If I do a fresh install of windows vista will be I need to reformat my hard drive

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• came loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. Recently, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean installation of Windows 7 Professional. I have no games. No solitaire, Minesweeper, no nothing.

  original title: lack of games
  I have an Acer Aspire PC. It came loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. Recently, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean installation of Windows 7 Professional.

  I have no games. No solitaire, Minesweeper, no nothing.
  How can I, without seeking to erase and reinstall again?

  To activate the built-in Windows 7 games:

  1. click on Start (lower-left) and then on Control Panel.

  2. click on programs and features.

  3. on the left side of the screen, click on 'Windows turn features on or off".

  4. find the entry called games & check the box next to it.

  5. click on OK.

  6 reset.

  If the games box is already checked, uncheck the box , click OK, restart, then do steps 1-6 above.

• I had pre installed windows vista on my laptop. now, I replaced the hard drive. so, can we recover only windows giving you the serial number?

  I had pre installed windows vista on my laptop. now, I replaced the hard drive. so, can we recover only windows giving you the serial number? I have sony laptop.

  How to get Vista recovery Media and/or to use the Vista recovery Partition on your computer.

  There is no Vista free download legal available.

  http://eSupport.Sony.com/

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

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

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

  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.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• The automatic update Windows Vista just eliminated all my files on my hard drive

  Last night, I closed my laptop with the ability to install the business Windows vista update (as I usually do when there are updates available).

  When I turned on the laptop this morning (May 17, 2013), he went through the usual update and installation.

  However, when it finished I noticed that the Office was clean (not so many icons on the screen). Then, I went into Firefox and noticed that all my favorites have disappeared - I imagine the same for Internet Explorer and Opera too (although I haven't checked). Then, I went into My Documents and noticed nothing - all my files on my hard drive (with the exception of programs and software dreamweaver for example microsoft, office, etc) were totally wiped out.

  It is serious - help!

  Fortunately, you can restore all your data files from backups that you do on a regular basis.

• Windows Vista reinstall after a full format of the HARD drive!

  My younger brother accidentally formatted the entire hard drive he played in dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows. I have a Dell Optiplex 755 genuine Windows Vista Business Edition, I want to just reinstall Windows Vista, I got this computer from my cousin, I don't have any Installation disc, how I want to download Windows Vista?

  Hello

  Call Dell and ask them to send a set of recovery disks Vista reinstall Vista.

  They do it for a small fee.

  Also, look and see if you still have a recovery partition to reinstall Vista from.

  Read this:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?c=us&l=en&s=Gen&docid=DSN_336966&isLegacy=true

  Read also:

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  See you soon.

• Upgrade Windows 7 to 8, now need to replace the HARD drive.

  Hello

  Last year, I think it was, I upgraded my system from Windows 7 to Windows 8.

  Now, I need to replace my operating system is stored on hard disk.

  How can I do to do that I have no physical support for Windows 8 and I don't know that I have still my Windows 7 disc or product keys.

  Thank you

  Chris

  First, create a backup of your installation of Windows 8 on an external hard drive:

  http://techingiteasy.WordPress.com/2012/10/29/how-to-backup-your-Windows-8-installation/

  Then, create a repair disk:

  http://winsupersite.com/article/Windows8/Windows-8-tip-create-recovery-media-144098

  -Shutdown your computer.

  -Uninstall the existing hard drive.

  -Install the new hard drive,

  Boot from the recovery media that you create.

  Make sure that your external hard drive is plugged, plugged in and turned on.

  (a) in the screen install now

  (b) click on repair your computer

  (c) click on Advanced Options

  (d) click on troubleshoot

  Click on Advanced Options

  Click System Image recovery

  Wait while the System Image recovery is ready

  Choose your account

  Enter your password and click on continue

  See the following article for instructions on how to complete the restore:

  http://notebooks.com/2011/02/16/how-to-move-Windows-7-to-a-larger-hard-disk/

  Once the restore is complete, you will be asked to reboot.

• Can I reinstall Windows Vista professional, a recovery disc on a new hard drive for my 6820 s?

  I am selling my old laptop HP 6820 s to put the money to another and the main problem is that the original hard disk having bad sectors that prevent me from reinstalling Windows Vista Professional using the recovery disk. I was wondering if I bought a new hard drive of the same size and type, I was able to reinstall Windows Vista Business on it, especially since I still have the original key on the laptop itself.

  If the hd meets the specification, you should be able to install using the recovery discs.

• Windows Vista does not recognize external USB 260 GB HARD drive

  I have a 260 GB Seagate external hard drive, a laptop Toshiba satellite and Windows Vista Basic.

  The same Windows usually choose the hard drive when I plug it, it does not appear in Device Manager and in disk management, the only way I can get it to work is to uninstall all the USB root hub and then restart the computer, and then reinstall the USB root hub and plug my hard drive.

  When windows finally recognizes him, the only way to find the driver must choose c:\ manually and there's the search for the computer.
  Works for the time that I have the computer hard disk, but when I stopped it, next time I use the computer, I'm having exactly the same problem.

  I tried to remove the hard drive safely and then close the computer and by him plugging back in after windows has loaded, I tired it connected from the computer and tried to close the computer with connected.

  None of these work.
  Can someone help me please?

  Strange?  :|
  But what need s say Microsoft Windows so I don't expect 100% without bug OS ;)

  Disconnect the USB HDD and remove all the USB ports and Device Manager USB controllers. After restarting again the OS should reinstall ports. Then you could try to reconnect the HARD drive.

• Windows XP will not allow me to defrag my hard drive, said to run Checkdisk

  I cannot defragment my hard drive using Windows xp.  He told me to run checkdisk next time I start up, I say yes but chkdsk / x or chkdsk/f does not work how can I force windows to disassemble.  Thank you

  Thanks for answering my question. It turns out that Norton utilities was not allowing me to defragment my disk hard because he said that I had to run checkdisk. After you have uninstalled Norton - windows enabled me to perform the disk check and corrected some errors which allowed me to defragment the hard drive. Thanks for your help. = A0 = A0 Bob

• Can I do a fresh install of Windows 7 Home and use the old product key?

  Hello

  I got a laptop from a former employer who removed the hard drive before give me the computer.

  I installed a new hard drive and you want to do a fresh install.

  The previous operating system was Windows 7 Pro OA Enterprise Edition and I have the product key for it.

  Can I do a fresh install of Windows 7 Home and use the old product key?

  and after that I still increases to 10 Windows using the same product key?

  Concerning

  Regrow72

  If you have plans to upgrade to Windows 10 Home, I would skip trying to reinstall Windows 7 and go directly to Windows 10.

  You can use your family Windows 7 product key to install Windows 10, learn how:

  How to install and activate Windows 10 using your Windows 7 or Windows 8 product key

  Step 1: How to download official Windows 10 ISO files

  Step 2: how: perform a clean installation of Windows 10

  If you are experiencing problems activating Windows 10, see:

  Activate your Windows 10 license with Microsoft Chat support

  I recommend to go to Windows 10 now while you can, because Microsoft will stop the free upgrade offer at the end of July:

  Windows 10 free upgrade offer ends July 29 as planned

  Microsoft to remove Windows Notification Nag upgrade 10

  Resources:

  Windows Free Upgrade on schedule 10 to end July 29, 2016 - what are your options?

  If you still want to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium, please see:

  For 5 years, Microsoft made it fairly easy for users of the Windows 7 operating system to get reinstall media. If you have lost your support disc or installation retail collection; either it has been damaged or defective; You can download a copy of the edition that you have licensed from a membership site called Digital River. More recently, Microsoft ended the availability to reinstall media that you can download as a. File ISO in Digital River, which is a digital reproduction of an optical disc.

  It was particularly convenient for people who could not easily get the manufacturer's recovery media, did not want to pay the fees required to get or preferred a clean configuration without the software packaged manufacturers or even a recovery partition does not work. It's easy to use, all you had to do was reinstall and reactivate using the product key located on the certificate of authenticity and download all the drivers on the manufacturers website.

  Given that this option is no longer available, what are your options? See the article for more details:

  How to: What are my options for Windows 7 reinstall media?

  Make sure you scroll down and read the section:

  What to do if you cannot get your manufacturer recovery media, refuse to use or to buy it or the Microsoft Software Recovery Website does not work?

• Windows 7 screen resolution is not agree with me after I did a fresh install of Windows!

  So after doing a fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium on my laptop two days ago, I have tried many unsuccessfully to try to resolve a problem of resolution resulting from the update. My resolution is automatically set to a resolution of 1024 x 768 very blurry and I cannot recover my original resolution. When I go to the next option and the last, on the resolution list, 1280 x 1024, the screen is completely distorted and stretched which is hard on the eyes and is certainly not the original resolution for my laptop before the update. It's like installing new Windows completely wiped out my original graphics drivers.

  I also noticed with update that my graphics driver and the driver were set at "NVIDIA Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" which I am absolutely positive is not what I was using before, that I don't have a video card installed, even if I use not this laptop for games and is no longer for the school and other work. I'm 99% sure that I have a card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 installed, that even though he is old, always worked well, but even in this case, I'm still not sure if it's the card I have, which could be the reason why I can't find the right drivers for it.

  For reference (I'm running in Mode safe):

  

  I tried to update this standard graphics driver, but he claims, there is no update. I run all my virus programs, I have all my updates installed Windows, and I used the boost driver to try to see if there is any other updates, but nothing has worked. I did a "sfc/scannow". I ran Microsoft FixIt, tried to look in the "list all Modes" under the control panel screen resolution and I currently can't 'uncheck' Modes 'hide' because it is all grayed out. Honestly, I think I have tried everything to solve this problem, but I think he came to where I think I need to ask someone who can find the exact video card I have in my computer so I can possible find the driver for it, and maybe that would solve the problem.

  For reference, I also have a laptop Toshiba Satellite P25-S507. Running Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit. If any other type of information is necessary, I can give him, let me know how to get around to provide for you. I will continue to try to see what I can do but for the moment, help! D:

  You do not use / install "driver booster" or other programs of type 'FixMyPC '.

  You need to visit your computer makers portable, specific to your model support site and install all the available drivers (Chipset/graphics/lan, etc.)

• HP Deskjet 1056: HP Deskjet x 64 will not install on Windows Vista

  HP Deskjet 1056 will not install on Windows Vista

  Hello

  Remove the complete software for printer. Download the latest drivers and software from link below and installation of ty.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&DLC=en&LC=en&product=372330&

• SP2 for Windows Vista will not install. Receive error 800b0100 code. Windows Update has encountered an unknown error.

  SP2 for Windows Vista will not install. Receive error 800b0100 code. I already tried all possible solutions - disabled and even uninstalled McAfee Firewall disabled, ran the CheckSUR repeatedly (see below for the final analysis), tried to install from windows update, also downloaded the stand-alone MS pack, tried selective startup and hidden States of services, still nothing. It has been 2 days work on this. Help, please!

  =================================
  Preparation of control system was updated.
  Binary version 6.0.6002.22202
  Package Version 6.0
  2009-10-24 12:36

  Checking Windows Service Packages

  Checking of manifests package and catalogs

  Checking package Watchlist

  Watchlist checking

  Checking packages
  (f) MOTHER of CBS missing 0 x 00000002 servicing\packages\Package_2_for_KB975467~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  (f) MOTHER of CBS missing 0 x 00000002 servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467_client_1~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  (f) MOTHER of CBS missing 0 x 00000002 servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467_client~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  (f) MOTHER of CBS missing 0 x 00000002 servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum

  Control components store

  Summary:
  Seconds executed: 1241
  Found 4 errors
  CBS MUM lack count: 4

  Unavailable repair files:
  servicing\packages\Package_2_for_KB975467~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467_client_1~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467_client~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.mum
  servicing\packages\Package_2_for_KB975467~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.cat
  servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467_client_1~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.cat
  servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467_client~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.cat
  servicing\packages\Package_for_KB975467~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.0.cat

  Hello Yiratr,

  Thank you for using the Microsoft answers Forums.

  Solution:

  Follow the steps in the web link below.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/956702

  That should do the trick for you.

  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  Augustine.

  "URGO".

  UDAY $012 please let me know that whether the solution worked or not, I thank you and appreciate your comments. URGO

• Do a clean install of Windows Vista 32 8.1; advice on the new partition formats.

  Hi, I'm going to do my clean install of Windows Vista 32 8.1 today.

  Need advice on the size for my new partition (s).

  Currently defined as the partitions:

  Total: free:

  OS (c                          99.7G          11.9G

  Data (D G 111, 14.5 G)

  HP_Recovery (E 12.0 G 1.97 G)

  I am running:

  Laptop HP Pavilion DV9700 Entertainment

  32 Vista Home Premium, SP1

  Basically I want a suitable partition for the new Windows OS 8.1 (more room for restore points).

  And the rest of the data area, I guess, as if I had originally.

  Does anyone have any other ideas, because I start from scratch.

  Hi davisj-oaktree.

  To remove the Vista partition, I included the following two links http://bit.ly/1dWZLLn, and http://cnet.co/1dWZQii. Please check the information on each of these websites.

  Good luck!

• Clean install of Windows Vista Edition family

  Due to a Virus, I had to perform a cold install of Windows Vista Edition family.  After completion and activation of the software, I received a message that my product is already in use.  It was a clean install on the same computer that has more than 3 years.

  Hello Steveowe,

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