows 10 on my pc. The pc had windows 7 on it. but i think it may have been deleted when i restored the computer.Ok this thread is getting weird. I thought you were using that windows 10 cd to reinstall windows???
will it ask me to install? or will it do it automatically? seems like everytime i put the disk in it just asks me if i want to reset everything. maybe windows 10 has already installed and i didnt realise because i have never gotten windows to open because i have the boot sequence messed up? But on the disk packaging is a product key. shouldnt i have had to put that key in?Use the cd to install 10, shouldn't have a problem with it. Usually with Dell systems as long as the installer detects a dell motherboard, it will install and activate without issue.
Look at the below image. Click on each line entry and click on delete below. How big is the hard drive? When you have 1 entry that says unallocated then you click on new and leave it as 1 partition or partition it however you like.
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