BondoBen said:
First thing I would say is THANK YOU. I appreciate your time and consideration. I ended up downloading a copy of Windows 7 32 from Archive.org. Took the HDD out and placed into a remote container connected to my other laptop. Wiped the middle partition and installed Windows 7 that way. So far it works as it should. Fingers crossed. Again.......thank you.
The Heidoc tool is finding it increasingly difficult to get the Windows 7 downloads from Microsoft, MS seem to be trying to block them. The Windows 7 (August 2018) ones are the only reliably available ones now.

However, it can also provide download links direct from Dell for most of the Dell OEM image ISO's, yours included (both 32 bit and 64 bit are available for your E6430). These Dell download links all work without problems.


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