My hard drive crashed. How to re-install Windows Vista that was originally installed on my computer?

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  What kind of system do you have?

  Do you have an XP installation CD?

  Here are installation tutorials

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/xp_pro_install_-_graphic.htm

  http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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• How can I identify the name of the invisible file for a backup file successfully to an external hard drive USB2 separate? I use Windows Vista backup program (Service Pack 2),

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• My hard drive crashed and I had to reload vista. I can not find the product key. What can I do?

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  Contact the manufacturer of your computer.

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• I need to format the hard drive but don't have the windows vista disc to reinstall, but have had the key code that vista was preinstalled do I have to buy a new drive for vista

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  How to reinstall Vista

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

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  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

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

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

• hard drive crashed how reinstall photoshop cs5

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  You install exactly in the same way you did the 1st time... Put your disc in the drive, and enter your serial number when asked

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  Download & install instructions https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2003339 can help

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  -Cloud Getting Started https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud.html

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• My Hard Drive crashed and I have no disk Vista to install vista on the new driver

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  All support for your computer comes from the manufacturer of your computer, not Microsoft.

  How to get Vista recovery Media.

  There is no Vista free download legal available.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/contacthp?LC=en&DLC=en&cc=au

  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).
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  There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

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  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.

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  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• My hard drive crashed how do I uninstall and then reinstall photoshop cs6 extended

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  Yes.

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  then dl, install and activate.

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• Hard drive crashed. You need to activate Vista Home Premium.

  Mick,

  My Gateway laptop hard drive crashed. I bought the new hard drive and installed Vista Home Premium with the recovery disk came with the laptop. After you have installed the software it tells me that I need to activate it. It asks for a product key, but one that came with the laptop is dissipated down. I can't read the product key. So, how can I activate the operating system if it stops telling me to activate it. I wouldn't have to pay for another key because I already paid for it. Any help would be appreciated.

  Ron

  http://support.gateway.com/support/default.aspx

  Contact Gateway Support.

  We can not help you with a lost product key.

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• My hard drive crashed and the only disk operating system that I can find is my Windows 7 upgrade disk. Can I do a full install on a blank disc of this?

  My title pretty much sums up my problem.

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  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

  Click on drive Options

  Select the disc/s click on Delete

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  Click on apply

  Click OK

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  When you reach the desktop, click Start, right-click on computer

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  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click the link x days before activation.

  Click on the link that says: "show me other ways to activate.

  Enter the product key

  Click next

  Select the Activation of the phone

  Click Next when you enter your key page

  Select your country

  Click Next, call the number listed

  Be sure to explain your situation to the Appeals Officer.

  Provide the installation generated when ID requested by the call agent

  They give a confirmation ID in return, enter it

  Click next to complete the activation.

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  or

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  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

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• Very sick hard drive in, how to re - install CS6 on a new hard drive?

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  Hello

  Create a new user account and check if the problem persists, if the problem does not persist in the new user account, then you can fix the damaged user account.

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