Reinstall after replacing hard drive

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• Can I reinstall after replacing hard drive?

  I need to replace my hard drive. Can I reinstall Windows Vista on the new drive? I have to do something in order to reuse the product key?

  Yes, you can reinstall Vista on the new drive (but it must be removed from the old drive or the old disk must be ignored if you can't access it to remove the program).

  You may have problems with automatic activation (not usually, but sometimes).  If so, simply activate manually.

  To activate manually, go to start, search, and type in slui 4 enter.  Enter your country and press Next.  You will be on a screen with a phone number and a bunch of codes below.  Dial the number and browse automatic guests until you get to a human being.  Have your handy product code because it will be asked.  Explain the situation, but it's the same PC and only installed on this PC.  They should give you a code to enter on this screen to activate Vista.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Version Windows 7 Basic reinstall after replacing hard drive

  I lost my restore CD and had to replace my hard drive. The system had a preinstalled version of Windows 7 Basic. The key does not exist in my laptop lenovo. Can you please let me know if the same key can be used if I download the software from the site of Ms.

  For 5 years, Microsoft made it fairly easy for users of the Windows 7 operating system to get reinstall media. If you have lost your support disc or installation retail collection; either it has been damaged or defective; You can download a copy of the edition that you have licensed from a membership site called Digital River. More recently, Microsoft ended the availability to reinstall media that you can download as a. File ISO in Digital River, which is a digital reproduction of an optical disc.

  It was particularly convenient for people who could not easily get the manufacturer's recovery media, did not want to pay the fees required to get or preferred a clean configuration without the software packaged manufacturers or even a recovery partition does not work. It's easy to use, all you had to do was reinstall and reactivate using the product key located on the certificate of authenticity and download all the drivers on the manufacturers website.

  Given that this option is no longer available, what are your options? See the article for more details:

  How to: What are my options for Windows 7 reinstall media?

  Make sure you scroll down and read the section:

  What to do if you cannot get your manufacturer recovery media, refuse to use or to buy it or the Microsoft Software Recovery Website does not work?

• After replacing hard drive and reinstall Windows, DVD Player cannot play a Blu - ray disc.

  Original title: dvd player

  recently replaced HDD and reintegrated windows 7.  Now my dvd player cannot play a bluray disc.  Any ideas how to solve this problem?

  Duplicate the content of the thread:

  After replacing hard drive and reinstall Windows, DVD Player cannot play a Blu - ray disc

  My hard drive recently broken and we replaced and reinstalled windows7.  Now I'm watching a Bluray DVD and the drive will not read it.  I tried the fix auto and that said they detected a problem but can not fix this.  Any ideas?

  Hello

  You can check these links and try...

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982116

• Satellite Pro 2100: How do I reinstall the OS after replacing HARD drive

  I have a Toshiba SP2100 and I want to replace the hard drive, but I don't have any recovery CD
  So, how can I put the o/s back on?

  Try to connect the external HARD drive to the computer via the USB port and try to copy all content from the internal HARD disk external HARD drive. Then you could try to insert the external HARD drive in the laptop.
  But I've never tried this procedure and don t know if it will work.

  But usually after replacing HARD drive you should boot from the Boot CD as recovery CD or the original CD of Microsoft Windows.
  After the installation of clean Windows OS, you can visit the Toshiba drivers and you can download and install the drivers of Toshiba and utilities.

• Satellite 1410 714 extremely slow after replacing HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a Satellite 1410-714 which has had a hard drive failure. I replaced the drive, but now the computer is extremely slow. Windows has been reinstalled, it was really slow too much and now it takes minutes for windows to start.

  I suspect that something might have broken on the motherboard and the hard disk. I checked mobo replacement parts, but have not found anything for-714, so a 1410 mobo compatible? This model has a processor celeron 1.8.

  Thanks for help.

  Hannu

  Hello

  I can t think the motherboard is broken after replacing HARD drive.
  I suggest updating the BIOS first. Maybe your old BIOS have a few problems with the most recent HARD drive.
  Please check site driver Toshiba for the latest version of BIOS.

  Have you used any anties Virus applications?

• HP Pavilion 17: mouse pad does not work after replacing hard drive

  Hello

  After replacing hard drive and installing windows 8.1, I can't use my mouse pad.

  I installed the Synaptics driver but it didn't help.

  How can I check that mousepad device is not damaged when replacing the hard drive and which also can I try to fix the mouse pad?

  USB mouse works fine.

  See you soon

  The only way to be sure is to open it up and see if the touchpad cable was disconnected during the upgrade of the hard drive. That's my bet. Easy to forget when you're winding. You don't provide complete model number, but many of the recent models Pavilion 17 require removal of the cover together to get hard disk that requires disconnection of the touchpad cable.

• Satellite U840 - how do I reinstall Win 7 after replacing HARD drive

  I had a HARD drive error.

  So I formatted the hard drive (after trying for months to get the process to finally finish that)
  Now, I a U840 Satellite with a clean HARD drive and do not have the installation for Windows 7 discs.

  I searched the net and found nothing of use!
  Help, please

  see you soon
  Nick

  Hello

  You need to create the own recovery in the past disc!
  This recovery disk allows you to install the Toshiba image after the HARD drive is dead or has been replaced.

  In case you have not created this disk, it is possible to order this support:
  http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

• Error "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running." You may have to restart your computer. "after replacing hard drive

  I've upgraded to a replacement hard drive, but Windows Update won't work now. Everything else seems OK.

  The error is: "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running." You may have to restart your computer.

  I restarted the computer a couple of times and in respect of the Services runs it the Windows Update service.

  Operating system is Vista 64 bit.

  Original title: Windows Update

  I've upgraded to a replacement hard drive, but Windows Update won't work now. Everything else seems OK.

  The error is: "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running." You may have to restart your computer.

  I restarted the computer a couple of times and in respect of the Services runs it the Windows Update service.

  Operating system is Vista 64 bit.

  After the upgrade to the bigger hard disk, I found that the technology Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver should be updated. Once this is done Windows update ran properly. Microsoft Fixit did not help in this circumstance.

• Reinstall Windows XP after replacing hard drive

  I had to replace the hard drive on my Lenovo 3000 n200 laptop. The old drive was unusable and recover nothing from him. I have backups of all the files and folders to an external drive, but this does not have to reinstall XP Pro on the new hard drive. No CD of the operating system that is not supplied with the laptop. I'm trying to reinstall using the original disc I386 folder but WINNT32 ends without any indication of the reasons why after asking for a key product and running for a short period. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

  oldrah

  Has received recovery disks (2 discs) and ran the recovery process. Win XP installed and Setup took place, but lacked 9 pilots. A call to Lenovo support has led to a very nice lady to help me to track down and install the missing drivers. In order to facilitate its work, I enabled him to use a remote access facility to support my laptop and do what was necessary to install the drivers. Later, I've updated Windows for common maintenance and has started to re - install some software that had been on the laptop. Everything on the laptop is roughly back to where it was before the hard drive is dead, or better. Quite a learning experience.

• Reinstall Vista clean after replacing hard drive

  Hard drive crashed in my Acer Aspire 3680-2682. I replaced the hard drive with a larger HARD drive and did a clean reinstall of Vista Basic to my CD anytime upgrade. My computer did not come with recovery discs and the recovery partition of course disappeared as well.

  Can I use my same product key that is on my COST base sticker of Vista?

  If you want to reinstall Vista to how you purchased the computer, use the ORIGINAL product key that was on the computer to do.

  It was what was my original advice.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Reinstall win 7 home after replacing hard drive

  HP Pavilion dm4 3050us. Had to replace the hard drive. Installed SATA 320 GB WD Blue. Now when I try to install HP, cannot complete installation is the message. There is something to be changed in the bios? Origianl drive was a Hitachi, but I have no idea of the size

  Hello

  The problem is the fact that the original HDD in your notebook is 750 GB and you have replaced this with a 320 GB drive - recovery disks have problems when you try to install on a disk that is inferior in quality to the training they were created from.

  There is another solution, you can try.

  First of all, don't forget, you can read and write the available 25-character activation key on your label COST.

  Then, using another PC, download the Image file for Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit. and save it in your downloads folder.

  Once the download is complete, use a program like ImgBurn to write the Image to a blank DVD Windows system file - a guide on this can be found here.

  Once the installation disc has been created, typing away at the ESC key when you launch Notepad to open the Start Menu.  Insert the Setup DVD.  Select the Boot Manager option ( f9 ).  Use the arrow keys to select the CD/DVD drive and press ENTER - if you are prompted to "press any key to continue...". ", do.

  During installation, enter the activation key for Windows on demand and when the installation is complete, use the 'method of phone", described in detail in the link below to activate the operating system.

  http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-Windows-7-by-phone.aspx

  You will find additional software and drivers for your laptop here.

  Best regards

  DP - K

• Reinstall Photoshop 11 after replacement & hard drive failure

  Has been one hard drive failure last week and lost everything. I need to reinstall Photoshop elements 11.

  Download the trial of l http://prodesigntools.com/photoshop-elements-11-direct-download-links-pse-premiere-pre.htm

  Follow the Instructions of the very Important on this page first before you click on the download links.

  Enter your serial number for the license of the software on your computer.

• Reinstall XP after replaced hard drive

  my broken hard drive & when I got the pc to pc world on 5 or 6 years have no disk Windows just a particion were, it was stored on the drive & whenever windows did not work I would restore it return to the settings of fackory now my drive hard aas has completely broken so my father girlfriends let me her old xp disc av he even ever on internet with ii set in place on my pc, its give me 30 days the product key is no longer available ive always my product key, but that will not work im not a fraud, I had my own xp that xp is not fraudulent I can aford win 7 at the moment which can do?

  * original title - broken hard drive *.

  Hi Gaznangie,

  Given that your Windows XP is already installed on your pc, you should contact the manufacturer for support of recovery from them directly.

  If you are interested in possibly upgrading to Windows 7, please see the following link for more information:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-7/default.aspx

  I hope this helps!

• Satellite C650, media recovery fails after replacing HARD drive

  I have a 3 years C650, and the HARD drive has failed. I got a replacement drive and sorts to recover from the recovery media disks that I created and although he claimed to have re - partition the drive and reinstalled windows, windows startup fails when tried to configure the devices "could not configure windows to run on this hardware.

  After this error, the boot sequence goes into an endless loop, asking to start the installation procedure.

  Thinking that my records may have been corrupted, I ordered a set of Toshiba recovery disks. Once again, these go through the recovery process and still once, Windows startup does not exactly in the same place.

  A little annoying to have spent £30 for nothing.

  I have a picture of Windows system on my external HARD drive, but I can't get the machine to a point where it will actually start so I can recover from that.

  Any suggestions on how to proceed is welcome!

  Thank you
  Martin

  Hello

  Of course, this isn't a problem of recovery disk.
  I guess there is a problem with the HARD drive but I n t think that the HARD drive has failed I think there is a problem of setting

  First, you should go to BIOS and check if the SATA set to AHCI.
  Then you should also format the HARD drive again.

  I recommend to use the freeware tool called GParted. You could create a live USB stick bootable flash memory which will allow you to start the unit and start GParted tool.
  Format the HARD drive, and then create a partition.

  After that, take the recovery disk and start the recovery procedure.
  Good luck