Installing Windows 7 instead of Windows Vista on eMachines G520

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Arno59 Posted messages 4603 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   -
Hello
I have an old laptop, an emachines g520.
Due to repeated bugs, I wanted to format the hard drive and I completely deleted the recovery partition. There was Windows Vista and I don't want it anymore.
I want to install Windows 7 but I don't know how to make the hard drive completely empty again.
For the record, F10 does not work.
Can anyone help me? HELP !!!

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Anonymous user
 
Hello

You want to install Windows 7, you've deleted the recovery so you won't be able to reset the PC, do you already have a Windows 7 license?

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cristali Posted messages 9573 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1 577
 
Hello, if you formatted it, then it is already empty!!!
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jeannets Posted messages 28331 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   Ambassadeur 6 597
 
You might struggle even more with Win 7 on an eMachine... these PCs have low specs... I'm not saying it doesn't work, I'm saying it's heavy for it, that the drivers are meant for Vista and not necessarily compatible with Windows 7... since it was never intended.

And definitely no high-performance games...!

Otherwise, you need to plug a DVD drive into the USB port and put the Win 7 DVD in the drive.... That's the best solution...

USB drives are complicated and often don't work.
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Arno59 Posted messages 4603 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   499
 
Hello,

The emachines g520 computer you own is designed for Windows Vista:

emachine site: https://www.emachines.com/ec/fr/FR/content/support.html

- The installed license is for Vista

Do you have a license for Windows 7?

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