Ah just read this as I'm trying out Windows 10 install! Will see how this goes and if it's not working, will try Windows 7. Thanks very much for your advice.Hmm, you may have a bit of a problem on your hands being that you are dealing with an OEM computer, the Dell Studio XPS 8100 specs vary see here if you contact Microsoft they very well may tell you to contact Dell and purchase Windows 7 recovery media and as the upgrade from 7 to 10 is no longer free you will have to purchase a separate product key for upgrading to Windows 10.
If you have access to a computer that has internet connection I would download a Windows 7 ISO from here and give that a go, more computers shipped with Home Premium than Pro so would try Home Premium first, I prefer burning the ISOs to disk but in this instance USB thumb drive would be best as you may need to download a couple of ISOs if the original OS for the computer was Pro and not Home Premium, saves on a blank DVD if not right first time
Please note that after installing Windows 7 you need to upgrade to 10 so that the MB and Windows 7 details are stored on the Microsoft database, this will allow you to do a clean install of Windows 10 in the future without having to re enter your product key.
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Solved New Hard Drive, No Windows. Help!
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So I've installed Windows 10 (I think). The resolution is terrible and I can't change it. I've tried downloading drivers for the pc model it didn't work. It seems the Dell website says my machine only supports Windows 7 so that maybe why the drivers are wrong?
Not sure what to do now. Maybe just install windows 7?
Not sure what to do now. Maybe just install windows 7?
Yes, that may be the case. If the website says it will not support windows 10 then that may indeed be the case.
You can always get the drives from the Video Cards manufacture site.
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