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Solve : WINDOWS, COUNTERFEIT, PARTITION, DVD, HELP!!!!!!!?

Answer» <html><body><p>My friend bought a Dell StudioOne 19 touchscreen Desktop with Vista in 2009 (a week before all computers went windows 7). About six months pass, when she decided to have someone she knew upgrade the system to Windows 7 Ultimate. <br/> Six months to a year later, a msg from microsoft popped up saying that the operating system she was using was not genuine and then proceeded to give options to fix the problem by buying a valid edition of windows 7. This msg kept popping up and she would angrily click the x in the top right <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/box-401352" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOX">BOX</a> of the window to close the msg and she was angry because she realized her friend installed a shady program on her computer...<br/> next year, her computer started running <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/slower-3038014" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SLOWER">SLOWER</a> and system errors needed to be fixed etc.  So she decided that she would proceed with the instructions when the counterfeit microsoft window msg popped up again. They told her she needed to obtain a genuine version of Windows for her computer to get updates etc. So she purchased an install disc from the microsoft online conterfeit department. She was given the option to choose between different versions: Basic, Premium, or Ultimate… If she had chose the“Ultimate”Windows 7 all she would of had to do was buy it and change the (product key number?) and it would have been fine because thats the counterfit version she already had on her desktop….Windows 7“ULTIMATE.” But to save $ she chose the PREMIUM version so she had to wait for them to send her a install disk so she could setup a "genuine but downgraded" version Windows 7. <br/> So anyways she installed it and she thought, “finally she can have this computer performing as it was when she 1st brought it home??”<br/>WRONG!!!! Apparently it had installed this "premium" version as a "dual-boot" or "dual-partition" start-up.. So the computer started running REALLY slow and she tryed to find out whats wrong and the only thing her or myself noticed was that the D Drive was completely full!!! We tried to defragment but nothing helped so finally we tried to "uninstall" the windows version she just put in but couldnt figure it, we had someone else try to uninstall it with no luck...<br/>And so we are back to the counterfeit "windows ultimate" that barely works and the premium version broken and on another partition!! Now it is slower than ever, the D drive is almost completely filled up, DVD Drive <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/doesnt-957774" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOESNT">DOESNT</a> work right or is maybe uninstalled, cant download very well, tons of errors, and just doesnt run right!!! We just want her computer to run as it once did when she 1st brought it home!! Is there a way we can just reset the computer to factory settings?<br/>Previously, I had bought a windows 7 upgrade for an old laptop that had vista on it and I noticed that the disk she recieved from the "counterfeit division of Microsoft" seemed slightly different from the install disc I had used in the past. I figured it was because it was designed to fix the problem from the counterfeit state it was in.<br/>The computer is a "All-In-One" Dell touchscreen oh and the operating system disk which originally came with it seems to have gotten scratched not sure if it works???<br/>Also I believe this to be important… <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/everything-25538" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EVERYTHING">EVERYTHING</a> Ive tried to find out about her computer online says it is a 64-bit but "fake the Windows 7 Ultimate" is a 32-bit I know they always give you 2 discs one for 64-bit and one for 32-bit so Im assuming that is pretty important to get that right but like I said… Im not sure?? I saw one website that said her dell model comes in both…<br/>*****I guess the question is.... How does she get rid of the counterfeit partitioned Windows 7 Ultimate(the one that's working) and keep the Windows 7 premium version the (one that she cannot even get into) and how does she reinstall the DVD burner/player on the computer (I don't know hows that got uninstalled)??<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>Desperate Mayo<br/> Quote</p><blockquote>Is there a way we can just reset the computer to factory settings?</blockquote> <br/>She can purchase this through DELL. They sell system DVD's so that the system can be rebuilt back to like new from factory with Vista.<br/><br/>As far as getting Windows 7 back onto the system that she purchased a licensed <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/copy-25621" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COPY">COPY</a> of, she will need a original Windows 7 Disc to install from and use her purchased key when activating ( She could borrow a genuine disc from a friend and use her key with this disc vs her friends key and be perfectly legal ). Microsoft has moved on to better things in their eyes with Windows 8, so I doubt they would be very helpful in getting a Windows 7 disc.<br/><br/><br/> Quote<blockquote>*****I guess the question is.... How does she get rid of the counterfeit partitioned Windows 7 Ultimate(the one that's working) and keep the Windows 7 premium version the (one that she cannot even get into) and how does she reinstall the DVD burner/player on the computer (I don't know hows that got uninstalled)??</blockquote> <br/>Answer is...  to boot the system off of a Windows Vista or Windows 7 genuine DVD and perform a clean install which wipes out all data when it reformats the drive. This then installs the OS clean to the hard drive.Ok. so I went on this sight and it said in RED ink that you cannot install windows if your prior windows is not genuine... It turns out I only have an "upgrade" Windows 7 disk... So I still have the counterfeit windows ultimate working and the other windows 7 is somewhere else and doesn't work and I cant even get on it. <br/> All I would like to do now is just change it back to vista... does anyone no how to do that?? I downloaded the partition wizard and it says I have a hidden partition which contains almost everything was put on there from 2009 which would be when it was bought so how can I do this???The info on using the hidden recovery partition to restore the PC will be at the manuf. site as it's differs from brand to brand...<br/>Make sure you backup anything important as it takes the PC back to Day One status so all apps installed after that plus all your data will be gone.<br/>If i were you after finishing i would use the #800 number provided for MS for activation issues...most likely they will issue you a new product key.</body></html>


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