I'm sure what you say is true. I'm wondering how I might get 8.1 back on the machine w/o needing the dell USB drive. On 2016-07-13 07:31, Stephen Partington wrote: > Well, you can try any windows 8.1/7 disk and perform the upgrade from > that. It might allow you to do so. > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Keith Smith > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I bought a Dell i5 several years ago and put Linux Mint on it and >> parked it. I do not have a recovery disk. I would like to put Win >> 10 on it. Dell says they will send me a USB drive with an image on >> it for 8.1 for $20. USB will take 3 days to arrive. >> >> The goal is to install 8.1 on it and then take advantage of the >> free Win 10 upgrade. >> >> Any work around? >> >> Thanks!! >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] > > -- > > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss