HP Pavilion g7-2202nr and Windows 10

[sheilabroderick]

Hello

my hard drive is about to go out in my laptop and I need to purchase another hard drive.  My concern is, my laptop came with Windows 8 and then had the option to upgrade to Windows 10.  How do I get Windows 10 off my laptop before I insert the new hard drive?

Thank you

[banhien]

@sheilabroderick 

No worries. Since your machine previously ran Windows 10, you can do a clean install W10 for free by using the media creation tool at the link below.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The tool will allow you to make a bootable installation media (USB/DVD) and you can use installation media to install.

During the installation process if you are asked to enter a product key, check the 'Skip' box and W10 will install and then automatically activate once you are connected to the internet using the key embedded in BIOS of your machine.

Then you can install the drivers and available software you need from your PC's support page. Normally few Windows 10 updates can install nearly all drivers for you.

Regards.

[sheilabroderick]

Thank you.

I will use my USB which is 16GB, hope that is large enough?  Can I click on the link you provided on any computer or do I need to use my HP computer?  I would like to do this before I put in the new hard drive and make sure it is good.