Need an instalation own Vista - no recovery disc

Hello

Short version: I would like to have a clean install of Vista Business disc, not only the recovery media. I paid for the license (supplied with the notebook), and Microsoft has confirmed that I am entitled to it. But it is supposed to be provided by Toshiba. I contacted the store where I bought my laptop - they refused!

Long version: I have problems installing updates for Vista on my laptop (Dungeon errors). I contacted the technical support from Microsoft, we have tried to implement everything, but he only worse (got blue screen several times, lost her!). The last option they offered was to do an Inplace upgrade. To do that I need the installation media for Vista. I don't want to (and can not) format the hard drive around and lost all my data. As I said, Microsoft has confirmed that I have the right to have the installation disc, but my store doesn't provide me with one. Such a drive will be useful also later - I don't want to format all partitions on every time that something goes wrong with Vista.

Can you please tell how to get the disc?

Two questions: 1. If I get the installation disk, the recovery media works as well? I want both, just in case where...
2. what happens if I download the operating system, somewhere on the internet (just to make this direct upgrade)? Would this work? If I can download any version or should it be i.e. OEM version?

I'd appreciate any help really. The system becomes worse and worse.

Thank you!

Hello

of course, they refused. It does not matter what you told Microsoft. They are only the manufacturer of software and they sell the license to Toshiba that sells for you when you buy a machine of Tosh.

Thus, they also offer an operating system OEM preinstalled, which applies to the license on your machine, but only to this recovery. This is called licensing.
Never heard of him? -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License
Or heard talk of OEM? -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer (Please read the text with the title "Operating systems")

So, you think Toshiba owes you a disc of original and authentic of the operating system that was preinstalled on your system?

No, negative. They don t. And you won´t get a disk, it is a fact, because you ALREADY HAVE a DRIVE WITH a WORKING OPERATING SYSTEM.

If you want to have a system to obtain another copy of Windows Vista with it s license and install this. The recovery works by the way, no matter if you install Linux, MacOS or Windows of non-recovery.

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