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Boggin:
With a repair install you don't get any repair steps, not like the options you get in the Recovery Environment, it just installs over the top of the existing install.
It's called a repair install because that's all it does whereas a clean install wipes everything off, including your programs and personal stuff and installs the OS from scratch.
Do you have a valid retail product key for your Ultimate ?
qaz:
sorry i wasn't clear . I only mentioned steps in order to describe the screen [it's the installing Windows screen] the one i do not want to see
i never got a retail product key when i brought the old machine
Boggin:
Did the machine come with Ultimate installed ?
Without the product key you won't be able to do a repair or clean install.
Is there a COA sticker on the machine which has a 5x5 alphanumeric key printed on it ?
Download Belarc Advisor and that will give you a product key.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Post the full make & model of your computer and I'll see if I can find the specs for it to see what it originally came installed with.
Where did you buy the machine from ?
qaz:
yes it with ultimate
got key now from belarc Product key removed by Moderator for security reasons
i don't think model with help much as its an old machine purchased from some bloke :) [acer aspire]. well out of warranty. Another hard drive was fitted and several OS's apparently
Boggin:
That's good news, so should apply to the current OS.
When you are prompted for the key, enter it in blocks of 5 - you could also try entering that key into https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7 to see if it's accepted and allows you to download the ISO.
Go back to my Reply #31 for how I said to download it and to use the Windows program from the link I've posted to create your bootable media.
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