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If windows is installed there should be a serial number somewhere on the case. You can download windows 7 from microsoft, install it, and using your serial number register it as normal.




If he has a hard drive with no OS, how does he boot the computer to get on the internet to download the OS he doesn't have but needs to boot the computer to get on the internet?

I actually once heard a "tech" tell somebody to go online to download the drivers he needed for his network card so he could get online....

Use Drive Image or Norton Ghost and clone the drive. Easiest way.