If you can download an ISO you can use Rufus to write the data to any USB drive (4GB+ 8GB reccomended) On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > > 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 > -- 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