How do I get invites dos or linux guest or something to reformat the hard drive of a vista computer

My niece has forgotten his password for the administrator account, and I tried a few crackers, which resulted in the operating system that need to be "repaired" I tried the reinstallation CD, which starts in repair or reinstall the screen.  I tried the option repair several times, but the system seems to hang.  I left the hourglass or the screen of "repair" on the days at a time, but nothing else happens.  I also tried to reinstall the operating system on the disk that came with my computer dell laptop, but he hangs up also.  Can I create a bootable cd that will allow me to clean up the C drive and reinstall from scratch?

I would appreciate any help or other suggestions.

Thank you!

If you continue to have problems with the relocation, contact Dell: http://support.dell.com/

It is their software/recovery process, not Microsoft.

http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/189126

"Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords"

Microsoft cannot help you recover the passwords of the files and Microsoft who are lost or forgotten product features.

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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 you a set of recovery disk/s Vista, if your disks are damaged.

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

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Dell recovery options:

http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

Above is Dell to reinstall Vista from the DVD on your computer.

http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=336966

And that way if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive.

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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.

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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