Oh sorry. I didn't realize that was a link. I will try that. Thanks.

Well, I found an old xbox 360 hard drive that my son isn't using as he upgraded to a bigger HDD. I installed it and loaded the Windows 7 disc on my laptop. Now I'm trying to run Windows Update. It...

Sorry Guys. I've been busy lately and haven't been able to follow up. I thought someone recommended me buy a Scandisk USB memory stick. I bought this one:
SanDisk 16GB USB SD CZ33 Cruzer Fit 16g...

Someone else put the Ubuntu on the other laptop. The HD on that system failed and I bought a new one and refused to give Microsoft any more of my money for their operating system as I have nothing...

Nothing ever seems to go right. lol

Well, I deleted everything on the USB. Reformated it and verified that it is FAT32. Plugged it back into the dead computer and got the same thing all over...

Okay. I just deleted all the files on my USB stick and an reformatted it. It is in the process of reloading the last big file on it. I will then retest it in the computer once it if finished...

This system came originally with Windows 7 that I upgraded around Dec of 2015. I don't think I can access of recovery partition. Not 100% sure what that is. Well, I know what the recovery does. Just...

Well, I plugged my USB stick into another computer that uses Ubantu. I booted it up and got the same message as the other computer with the black screen of death which is: "Missing operating system".

I took a picture of the screen. I guess mine is different than yours. :(73404

Okay. I think I found it. Under "Security" because that is all I have. I found an area labeled "Password Bypass". When I go into it it gives me the option to "Disabled", "Reboot Bypass", "Resume...

What would that been under? When I reboot to my BIOS, it pulls it up and give me 9 settings to go into. I looked around, but seem to be missing the Secure Boot. I have General, System...

Did my screen shot show up? Its not showing up now on my laptop. It looked like my E drive with my USB stick said that the File System is "FAT32"

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I don't know how to save it as another file type. This is a screen shot of my USB folders.

F2 is the BIOS and F12 is the boot sequence. I pressed the F12 and then pressed on USB and pressed ENTER. That is when it comes up and says "Missing Operating System". If I take the USB stick back...

Okay. Last night I found another laptop that also has Windows 10 and was able to MOUNT the file. I then copied the Windows 10 ISO file and pasted into my USB stick. I assume it went over okay. ...

When I go to downloads, it shows my file as "Win10_1511_1_English_x64" under the name heading. Then it gives the "date modified" and "Type" as well as the "Size". The Type is: "NTI iso file". The...

Sorry. I downloaded the Mount file. My Registry Editor came up and said "The keys and values in the C:\user\...\ADD_Mount_context_for_ISO_IMG.reg have been successfully added to the registry". I...

Okay, now sure what I am doing now. I used my Acer laptop with Windows 10 and a blank 32GB USB stick to go to the website and download the Windows 10 ISO file. After I downloaded it onto my...

FYI: I did find thru the Dell website that I have a 64 bit system. Thank you for that information. I do greatly appreciate the help.

Oh, I also wanted to say that I do have a Windows 7...

The Microsoft website says they recommend creating the disc, USB, or ISO file from a computer running Windows 7 or 8.1. I only have laptops with Windows 10, Ubantu, Chromebook, and one using Vista. ...

Ok. I need some help. I don't know really anything about computers. My daughters computer crashed. Its a Dell Inspiron 1545. I can F2 to the bios screen, but no where can I even find the operating...