Need to reinstall Vista OEM, but don't have the installation media

I have a virus on my computer and need to reinstall windows vista, but I can't find my intallation disk. In fact I don't know that I had one when I bought the computer. What should I do?

* original title - I'm not sure that I got a windows vista installation disc, when I bought my computer 3 years ago. Is there anyway I can get a do not pay for it? *

Hello

Here are the different ways to reinstall vista

Contact the computer manufacturer 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 F10 or F11 or Alt + F10, 0 at startup to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

Ask them of the exact key sequence

or borrow a microsoft dvd vista

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

Save all data, because it will be lost, do the above

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

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

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