mookaloid
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:04 PM |
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windows information
Is there any way i can tell what date windows was installed on a pc?
I want to know if the viruses on the laptop I have just bought were put there deliberately by the seller or if they just didn't bother to check
it.
I would just reinstall windows but I would need to buy a cd drive for it which I would like to avoid if possible.
failing that is there any way to install windows from a usb stick or by creating a partition on the HD and installing from there?
Cheers
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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vinny1275
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:13 PM |
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system install date checker:
lniky
HTH
Vince
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britishtrident
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:19 PM |
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More likely the seller sold it because of the virus.
XP will reinstall using the original product code from any full CD of the correct version of XP ie for Xp Home it has to be Xp Home, for Xp Pro it
has to be Xp Pro ect.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:21 PM |
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Also check if the laptop has a hidden recovery partition ---
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:28 PM |
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To find the install date, go to Start -> Run, type "cmd" to get the command prompt up. Then type "systeminfo" into the
command prompt and you will get a few screens full of information. If you scroll back up, the 10th or so line tells you the install date.
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
To find the install date, go to Start -> Run, type "cmd" to get the command prompt up. Then type "systeminfo" into the
command prompt and you will get a few screens full of information. If you scroll back up, the 10th or so line tells you the install date.
mine says [02]: file 1 
no mention of install dates on my pc
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gingerprince
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 02:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
failing that is there any way to install windows from a usb stick or by creating a partition on the HD and installing from there?
If you have a windows CD/DVD and access to another PC with a drive, then you can make a bootable USB stick to install from: -
http://www.intowindows.c
om/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-vista-or-xp-usb-flashpen-drive-with-a-single-click-must-try/
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mookaloid
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 04:39 PM |
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ok its been installed for about 5 months so I don't suppose I can really complain.
it'a dell so no hidden recovery partition
I like the usb stick windows installation so will have a go at that
Thanks all
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Liam
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 05:04 PM |
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Huh? How would that have told you whether or not the seller deliberately riddled it with viruses?
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Madinventions
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 05:29 PM |
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It's a Dell so no hidden recovery partition?
I thought most Dells had recovery partitions? My 2 here certainly do - hit Ctrl-F11 like a madman during bootup and one time in ten it'll
work.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 07:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
Huh? How would that have told you whether or not the seller deliberately riddled it with viruses?
only if it was a fresh install that was a few days old I guess.
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