#Dell windows 10 dvd license key#
#Dell windows 10 dvd install#
#Dell windows 10 dvd drivers#
#Dell windows 10 dvd update#
#Dell windows 10 dvd upgrade#

Thus, you need to create a USB recovery drive. However, many users want to delete the recovery image from the computer and try to use a recovery drive to instead of it. This recovery image is stored on a dedicated recovery partition consumes 3 to 6GB in size. I also wanted to take advantage of bitlocker.Many computers come with a recovery image thatвЂ™s used to refresh or reset your computer.

#Dell windows 10 dvd upgrade#

I was hoping for an easy upgrade to Win 10, mostly because I really liked the idea of being able to zoom remote desktop connections. If I use the the Win 10 DVD image created with the MS media creation tool, I am pretty sure that the 'Dell' activation process won't work and I will have to purchase a Win 10 license from Microsoft. I don't know how activation works with Win 10 but I assume something similar.

#Dell windows 10 dvd install#

With Windows 7, the Dell installer looked for a 'Dell' vendor string in the BIOS as well as a 'SLIC version' - if the slic version was recent enough, you could install Windows from the Dell CD w/o additional activation. There is not setup.exe on the DVD, so I can't run the install from w/in Windows. And I would have to reinstall Office, printers etc. I booted from the DVD burned from the Dell ISO image, but I realized that even if I could 'reset while keeping files' this was still a reinstall NOT an upgrade. I think in the days of XP, the Dell CD MAY have indicated specific models. The Dell DVD does not indicate any specific models.

I think it is the same as the Windows 10 recovery disk that Dell includes with some systems anyway. The current install is legacy mode (not UEFI.) I went to Dell support and downloaded the Win 10 Pro ISO image specific to my Dell laptop model.

#Dell windows 10 dvd update#

For those type of update use Microsoft's Win 10 media creation tool rather than Dell's as it will support the upgrade option and bit just the reimagining option. That will launch the installation in Legacy mode instead of the UEFI mode and should upgrade successfully. What you can do in this instance is get a hold of a Windows 10 ISO and from the Windows 7 desktop, pop in the disk and run the setup.exe.

#Dell windows 10 dvd license key#

After you install Windows 10 it will automatically pull the Windows License Key off of the Motherboard / BIOS so no need to have a key to type in either.Дell support page: http:/ / ДЄs far as the GPT vs MBR it is VERY likely that it installed Windows 7 in legacy mode instead of UEFI mode, but that is OK. You will need a different ISO for each model of PC however you don't need different ISO's for reach Service tag, so download it once and you will be all set.

#Dell windows 10 dvd drivers#

Then scroll down to the OS section of the drivers and software page and you can download a Dell OEM ISO providing you still have those Service Tags under support. If you bought the Windows 10 license as OEM with the PC then go to the Dell support page and enter the Service Tag and select Windows 10 from the Operating System type. I then tried a 'reset' install using the Dell media- this time it saw the disk, but the reset failed. I used the Microsoft Windows 10 DVD (created with Microsoft's Win 10 media creation tool) and installed Win 10. I took an older dell machine, tried installing Dell from the Windows 10 recovery media, but it couldn't even find a drive. I don't know if this means that I can only do a destructive upgrade from Win 7. Dell installs win 7 using 'legacy' boot and 'MBR' partitions. On this machine I didn't want to loose files so I didn't try the option to replace everything.Дell installs Win 10 using UEFI boot and I think GPT partitions. I tried doing a 'reset' with keep files on a laptop, and it saw my existing Win 7 image as a target, but something failed and it quit before making any changes. You can boot from the Dell DVD or USB, select troubleshoot, and then 'reset my PC.' Reset my PC gives you the options to preserve your data files (but not applications) or wipe everything. Unlike with Win 7 media from Dell, or a Windows 10 DVD from Microsoft, the Dell recovery only gives you a repair option, not a clean install option. (You can also download the ISO from Dell as well as as tool to create a Win 10 Recover bootable USB key.) with downgrade rights.) Dell will provide a Windows 10 Pro recovery DVD. My company has purchased several desktops and laptops from Dell with Windows 10 Pro licensed but Windows 7 Pro installed by Dell (i.e.