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
> <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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> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
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