How to get system recovery disks

original title: need to erase my hard drive to get rid of a virus, but the laptop did not come with disks in the system, because they were already installed on the laptop. What should I do?

I bought a laptop computer three years ago and I had very little trouble with it. But recently, it has become very slow, even though I have plenty of hard drive on the left. When it's built in wifi suddenly stopped one day, that I took it to the geek squad in PC World, who told the driver he had been uninstalled and who, after having worked on my laptop and see how slow and it was slow, it was probably the result of a virus.

I was told my only option to remove potential viruses was to back up my files and wipe my hard drive for all files. I was quoted £60 for this service so I went home and saved the files I wanted to keep on my laptop hard drive. I wiped my old PC hard drive before you delete the virus and I could then reinstall Windows and the built in programs using records systems. However, I bought this new laptop and all programs have been preinstalled and came with no system disk.

What is the best way to go on my hard disk wiping programs and files without Windows, or should I just pay PC World to do properly?

Thanks for the help :))

When you clean your hard drive, it is wiped away.

You must reinstall Windows during this process.

Vista recovery media obtain and/or use the Partition Recovery Vista on your computer to the 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.

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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.

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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.

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Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, Acer, recovery disk/s 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):

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

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.

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.

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http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/326246

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

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/326246

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

    See you soon.

    Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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