Reinstalling refurbish version windows on laptop


  1. nitro912gr
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
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    Reinstalling refurbish version windows on laptop


    Hello, I have a dell latitude d531 which I got refurbished and it has a windows 7 license with it.
    According to the label it is a special license for refurbish computers, so when I tried to enter it on microsoft website to download a windows 7 ISO it didn't accepted it and prompted me to contact the manufacturer, because this license is special OEM or something like that.

    So what I want to do is to format that laptop because I can't get in windows anymore and before I send it back for faulty HDD I need to make sure that it is not, in fact just a windows problem.
    I don't have a disc with windows, only the license below the laptop and as I said MS site doesn't let me download an ISO to use.

    Also it doesn't seem like there is any partition to boot from and reinstall.

    What can I do? Is there a place where I can download a legit version and burn it on a disc?
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  3. AddRAM
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    Burn to dvd at no faster then x4 speed.

    Microsoft DigitalRiver Mirror

    Free ISO Burner
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  4. nitro912gr
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    thanks :)
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  6. AddRAM
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    Some people just get it
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