What? You did not create a recovery media for your laptop?

My son has a 2000 HP, which was under Windows 7. He downloaded the free update of Windows 10 and it worked fine for a week or so until an automatic update ran a few weeks ago, and now the only thing he has is a black screen that says, "an operating system not found'.

His laptop came pre-loaded with Windows 7 and the sticker key on the bottom of the machine code is in tact, however, he does not remember where he put the real backup drives, it is a few years since he bought his computer.

Anyway is to reinstall Windows 7 without the disc? I read that you can create an ISO but I have no idea what that means or the steps I need to take to make. My computer is quite old and running Vista. I'll be able to download the ISO and burn it to a DVD or Flash drive using a Windows Vista laptop with success? If so, can someone walk me through how I would go all this? Also, if the ISO is a viable option, should what steps I take to get his laptop up and running again after that?

Thanks for your help!

You are the very welcome.

It will not matter what operating system, you go to the site of.

As you said it is just a file and it will download even on a PC with XP or Windows 10.

But you won't be disappointed with the result, I'm afraid.

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