Invalid product key Vista
Hello, I recently bought a laptop Acer 5536 G that came pre-installed with Vista, and not a windows installation CD.
My laptop has been formatted with a Windows Vista DVD and I'm unable to activate with the product key provided with the laptop. After Google search, it is my understanding that a preinstalled OS CD key will not save a DVD Version? So any advice or help fixing this issue would be very useful, I'm unable to call Microsoft, due to not having a landline, so if I have to contact them is an email address? I was unable to find anything to use to communicate with them by e-mail.
Your laptop may have a recovery partition (if it wasn't delete when you have formatted the drive using the Vista DVD). Check the instructions on what F key, you will need to press on (example: Ctrl + F11) during the initial startup process.
Also contact Acer support: http://www.acersupport.com/ for help and also to ask questions about the availability of the recovery media.
Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world to help.
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