I bought a laptop that has Windows on it, but want to reformat

>>62209001
>>>/wsr/
>>>/g/sqt
>>51971506

Magical Jellybean works if its win8.1 or older. dunno about 10, i think it's linked to your microsoft account or something

>>62209056
>encouraging this behavior
a thread died for this, you should do the same.

>>62209001
You can if you're laptop is uefi.

most windows pcs after 8 have the product key in the bios and you should be able to grab a clean .iso from microsoft.com and install no problem. just boot into the iso and there are a few options for you, complete reinstall, refresh, reset... you should be a ok

>>62209001
You can google how to link your product id with a microsoft live account. That way even if you install it on a different computer, it should still activate as long as you are only using one at a time.

>>62209935
literally did this on a used laptop yesterday. it never asked for product key. make sure you download the right version of windows.

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>>62209001
you should backup the image from the recovery partition

look around your start menu. it might be named recovery media maker. they can write it to USB or DVD. whenever you need to restore to factory settings, boot from the media you made.
in some cases it's in the BIOS settings too. pic related.

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>>62209001
give it back