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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.)!
salad-
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.
Honestly don't get me started. It's driving me insane. Had absolutely no problems with Lubuntu on my HDD. Replaced it with a new SSD and tried to install Ubuntu mate and have not been able to get the laptop to find the OS on it since.
Windows won't install either, so I'm thinking of cloning my other half's windows laptop onto the SSD, then plugging that into mine. However, it's a totally different laptop make and model. So I have little hope.
I don't actually want Windows, its just that I thought if I could at least get Windows to work, then I could narrow down what the problem is. And at worst shrink the partion and duel boot Ubuntu mate, just never using Windows.
hugo7
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.