lack of Vista after installing Ubuntu

ORIGINAL TITLE: If it is not broken!

Where is my win vista? After installing Linux (Ubuntu) o/s from a cd free, thinking that it was side by side with vista (according to instructions) instead of vista has been crushed and this linux operating system hardly worked. Now l am running no genuine win 7 just to get the computer running again, which is not very good. Wish l had not disturbed, so how do l get vista back please. Also where my hd space should be 300 GB, is it now to about 180 GB

Hello

Missing hard drive space can through how you partitioned the drive hard when you installed Ubuntu.

We do not know how set you up.

Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a set of recovery disks Vista.

They should do this for a small fee.

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

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

And if you have never received a recovery disk when you bought your computer, there should be a recovery Partition on the hard drive to reinstall Vista on how you purchased your computer.

The recovery process can be started by pressing a particular combination of the key or keys at startup.

Maybe it's F10, F11, Alt + F10, etc., depending on the manufacturer.

Ask them to the proper key sequence.

You will need to check if this Recovery Partitiion is still after your other installed OS.

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.

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