O.k here's what happened...
Knowing that Microsoft will no longer be supporting windows 7 next year I wanted to duel boot my laptop running win10 & Linux mint.
I installed win10 but wasn't happy with the install so went ahead for a reinstall, somewhere along the way I accidentally wiped a partion which must have held BIOS info like s/n, p/n, uuid, etc.
Now when I boot it tells me it's in a non commited state, I tried to rebuild the partition via cmd & no luck, I realise that it needs rebranding & I have HP DMI software But to make matters worse there is no physical...

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O.k... where to start?
I'm a forum virgin so be gentle.
I have a very basic knowledge of computers & have been teaching myself by learning from my local library & off the internet for the last few years.
I often do things that make me have to fix my laptop and end up learning a lot more in the process, that's what I like about computing you never stop learning.
I like gaming,music, (big music fan...most genres) animals, going to gigs, fishing,camping,drinking with friends,and playing poker....