hmm that sounds like a lot of crap to go thru. Is there a way to know if I have to do that, will the upgrade fail, or what? Thanks for your reply!

Been a while, for that I sincerely apologize, there was a death at the very end of Feb. the 29th, (leap year death) so that's taken all the time I have to try to get it sorted out. Not that it's...

I didn't want to put win 7 on it I knew it was done being supported and planed on updating when I got it back. I thought I was getting it with 7 still on it, I quickly discovered it was gone.
So in...

Looked in bios windows is gone. So I want to grab the update from win 7 to 10. Then switch the laptop so it boots from the usb that I saved the upate on and let it install? It will do everything,...

The restore is gone I have tried to find any Windows applications but see nothing. I don't want Ubuntu, I wanted win 7 then 10. I have absolutely no clue how to do anything and I feel like my laptop...

My laptop was lent out, when I finally got it back it has Linux and Ubuntu and as far as I can tell, Windows is gone. I cant find any Windows files, none.
When I started it up and went to the...

Well, I've not had the battery in since I got it out of the box, thx for your help. Here's what I've done, I used the windows reinstall USB. I made it from thos sote It did get it going but there's...

I have a Dell Inspiration 15 with win 10. it was bogged and slow as syrup on 125 degree day. I did a factory reset. I followed the instructions went to settings, and just followed the steps. At some...

thanks for your quick reply. I'll give what you've suggested a try. I'll let you know how it goes.

When I started my laptop this error came up,

Net HelpMSG 2182

I googled it but I can't understand what's wrong, the jargon they're using is way beyond my brain. Thank goodness I know most all...

I am pretty happy for it being a Monday. I will follow your suggestions with making an image after I have everything back installed. You are right, I really don't keep much on here it's used to get...

Did as you instructed and looked in Device Manager and there is NO yellow exclamation points there, at all. :cool: This is the best thing that's happened to me since, since I learned to breath. Yea...

Yep, think it was so late that I lost track of what I had done. But, it restarted and.......up popped win10 in full, brand new ready to roll as if I had just pulled it out of the Toshiba box. OK...

Got busy with a few things, but it's running now. It's at 11% so it's going to take a while, but I hung up at the partition page, I finally, after freaking out, I picked the one that was huge. I'll...

ok then here we go

yes i use it a lot but its slow and not good so....what will I be able to do if it does not work...it will do nothing then right?

are we sure this will work?

I'm going to start, the only questions I have is these
Am I doing the clean Install?
it shows there are two types one is clean install the other is custom
and
will I have to choose the...

All right I have a good, working USB with the Media Tool on it.

So the plan is to start it the same way I did when I used the first tool
I made and stop it at boot settings, Change it to boot...

Ok following your instructions I'm at 91% on downloading the media tool.
I used a different usb, a new one. But will post the screen shot snd wait. Will not be on until after 3pm central time...

It will not work...it keeps giving errors. I should have saved the error number...but it did it on both the usb's I used. The ones I used BOTH had that ESD so what's the deal I can't use them anymore...

Why does my USB say ESD and will I still be able to use it for movies or no? what happened, what is ESD?
@43% on download

Yea, I think it's just one of the things that's stopped working correctly...I came to new laptop to DL it and it's fine now...

hey, I'm stumped when I hit the download media tool, it does not ask if I want to 'Run' it...it only has a save option. so, i put it on my desktop. right away its asking if I want to create for...

alright I'm beginning in 10 mins...gotta have a I'm scared crapless cigarette before I try.:shock: