I posted this on another forum but I didn't get many bites so I thought I would give it a go here.
"So I got tired of dealing with my old computer and a friend of mine had a used computer from his job they were getting rid of. It's a Dell Optiplex 7010 and it didn't have anything wrong with it with the exception of Windows 10 and I'm not ready for Windows 10. I upgraded the boot Drive to a 500 GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD and put in 16 gigs of G skill 1600 memory along with my 4 terabyte hard drive for storage. I installed Windows 7 Professional as per the label that was on the computer itself and tried using the 25 character key from that label but it won't work so I was wondering if I'm supposed to use a specific build of Windows 7 Professional or does it have to be one that's downloaded specifically from Microsoft. I was under the assumption I could throw any Windows 7 Pro on there and be able to use the CD key from the label. Any help would be appreciated in figuring this out otherwise I'd have to call Dell and buy their restore flash drive and I'd rather not if I don't have to."
After nothing got resolved, I figured I would just bite the bullet and order the recovery media from Dell but they told me they no longer offer support of media for this PC. This is why I have always hated Dell in the past, not the PC itself just the Crappy CS. So I can't download Windows 7 from Microsoft cause my Key is invalid (someone suggested that it's because it was used to download Windows 10) and I can't get it from Dell. If there is something i'm missing I would appreciate the heads up.
Thanks A Bunch
John
"So I got tired of dealing with my old computer and a friend of mine had a used computer from his job they were getting rid of. It's a Dell Optiplex 7010 and it didn't have anything wrong with it with the exception of Windows 10 and I'm not ready for Windows 10. I upgraded the boot Drive to a 500 GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD and put in 16 gigs of G skill 1600 memory along with my 4 terabyte hard drive for storage. I installed Windows 7 Professional as per the label that was on the computer itself and tried using the 25 character key from that label but it won't work so I was wondering if I'm supposed to use a specific build of Windows 7 Professional or does it have to be one that's downloaded specifically from Microsoft. I was under the assumption I could throw any Windows 7 Pro on there and be able to use the CD key from the label. Any help would be appreciated in figuring this out otherwise I'd have to call Dell and buy their restore flash drive and I'd rather not if I don't have to."
After nothing got resolved, I figured I would just bite the bullet and order the recovery media from Dell but they told me they no longer offer support of media for this PC. This is why I have always hated Dell in the past, not the PC itself just the Crappy CS. So I can't download Windows 7 from Microsoft cause my Key is invalid (someone suggested that it's because it was used to download Windows 10) and I can't get it from Dell. If there is something i'm missing I would appreciate the heads up.
Thanks A Bunch
John