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I would like to know how to facotry reset it so its like new

Hi there, I purchased a second hand laptop for college and theres various apps downloaded on it such as EBay ... also the sticker underneath says windows 8 but the laptop is saying there's like a false windows 7 on it .... I would prefer to use windows 7 but I need to know how to completely wipe the laptop so its like new and if I could buy a product key for windows 7 would this then work? thanks so much for any help in advance

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Hi,

Here is a link that shows how to reset most Toshiba laptops (you didn't state the model number of yours) to a factory fresh software condition.

(This is as long as the previous owner has not deleted or deliberately overwritten the "hidden" HDD partition that contains the original operating software.

http://support.toshiba.com/sscontent?doc...

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