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 <techlists@phpcoderusa.com>
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!!
>
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