This is an Obsolete Guide and is just a place holder. See the Updated Installation of Windows 98SE Using VMware Player. Introduction There are different reasons for using a Virtual Machine. One of the reasons is just to run Legacy Software. If you have the setup files for all your software you can create a … Continue reading Installation of Windows 98SE using VMware Player →

The Windows Media Creation Tool vs Direct Download Links The Windows Media Creation Tool is a .exe file and only runs on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. If you are running one of these versions of Windows it is advised to run the Windows Media Creation Tool as it not only … Continue reading Download Windows 7, 8.1, 10 TH2 OEM and Retail .iso and Prepare a Bootable USB on Linux →

DellWindowsReinstallationGuide is written and maintained by Philip Yip. Scotland  , Great Britain (GB),  , United Kingdom (UK)  . Thanks in advance for leaving any donations Philip. Introduction This guide instructs how to setup Dell Backup of Recovery on A Clean Installation of Windows 7 or 8.1. Note that the Windows 7 or 8.1 Recovery Partition made in … Continue reading Dell Backup and Recovery 1.9.2.8 – Windows 7 and 8.1 (Clean Install) →

DellWindowsReinstallationGuide is written and maintained by Philip Yip. Scotland  , Great Britain (GB),  , United Kingdom (UK)  . Thanks in advance for leaving any donations Philip. Legacy Guide This guide was for Windows 10 Version 1607 which reaches End of Support in March 2018 and is superseded by newer versions. For more details on the latest version … Continue reading Download Windows 10 RS3 Version 1607 Build 14393 Anniversary Update Using the Media Creation Tool →

Contents This guide is for Windows 8.1. Instructions are similar for Windows 7 except from recovery from the internal partition. Checks to Ensure you have a Factory Recovery Partition Uninstalling old versions of Dell Backup and Recovery and Installing the Latest Version The Creation of Recovery Media Factory Reset from Recovery Media – A Single Drive … Continue reading Dell Backup and Recovery 1.9.2.8 – Windows 8.1/7 →

Introduction The Free Upgrade Path expired on the 2nd of October 2015. With some trickery one could change the date and continue to activate Windows 10130 Insider Preview to use as a stepping stone to Windows 10 Pro. On the 26th of August 2016 Microsoft patched their Product Activation Servers. Consequently the Windows 10130 Insider Preview Path … Continue reading Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 10 RS1 Free Upgrade →

This guide contains instructions for Downloading Windows 8.1 (OEM and Retail) Installation Media, Creating a Bootable USB, Clean Installing Windows 8.1 (with and without a Microsoft Account) on Dell Hardware with a UEFI BIOS and Secure Boot and installing the Dell System Drivers. Windows 10 Free Upgrade Windows 8.1 Reached End of Life in January … Continue reading Windows 8.1 (OEM and Retail) →

Contents Introduction Launching Disk Management Initialising the Drive Moving Libraries What is a Junction and Why are they Needed? Creating Junctions This guide has a complimentary tutorial video.   Introduction The solid state drive currently offers superior performance but has a higher price tag per GB. The main advantage of a SSD is when Windows is … Continue reading Windows 7 and Windows 8.1: Solid State Drive and Hard Drive Configuration – Changing the Location of Libraries (User Files) →

Contents Start Menu Multiple Monitors Desktop Background Lock Screen Dell OEM Defaults StarDock Products Start Menu and TaskBar Left click the start button and right click on some empty space to the right hand side of the menu. Select customise Amend the settings according to your own preferences, I usually have things set up so … Continue reading Windows 7: Dell Customisation of Windows 7 →

Windows Vista End of Life This is a Legacy Guide that instructed in Downloading Windows Vista Setup Files from Digital River Servers and using them to make an Installation ISO for Windows Vista Reinstallation on a Dell PC with a Dell Windows Vista OEM License. Windows Vista was released in January 2007 and reached End … Continue reading Download Windows Vista SP1 Retail/OEM (Dell OEM and HP OEM) .iso →

New Guide Obsolete Guide Up to date guides for Microsoft (non-Dell OEM Licenses) and Dell (Dell OEM Licenses) are available here: Download Windows 7 (Media Refresh August 2016) from Microsoft Download Dell Windows 7 Pro ISO (Media Refresh January 2016) from Dell and Make a Bootable USB Tutorial Video Written Guide January 2020 Windows 7 … Continue reading Download Windows 7 SP1 Commercial OEM and Retail .iso →