Installation and acvtivation

On my laptop I have used to have a dual boot with windows Xp and vista.   I tried to delete the xp partition and corrupted in vista where I was unable to boot in.   So at the point where I just reinstalled xp I couldn't find my vista drive.   I recently found and still have my cd key.  I was wondering if I could reinstall Vista and reactivate it on the same pc with no problems?

As long as you have your Vista disc and product key, you can reinstall and activate Vista on the same computer.

If it's a retail Vista license, you may install it on any computer; as a long time it was only installed on ONE computer at a time given...

http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-Vista/quick-start/activation-FAQ.aspx

FAQ of activation to the. link above

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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