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Can I just go and download a live CD of windows on a USB and install it using my licence code?
Most likely not, that code is for the exact OEM that came with the computer usually.
My suggestion would be to make a "live" Linux on a usb stick (from a working computer) and use that to get your important data off the old one.
Then figure out if the old one has a rescue partition you could boot into (google model number etc.)! -
I'm pretty sure I have done this in the past (it may depend on which version the licence is for). I think I had to phone Microsoft to authorise it which is simple enough.
It isn't a live CD as such, just an install disc. It used to be the case that there was an extra step to get from the dvd version to a USB version but they may well offer a USB version now.
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Probably, if you can find a Windows 7 image. But security updates end in 1 year so it would be a bit of a short term solution. Expect to pay for a Windows 10 upgrade (if a machine that old supports it).
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I'm having a nightmare trying to install ubuntu. My laptop originally came with Windows 7 and I still have the sticker with what I think is the licence code.
Can I just go and download a live CD of windows on a USB and install it using my licence code?
Cheers.