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Everything you say I hear it in a Scottish accent! Can't say I've ever heard one in my life though! How's the weather there is it cold??
My father was pure Scot - Mother an English mongrel :) (half pure English, one quarter German.....)
weather?
Local weather conditions, forecasts and Doppler radar maps - MSN Local Edition Weather
OK.
Yes, I recommend a fresh install and this tutorial, despite the misleading title, covers all cases of Win 7 install.
Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
She will need to buy Win 7, since she has no records or other info giving a vista or Win 7 product key for her machine.
Time for her to consult her mate and ask him his desires.
So I do a fresh install and buy a new windows 7 for the new key.. But the hp chick said even if I buy a new windows since the BIOS was wiped out it wouldn't have "anything to hold on to"??
She is wrong!
If you have any records to indicate that you once had a valid version on there, then all you need to do is buy the upgrade version, which incidentally is every bit as full as the "full" version.
We have a tutorial on how to do this, giving three different approaches.