How to get a Vista disk to reinstall?

original title: I can't find my original disk of vista and my computer must be completely reloaded - I have my authentication code what can I do?

One of my 'friends' "help" fix me my computer problems and thank God I have 2 computers because my laptop was totally erased by that person.  I need to reinstall Windows Vista but I can't find my records.  It's a genuine product and I have a code key for it.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can install this back on my computer?

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 F10 or F11 or Alt + F10, 0 at startup to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

Ask them of the exact key sequence

or borrow a microsoft dvd vista

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

Save all data, because it will be lost, do the above

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

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

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