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have a used hard drive with windows on it trying to fix a computer with dead hard drive any way around
have no start up disc

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what do you mean by fix?
most "fixes" that require an OS is software based. that being said, unless the used HDD was in a computer with the same motherboard/chipset, you will need to reinstall windows.

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