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Install Windows7 on a new Hard Drive without a Windows CD?
Hi, I'm glad to have found this forum and hope to find an answer to my question.
I have to replace the hard drive on my Toshiba Satellite. It had Windows 10 on HDD before it died.
My Satellite originally had Win7 on it, before Microsoft made me change it.
Since I will have to start from scratch, I prefer Win7, which has the product key on the bottom of my laptop. Win7 came pre-installed and I don't have the CD for it.
I know that I have to format the new drive first and then I should change the boot sequence in Bios.
My question: How do I download Win7 when I probably can't go online until Windows is installed?
I made a set of 5 Recover CD's when I first got this laptop many years ago but I would prefer just to get some kind of start up and download Windows from there without all of the other stuff on those Recover CD's'
Is there a way change the boot up and download Windows 7 on a brand new hard drive?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions you might have.