How to Reinstall My Computer Without the Recovery Disk

Using a recovery disk is normally the most efficient way of reinstalling Windows. If you do not have a recovery disk, you may still use your windows installation disk to restore your system. You will want to run a clean install of Windows when using your installation disk, Reinstalling Windows using your installation disk is an easy procedure that can usually be accomplished in about an hour.

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Instructions

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  Place your Windows installation disk in to your optical disk tray then restart your computer.
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  Press any key to boot from your optical disk drive.
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  Press “Enter” at the Windows setup screen.
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  Press the “F8” key to accept the licensing agreement.
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  Select the primary partition to install Windows from the list provided. Your primary partition is usually the largest partition available.
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  Enter your product key when prompted and wait for Windows to finish installing to complete the operation.

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