HARD drive crashed, need for Vista OS.

Hello

I'd appreciate help with the following problem.

I bought a new series, G5000 HP Laptop with Vist pre insalled a few years ago and had used the recovery disk HARD to re install the OS a couple of times when the problems occurred.

The HARD drive is now broke and is unrecoverable, and I installed a new HARD drive, but I don't have an OS disk, even if the product is registered.

I don't want to buy another copy of Vista, because I already have the product code, I'm computer savvy, but do not know what the next move is, Ms. will provide a floppy disk to allow me to re install the operating system.

Appreciate any help,

Thank you.

Hello

In the same way that it is possible to create a disc of the retail of Windows 7, use this to perform the installation, and then use the OEM windows 7 activation key from COA label, the same process is possible if your laptop comes with Vista.  A complete description (including links to downloads of Vista Image) of it on the following link.  The Image you use must be the same as the version initially installed on your laptop.

http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/software-OS/w/microsoft_os/3317.2-3-Microsoft-Windows-VI...

Software extra and you may need drivers to find from here.

Kind regards

DP - K

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