Reloading Windows

[Anjeev]

I need to change my laptop. I see that none of the laptops that I want to buy have cd/dvd drives. How do I reload windows if the system crashes. Mu current laptop came with a Windows 10 cd and has a cd drive. Please advise.

 

[|tera|]

Using a USB flash drive. Which everyone uses. A simple search will show how.

Your CD is outdated the moment you see it.

 

[RedViking]

Windows 10 you don't really reload anymore. Once it is installed you just reset it if you want everything you to be "reinstalled".

But latest computers (for the last half a decade at least) just use a flash drive. You download Windows from another computer (if yours is corrupt for some reason) and create a bootable device. Similar to CD but on flash.

But in general you can just reset Windows 10.

 

[rh1]

I need to change my laptop. I see that none of the laptops that I want to buy have cd/dvd drives. How do I reload windows if the system crashes. Mu current laptop came with a Windows 10 cd and has a cd drive. Please advise.

New laptop generally comes with Windows installed.

 

[Nemesys]

I need to change my laptop. I see that none of the laptops that I want to buy have cd/dvd drives. How do I reload windows if the system crashes. Mu current laptop came with a Windows 10 cd and has a cd drive. Please advise.

With pre installed windows 10 you will be couched how to create a recovery drive during your initial setup of your pc . You will need a I think around 16gb flash drive for that . After you have followed the instructions that would be all you need if the system crashes. So put/hide it where you can not find it again.

 

[|tera|]

FML. ::

 

[Claymore]

I need to change my laptop. I see that none of the laptops that I want to buy have cd/dvd drives. How do I reload windows if the system crashes. Mu current laptop came with a Windows 10 cd and has a cd drive. Please advise.

Search for the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft. Run it, and it lets you creation an installation USB drive.

 

[JohnStarr]

New laptop generally comes with Windows installed.

Not always the version of Windows required. If it comes with Windows 10 Home preinstalled it won't work in an office environment on a domain.
So you either need to change the version, or reinstall.

 

[backstreetboy]

Not always the version of Windows required. If it comes with Windows 10 Home preinstalled it won't work in an office environment on a domain.
So you either need to change the version, or reinstall.

Pretty sure all business class laptops come with Win 10 Pro.

 

[JohnStarr]

Pretty sure all business class laptops come with Win 10 Pro.

He never said he was buying a business laptop though...

 

[rh1]

Still not sure what OP confusion is, you can easily download your windows version and if you have a legitimate key you can reactivate. Not an IT person, just someone who upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on a desktop and a laptop.

 

[JohnStarr]

Still not sure what OP confusion is, you can easily download your windows version and if you have a legitimate key you can reactivate. Not an IT person, just someone who upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on a desktop and a laptop.

Maybe he doesn't know how too. He's not IT-literate or not sure where to start.

 

[schuits]

Or if you are tech savvy and have another PC on the same network you can create a PXE to boot from network and host a windows ISO on that.

 

[knobshine]

All my installations seem to install a distributed version of windows as my desktop. iSCSI drives instead of SATA, windows won't work if I turn off DCOM and networking protocols out the ass.

 

[LinuxMan]

Re-Install has always been much quicker than the Win 10 reset.

 

[s0lar]

Re-Install has always been much quicker than the Win 10 reset.

Username doesn’t not check out.