Can I reinstall Vista on a non - OEM drive

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• How can I reinstall vista on my laptop without a disc.

  How can I reinstall vista on my laptop without a disc. I have an acer aspire 4520 and INF files are missing, umbrella I don't have a disk to reinstall. without these files, I can't update any driver...

  Hello

  You can reinstall vista without a drive on an Acer if you never received a disc when you bought

  try to press Alt + F10 at the Acer splash screen after power on to start the relocation process

  Here are the different ways to reinstall vista;

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• I have a computer laptop advent who got a license key for vista, but is running xp how can I reinstall vista?

  How can I reinstall vista on a coming under xp?

  Hello

  Here are the different ways to reinstall vista

  Contact the computer manufacturer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Can't reinstall Vista. Because Vista will not get to the Setup screen.

  Hi people. Got a prob a little. Vista stopped booting the other night. So, I tried safe mode, and it hung on crcdisk.sys. So, I decided to get in shape. Problem is, it will boot from the DVD, but will not load / access the Setup screen (I waited for 7-8 minutes and nothing's happened, shows just the thing with the green bar).

  Not too sure if it's because the hard drive is 1 TB (but Vista was on the same front hdd with Windows 7). I tried to remove the 2 GB of ram (I use 4). No go. Tried another DVD rom, not go. Removed USB devices that have been connected. No go. I know that the DVD itself is fine. I tried on the other PC here, the installation screen came within 2-3 minutes. But his is not a 1 to (its 250 GB) the only DVD that will work / I install is the Windows 7 DVD.  So, how can I reinstall Vista?

  I deleted all partitions / recreated with the Win7 installation as well. Still couldn't get Vista to get to the Setup screen

  Any info appreciated

  Thank you

  Finally fixed it. I read that USB legacy can also cause this. So, I disabled it. Everything is good. Managed to get to the Setup screen, then reinstall Vista

• Reinstalling Vista on a new hard drive in a Dell XPS420

  I have been using my Dell XPS 420 for years, but lately the C: drive (with Windows Vista Home Premium and the recovery partition) are dead. I had to reinstall Vista on a new hard drive. It went well until Vista was finished all the updates that are accumulated. He says that my Windows is not genuine, and he refused to go further than the connection. The Windows CD is Dell and it came with the computer. My Dell warranty expired a long time ago. Can anyone help?

  Using the recovery process of the manufacturer normally does not require activation. It will activate itself during the recovery process.

  Product key and product ID are two different things

  Read this about AV Avast which causing 0xC004D401 error Code

  http://social.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/genuinevista/thread/a3145e58-EAEA-43e5-B2DB-c15885076c48

  And read this topic to report diagnosis by Christmas Paton.

  http://social.Microsoft.com/forums/is/genuinevista/thread/a3fda1a0-6199-41a4-b3d6-5be62cae3d79

  And if necessary, repost in the Vista install, upgrade, and activate forum (this one).

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_install?page=1&tab=all

  Noel Paton, he will come here.

  This is the right forum, but it may not read fine on the information contained in the header not mentioning not activation problems

  See you soon.

• How can I reinstall audition CS6 upgrade after hard drive crash?  Qualifying previous product is not on my computer.

  How can I reinstall audition CS6 upgrade after hard drive crash?  Qualifying previous product is not on my computer.

  Never mind.  I found the license key for the previous product and was able to complete the installation.  Being a "pack rat" has its merits, sometimes.

• How can I reinstall Indesign after that my hard drive has been deleted?

  How can I reinstall Indesign after that my hard drive has been deleted?

  After obtaining a hard drive in working condition, you can reinstall the software using the discs if you bought the discs, or you can download your software as a trial version and use your original serial number to activate it.

  If the software is the latest version, you can download it from the Adobe product pages.

  If the software is an older version, you can download the demo version of the software using the link below and then use your current serial number to activate it.

  Don't forget to follow the steps described in the Note: very important article Instructions on the pages to download on this site.

  http://prodesigntools.com/tag/DDL

• can I reinstall vista, removed hard drive?

  I bought a laptop computer with a hard drive deleted, if I get a new hard then re - install vista if they product key sticker is on the bottom of the laptop?

  Hello

  Licenses, Activation and hardware drivers problems do not work how the other poster tells you

  If this hard drive was put in another computer, it would not work for 2 reasonns.

  1, it will NOT be activated until the preinstaled license OEM, a computer brand, DELL, HP, etc, is related to the original machine it was installed on

  2. it would not in all the probability of starting as this removed hard disk motherboard drivers required in order for it to work on your laptop, not another machine

  many people take a hard drive out so that they can keep them on private data they sell laptop

  also with regard to what the other poster told you about the recovery partition:

  It won't work that on YOUR laptop, NOT another machine, the hard disk may be implemented

  Here's how to reinstall Vista on your laptop:

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc and use your product key

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

• How can I reinstall Vista (free) after the failure of my hard drive?

  My hard drive needs a total deletion.  After a reformat can I reinstalled my Vista Ultimate without having to buy a new copy?  (I have the same question about Office 2007, streets and trips 2009).

  Thank you.

  Most laptops and many OEM desktop computers (HP, Sony, etc.) come with a picture of factory restore on a special partition on the hard drive. The factory restore process is normally called by pressing a key of function (such as F11) to start the computer. There will be a message as to what function key press the screen when you start your computer. You can also consult the manual of your computer or the computer mftr.'s site, or contact technical support to learn how to restore your computer if you plant from each computer mftr. He does it differently - sometimes even between models.

  These machines also generally have a utility to create physical recovery disks in case the hard drive needs to be replaced or the factory restore image is somewhat damaged. If you have not created the recovery image recovery physical and/or damaged disks, contact technical support of computer mftr. to order a set of recovery disks. It is normally very expensive, around $25-50.

  If your office and streets & trips are preinstalled, you would contact the computer mftr. for the installation of replacement media. Otherwise reinstall them using a CD that you have.

  MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Satellite P100-276 - can't reinstall Vista from external CD drive

  Cannot install external CD drive Vista
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  My Toshiba P100-276 Vista Home Premium crashed for the last time, so I bought a new hard drive.
  Internal CD player had not worked for some time, but had happened before.
  It would always work again when I reinstalled Vista.
  Not now, however.
  So my pc - guy installed the new drive and tried to install Vista from my USB - CDRom-drive.
  Which has resulted in these messages:
  http://wikisend.com/download/996858/20130313_160410.jpg
  and:
  http://wikisend.com/download/363738/20130313_171457.jpg

  Googleing it, it turns out that you can solve this problem by changing the 'compatibility' mode in the bios, but not in MY bios.
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB0402V30000R01NL.htm

  Install a new CD player might settle it, but would be costly and complex at the same time.
  I'm writing this using Ubuntu, who btw had no difficulties to install from the external drive.

  All solutions?

  In the past, several people have reported the same problem.
  Also, are you using the original recovery disk or the Microsoft installation disc?

  The simplest solution is to buy the new optical disk drive. You can find it on eBay and it is cheap for this old machine. You can exchange it in 2 minutes, and everything will be OK again.

  In the user s manuals document you can find a list of all compatible optical disk drives.
  Satellite P100 is a fairly old machine, but if you use the original recovery disk it contains good SATA driver.

• Satellite L300 - can't reinstall Vista using the recovery disk

  My daughters Satellite L300 gave problems that seem to be hard disk errors.
  I installed a new hard drive and tried to reinstall vista from the recovery of the product CD.
  Partitions are created successfully and then I get an error "C:\program files\adobe\acrobat restoration...". several times followed by etc

  "image restoration of error."

  "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."

  "Imagex error not to VISTA F:\06235XSP.svm Index 2 odd c:\!

  "Press a key to continue."

  And thye ned.

  All ideas

  Hello

  Hmm, looks like the laptop cannot restore the operating system from the recovery image
  To be honest I'm not very well why this error pops up but eventually it s m related to the new HARD drive installation.

  Perhaps, you can format the HARD drive again using a clean Microsoft Windows CD (Win XP, etc.).
  Boot from the CD of Win and format the HARD drive.
  Then go to the recovery disk, boot from the recovery disc and try reinstalling the operating system

  Maybe it would work

• I have a valid key for Windows Vista and I would like to reinstall my OS. How can I reinstall Vista?

  I would like lieke for original reinstal windows vista on my laptop CAREB I product ey but idont now how to put please help

  HI I WOULD LIKE TO REINTALTHE ORIGINAL WINDOWS VISTA ON MY LAPTOP CAREB I B PRODUCT KEY, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CD

  CAN SOMEONE HELP ME OR LIKE ME HOW TO DO

  CONCERNING

  DAI M

  Hi, Mohdaili,

  You should contact Acer relatively to the acquisition of the recovery disks.  The cost is minimal/affordable.

  https://secure.TX.Acer.com/rcdb/main.aspx?brand=Acer

  How can I reinstall the operating system on my computer

  http://Acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/A_ID/2631

  Mohdaili,

  I just stumbled upon this post duplicate.  Could you remove by pressing the button Edit then delete?  Thank you.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_install/reinstal-Windows-Vista/d0c076e0-4d48-4F7F-a0d5-f235ac20c010

• How can I reinstal vista without cd

  Im having trouble with my computer and want to reinstal vista Home premium to solve the problem I can't remove all explore 9 beta how.r - This is a public forum so never post private such as e-mail or telephone information

  • You have problems with programs
  • Error messages
  • Recent changes to your computer
  • What you have already tried to solve the problem

  Your computer came with a partition "Recovery"? Check the owner's manual.

  You can also contact the manufacture to obtain a recovery media.

  JS
  http://www.PAGESTART.com

  Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world to help.

• How can I reinstall Vista and Microsoft Office

  Hello world

  I had Vista reinstalled in January this year and have since been away for 8 months and not used the computer.  Now I come back I had a few problems with it (date and time keeps changing, Outlook gel etc.), although not major also tried to transfer the information from my laptop on the desk and really it mucked up.  I have 2 and 3 copies of things etc.  I have now transferred all the information on the desktop on an external drive.  I copied it over, not save it.  What I want to do is reinstall Vista Office and then the programs I want to.  There is a lot of information that was on my machine, I don't want to.  What is the right way, I have to do this?  I need to remove the information from the desktop computer or reinstall Vista automatically will do that?

  I sincerely appreciate your assistance.  I only did the first reinstall it was made by a computer repairier.

  Helen

  Hi Helen,

  If you try to start from scratch, the new facility is the option.

  Note: after a clean installation, all data, programs, and drivers on the computer will be lost. It is recommended to make a backup of your important data before performing any installation. You need to reinstall the device drivers. Make sure that you back up office documents before re-formatting of the computer.

  You can follow the steps mentioned in the link below to reinstall Windows Vista.

  Installation and reinstallation of Windows Vista

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-Vista

  Insert the office disc and start the Setup (.exe), follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

  You can post your query on Office Forums using reinstallation of Office

  Office Forum
  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/OfficeInstall/threads

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Ajay K

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think

• How can I reinstall Vista Home Premium?

  I want to reinstall Vista Home premium in my lobtop. Help me please

  Vista Media recovery obtaining and/or using the Vista recovery on your computer Partition to factory settings .

  There is no Vista free download legal available.

  Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a recovery disk/s Vista set.

  Normally, they do this for a cost of $ small.

  In addition, ask them if you have a recovery Partition on your computer/laptop to restore it to factory settings.

  See if a manual provided with the computer or go to the manufacturer's website, email or you can call for information on how to make a recovery.

  Normally, you have to press F10 or F11 at startup to start the recovery process...

  Another way I've seen on some models is press F8 and go to a list of startup options, and launch a recovery of standards of plant with it, by selecting the repair option.

  Also ask them if it is possible to do the recovery disk/s for the recovery Partition in case of a system Crash or hard drive failure.

  They will tell you how to do this.

  Every computer manufacturer has their own way of making recovery disk/s.

  Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, etc).
  A good Vista DVD contains all versions of Vista.
  The product key determines which version of Vista is installed.

  There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

  If install a cleaning is required with a good DVD of Vista (not HP, Dell recovery disks):

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/918884

  MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

  http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

  A tutorial on the use of a clean install

  http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

  Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

  After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

  Save all data, because it will be lost during a clean installation.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner