Windows 10: win10 not free for oem machines

If you don't have any success trying to get your oem win 7 re-installed, you can buy a win 7 version on ebay, which would include most likely a site to download the version you bought, with a valid key. Prices are pretty cheap for win 7 now. Under 50.00 This is just a choice if you run out of ways to get your OS back. But this should be your last choice. Try everything else 1st. Even call the tech from the maker of your computer, and ask them for a replacement disk. If you still have your oem sticker, and you are the original buyer, they may help you out. These are just choices for you to consider, nothing more. Good luck ognik.

 

For one thing, he has no data to back up. it was all erased. Is strange about windows blocking the install, thou, I agree.

 

I'm guessing he's trying to run the install from the booted Win 10 system perhaps?

 

I would also have thought that Win10 couldn't interfere with the boot, but for example I could see the DVD drive operating with a win7 ISO disk - but, as with every other way I have tried to boot to win7, the win10 screen comes up after a while. When I run my win 7 recovery DVD for example, win10 returned an error that it couldn't run the program.....

I have a genuine win 7 on dvd that I bought ages ago - the laptop also won't boot into win 7 from that.

 

Can you format that drive??? Completely remove any traces of win 10. Grab MiniTool Partition wizard, ISO version, boot that up, remove all the partitions, THEN use your win 7 DVD. Might be worth a try.

 

You CAN win, just don't give up, their is always a way.....always. Lots of folks on here can help out tooo. I see you Word Man. *Smile
Speak up....lol

 

If you have fast startup enabled, turn that off and see if it makes a difference.

 

Hi Brink, worked through your great post on the settings etc. What I have found is the critical options do not appear in my win10. For example the 'choose an option' screen doesn't have the 'use a device' option. The advance options screen doesn't have the see more recovery options link at the bottom .... is there some sort of super user profile I should be running under?

 

Do you have the bootable Windows 7 USB connected when you do OPTION ONE?

 

Windows 10 shutdown with fast startup enabled will interfere with the ability to enter a bios boot device option screen at boot up. There are a couple ways around this:

Turn off fast startup in Windows 10
or
Click the power icon and select restart instead of shutdown and hit your key to get into the bios options on restart
or
Disconnect all sources of power from the computer (laptop main battery and power supply - or desktop power cord), press the power key for a few seconds to bleed any residual power stored, plug it back in and restart, hitting the key for bios options when it starts up.

I've upgraded 6 computers loaded with OEM Windows to Windows 10 for free, btw.

 

Nah, worked in IT all my life ....

 

Update: seem to be getting somewhere. I downloaded the win7 ISO using my other PC's key, made an iso DVD. Reinstalled win10.
Rebooted and voila, seem to be installing win 7, fingers crossed Thanks for all efforts so far, but quick questions:

Have to do custom install (or it will go back to win10), so it asks me where - and there is disk 0, Partition1:"oem (reserved)". So I wonder why I couldn't do factory revert on the ACER?

There is also partition 2 system reserved - what should I do with that?

Installing on the main partition, win selected that as default .....

 

OK, installed, yay. Just a few drivers to find .....

I'd be interested in any thoughts on my partition queries above - Its something I know little about.

And I will have to cross fingers that MS don't get difficult about my using a different key .....

 

ognik
If you manage to get win 7 oem get installed on your laptop, then first upgrade your oem to sp1. Since i did the same thing in my acer laptop previously running win 7 oem >upgrade(900mb file)> win 7 sp1 >upgrade>win 10 and now it is working perfectly.

 

You don't need SP1 to upgrade to 10,





Only to upgrade through windows update do you need SP1.