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Laptop Reinstall? #1070939 24th Jul 2019 10:32pm 24th Jul 2019 10:32pm
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,963 Heswallish F fish5133 OP Forum Guardian
fish5133 OP Forum Guardian F Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,963 Heswallish	Apologies if incorrect terminology. Been given a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop. Switch on and the previous owners user name pops up with a password request. Previous owner said there isnt a password as everything was deleted (not sure what that meant). I have the Dell operating system disc. Its windows Vista Home Premium.. What do i need to do to get working again. and be able to log in. cheers

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Re: Laptop Reinstall? [Re: fish5133] #1070951 25th Jul 2019 5:42pm 25th Jul 2019 5:42pm
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 717 Wirral R rhoobarb2002 Veteran
rhoobarb2002 Veteran R Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 717 Wirral	Boot from the disc, it should give you an option to factory restore.

Re: Laptop Reinstall? [Re: fish5133] #1070965 26th Jul 2019 10:24am 26th Jul 2019 10:24am
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 361 Wirral P philmch Old Hand
philmch Old Hand P Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 361 Wirral	If it was mine, I'd replace the hard drive with a cheap SSD from Ebay and install either Linux Mint or Zorin on it. Both are free btw.

Re: Laptop Reinstall? [Re: philmch] #1070985 27th Jul 2019 12:44pm 27th Jul 2019 12:44pm
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TheComputerLab Forum Addict Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,287 Wallasey	Originally Posted by philmch If it was mine, I'd replace the hard drive with a cheap SSD from Ebay and install either Linux Mint or Zorin on it. Both are free btw. This is good advice. Max the RAM out too. Around £50 will get it set up with ssd and max ram. You could even go with Windows 7 or 10 if you don’t like Linux.