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In the window Which, type of installation do you want? Click Custom (advanced).
Review the license agreement, and select I accept the license terms to proceed with the installation.
On the Windows Installation dialog box, click Install Now. When Windows Setup appears, select the language and keyboard preferences. On the boot menu, under UEFI boot, select the USB recovery drive and press the Enter key. At the Dell logo screen, press the F12 key repeatedly until you see the Preparing one time boot menu in the upper right corner of the screen. To install Windows 11 or Windows 10, see our article Restore your Computer Using SupportAssist OS Recovery. Connect the USB recovery media to the Dell computer where you want to install Microsoft Windows 8.1 or 7.
Installing Microsoft Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 Step 3: Using the USB recovery media to install the operating system
Recovery media creation is complete ( Figures 7, 8, 9, 10 ). After the USB recovery media is successfully created, a summary screen is displayed. The recovery image is mounted to the USB drive. The operating system recovery image is downloaded and verified. Check the boxes next to I understand that the selected drive will be reformatted and existing data are deleted. Under the USB drive, select the USB drive that you would like to use to create the USB recovery media. This USB drive is formatted to create the USB recovery media. Connect a USB drive with at least 16 GB of free storage space. Disconnect any USB drive/s that is connected to the computer. The Dell OS Recovery Tool formats the USB drive and all the data on the USB drive is erased permanently. Warning: Dell Technologies recommends that you back up any important data from the USB drive. If you are using another working computer to create the recovery media, choose Select For another computer, enter the Service Tag of the computer you want to create recovery media for, and click the Magnifying Glass icon to search for the computers identity ( Figure 3 ). If you are downloading the recovery image using the same Dell computer, select For this computer, and click NEXT and go to step 7 of this section. Identify the computer that requires the recovery media using the Service Tag. Launch the Dell OS Recovery Tool application ( Figure 2 ). Step 2: Creating the Dell operating system Recovery Media Double-click the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.įigure 1: Reinstall Microsoft Windows Download operating system Recover Tool. Browse to the folder where the downloaded file is saved. Click Download operating system Recovery Tool and save the file to the computer ( Figure 1 ). Step 1: Download and install the Dell OS Recovery Tool. The Dell OS Recovery Tool allows you to download either Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, or Linux operating system recovery image that was preinstalled on your Dell computer. The Dell OS Recovery Tool helps you download the operating system recovery image that is customized for your Dell computer and create a USB recovery media. Using the Dell OS Recovery Tool to create USB recovery media on a Windows computer: The Dell OS recovery tool provides an interface to quickly download and create a bootable USB drive to reinstall the operating system. You can download and use the Dell operating system recovery image to perform a clean install, or reinstall Windows, Ubuntu, or Linux on your Dell computer. The Windows, Ubuntu, or Linux image that was factory installed on your computer. If your computer does not support Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, Dell provides operating system recovery image. See our article, Restore your Computer Using SupportAssist OS Recovery for more information. For a list of computers that support SupportAssist OS Recovery, see the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery Support Matrix. To reinstall the operating system due to a computer crash, hard drive replacement, or other serious software problem with your Dell computer?ĭell Technologies recommends that supported computers use Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery Automated by SupportAssist for a premium restoration experience. NOTE: Windows 11 ONLY supports the Automated by SupportAssist option.