Satellite P200 - 17 c: Question on the clean install of Vista

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• Satellite P200 - 14 H - problem with the software after reinstalling Vista whindows

  I have a Satellite P200 - 14 H, who bought systems Activ of Romania. I got a Toshiba DVD with an image pre-configured Windows and my driver's license windows vista Home premium. After several blue screens windows crashed after 5 days. It was a software problem. I am a network administrator and I need several virtual machines Linux vmware server Windows.

  The DVD provided with the laptop is not really suited to my needs to reinstall windows because it throws my entire hard drive and is not an option. I took a friend a DVD windows vista Home premium and using my key from the sticker on the back of my laptop I reinstalled win without deleting all of the hard drive but only the partition c. I downloaded all the drivers of your site even if I found them really hard (model PSPB6E because that model PSPB6E I don't find it anywhere) everything is good except that "Flash Cards Support Utility" and «» Hardware Setup' give me the following error: "serial number is invalid '. I don't know what to do to be able to use the function keys I knew which are installed by 'Flash Cards Support utility'.

  If it is not good that I did give me another solution that does not need to wipe entire HARD drive, but only the C drive and use the DVD that you have provided or give me access to some place to be able to download all the drivers and software that can be found on the original DVD (those above and to burn DVD and Norton internet security center and so on)

  Thank you very much and please be so kind to give me a solution quickly because I really need this computer and I am unable to use it.

  Hi Adrian

  I'll try to clarify a few things;
  First the drivers for Satellite P200 - 14 H PSPB6E series are placed on the page of Toshiba Europe and it of really not difficult to find.
  Secondly the Vista serial key, which is located on the bottom of the unit cannot be used with another copy of Vista OS! This will not work!

  You have installed the operating system Vista from the CD to friends, but you used a serial key that does not match with the Vista on CD to friends! As a result, you get the message error "serial number is invalid!"
  The utility of Flash cards is required to use the keys FN under Win Vista. It visually shows the use of the FN button.

  I would recommend another way of installation
  First, you must use the DCD from Toshiba recovery. Back up your data first!
  Then after installing the OS, create a new partition and install your favorite OS (Linux, XP, etc.)

  If you n t to use the Toshiba recovery but CD the original Microsoft CD Vista then you need to use the original series OS key that belongs to the MS Vista CD.

  Good bye

• Good question after the fresh install of Vista Ultimate

  I just be reformatted my laptop Vista ultimate.

  But now, I found that I lost half of my volume, and when I put my external speakers to stop the song in the media player and I have to start the song so she can play through the speakers.

  If I remove the speaker from taking while playing music no sound comes out of the computer as it should do.

  Help, please.

  Hello

  Have you tried to update a sound driver or upgrade Windows by default?

  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp

• Question seeks to clean install 10 Windows on the drive of the merger. El Capitan.

  Problem: try a clean install of Windows 10 via the Boot Camp Assistant on an iMac 27 inches (Late2013) with 10.11.4 installs hours (more than 8 hours) and then failed to install Boot Camp updates. Essentially installation take much long than normal and cannot install updates of the Apple software or create normally start Windows Boot Camp 10.

  Background: After problems of slowing down after upgrading to 10.11.4 (with improved Bootcamp Windows 10) who had previously worked fine for 10 months, to the point of a start of OS X time, I decided to do a clean install of my iMac with Fusion 3 to disk.

  As I was unable to remove the partition from Boot Camp through BCA because of his holding always at the same load, I used Internet recovery and reset the Fusion drive. This then required me to repair the partition of Fusion by car through THE "fix" option which seems to work very well. And reinstalled OS X 10.11.4 which works fine now (delays etc..)

  Try using BCA to create a new partition Boot Camp and a clean Windows 10 install after downloading an image of disk W10 directly from Microsoft (Win10_1511_1_English_x64), BCA by downloading software updates and by selecting the desired partition, it began to restart and initialize the installation. However the whole process has been very slow, each step takes much longer than usual, to progress. Leave for hours rest a blank screen or with a circle of rotation.

  I tried with another stick USB 3 and also a USB 2 stick, but none has made a difference.

  In the last attempt, I left running overnight and after 8-9 hours, he finally reaches the top of desktop Windows 10 and the update of Apple Bootcamp starts to load updates. However, he just hung and even after 2 hours, nothing was. Reboot and try once again has been the same.

  After that I tried to create a Windows Installer via BCA 8.0 however it gives just a TPG error when you try to select the drive (due to el Capitan I guess?)

  After four days of efforts, I'm a loser on how to get the Windows 10 on the Boot Camp partition. I can't even install W8 and upgrade due to the error of TPG.

  Any help or suggestions how to proceed with the diagnostic / resolution of the problem would be appreciated.

  Details:

  System: iMac (27 inch, end of 2013), 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 M 4096 MB, OS X 10.11.4

  • Nothing other than the keyboard and mouse attached via the USB ports, as well as the key USB of BCA. No other attached devices.
  • Reset memory NVRAM, SMC and ran more than once disk utility. No problem not reported.  Ran NVRAM reset before each attempt.
  • At ran EtreCheck report which seemed OK.
  • Verification of diagnosis ran who is childless.

  A detail I noticed after the merger by car there are now two Macintosh HD images when you use boot option. One previously. Are named "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD2". I remember being Yosemite simultaneously in three, but which has been fixed in an update.

  In addition, it seems that no recovery partition. Cmd + R lance Internet recovery.

  Distill the results (the Boot Camp partition removed):

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage GB internal drive 121.0 disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk2 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 3.0 to disk2

  1: disk2s1 NO NAME 209.7 MB EFI

  2: disk2s2 Apple_CoreStorage TB 3.0 drive internal

  3: disk2s4 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk3 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD + 3.1 TB disk3

  Logical volume on disk0s2, disk2s2

  7BE1F343-ACBE-4144-BF86-C838BE1E49D4

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  iMac - simon: ~ list of cs simon$ diskutil

  CoreStorage groups of logical volumes (1 found)

  |

  + Logical Volume - Group CA0B8D0A-6315-4E85-B313-52AB509473F2

  =========================================================

  Name: Internal drive

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 3121237860352 B (3.1 TB)

  Free space: 0 (0 B) B

  |

  +-Physical volume 5E75EE74-EE1F-4FCB-A0C5-9ED5517FEB93

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

  |

  +-Physical volume 91D639D6-634E-47C1-AFE5-616CE12E71E0

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 1

  |   Disc: disk2s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 3000249008128 B (3.0 to)

  |

  +--> Logical volume family EE9934AC-F3CB-4101-ADB6-576F4371B4B9

  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Encryption type: no

  |

  +--> Logical volume 7BE1F343-ACBE-4144-BF86-C838BE1E49D4

  ---------------------------------------------------

  Disc: disk3

  Status: online

  Size (Total): 3106705375232 B (3.1 TB)

  Reversible: no

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Volume name: Macintosh HD

  Content indicator: Apple_HFS

  LVG Type: Fusion, sparse

  Summary:

  Q1: Should it take 4 + hours to install Windows 10 via BCA?

  Q2: Al must ultimately be so slow when initially W10 desktop?

  Q3; What I do once I arrive at the office of W10 but it automatically updates the graphics driver as BC update is simply suspended for centuries and get a working driver to restart at least W10?

  Q4: is there a problem with the disk HARD the Drive of Fusion that is causing all this delay and slow install / boot? ON the clean install OS X 10.11.4 it is back to be fast as usual and all tests show things are OK but W10 goes on the part of the HARD drive. No way to verify this beyond diagnosis or Etrecheck?

  Q5: Y at - it no problem with the GPT / MBR that may be causing the delay etc. ?

  Q6: How can I use my existing WindowsImageBackup backup from the previous W10 with the BCA install usb drive or how to create a USB stick otherwise recovery disk with my other single Mac have W7?

  Q7: How can I install W8 as I once did on Yosemite, via el Capitan without a mistake to TPG on selection of disc?

  Details:

  Day 5. Attempt at 6.

  Partition Boot Camp delete and try again install via BCA. First question, is that when the startup it goes to a blank black screen. For a time nothing left. Reset then using alt to select windows training results in almost instantaneous startup of the BCA message created and the beginning of the installation.

  4 1/2 hours from start of Windows 10 initial signature window.

  Then the second question. One to reach the Boot Camp update Office tries to start and install the drivers. Allows you to "list files...". "stage then sits at the bar about 5% green for 1 to 2 hours and does nothing. All actions in the Office of the W10 takes ages.

  In the meantime, auto update of the W10 appears a message saying that the updated graphics drivers as one of the few messages or actions during this period. Looks like Nvidia install with the entire package of experience (unwanted) etc. and very probably not the correct gpu driver.

  Finally deciding to cancel the installation of BC by killing the Setup.exe process. Then copy Boot camp install files on the desktop. Lasts 30 minutes to copy. Run again and this time, although taking 15-20 minutes to download and install later with the success message.

  Check the graphic driver it shows a yellow exclamation mark, so the following Microsoft instructions I use the uninstall option via the device and then Manager (slowly) come on board to load and download the latest Nvidia driver on their site for the GTX 780 M for 64-bit W10 etc. The same thing that I had used previously. Slow with running the Nvidia Setup program again, but eventually it works only to say that he could not install as unrecognized graphics device...

  He ends up with Microsoft PnP driver so it's at least sufficient start and run it again BC of the figure updates as all other drivers have been installed. To restart, but I get an error of K-Mode that is most likely related to this driver graphic and not possible to start in the new W10 Boot Camp partition after 7 hours.

  I have a picture of W10 backup recovery (WindowsImageBackup) I've had in a few weeks, but it will not install bet for the installed W10. I try with the ACO created the USB windows but can't seem to get a way to get into recovery mode and to get the menu to install it. I don't have a way to create a USB W10 recovery key now because my other Mac has just installed W7.

  Finally I tried to count a reset of the Recovery boot up option but it seems that it will take longer to start.

  I also went to the recovery and selected Boot Mode safe, but it opens on an empty black window and he's here doing nothing.

  Looks like I'll have to restart on via BCA and reinstall and try and solve the problem of graphics in order to install driver updates from BC and restart to W10 and hope that with the drivers, it returns to the operation and the normal starting time. Then update the gpu driver.

  I used and installed Boot Camp several times with over the years including previously an upgrade of W8.1 > W10 I used for over 6 months without problem. I've never known these installation very long or ice once in Windows even for the initial start upward.

  For any help or suggestion would be appreciated, and this seemingly simple process has now expanded to five days.

• Did a clean install of Vista - cannot depend on an advocate, I am missing the updates?

  I did a clean install of Vista and thought that I did it correctly... but

  1. I can not turn on Windows Defender. It seems to hang and then I get the 0x800705b4 error message and that the delay expired.

  2. While diagnosing the original problem that finally forced me to do a clean install, PA bear MS MVP asked if I had a few specific updates. For example,.

  (a) KB2719177 [or KB2699988], KB2705219, KB2712808 & KB2731847;

  (b) KB2698365, KB2691442, KB2655992 & KB2719985 or maybe KB2721691;

  (c) KB2685939 and possibly KB2686833.

  (d) KB2658846, KB2659,262, KB2660649, KB2676,562, KB2688338, KB2690533 & KB2695962;

  (e) KB2644615, KB2393802 and especially KB971029.

  Those listed above, I have no

  (a) - KB2719177 [or KB2699988]

  (b) - KB2721691

  (d) -962 KB2695

  If I need to have these, how can I get them? I clicked check for updates and installed the updates until this process went more updated.

  Thanks in advance,

  -YT2252

  You are welcome.

  It was a fluke that I know where you are up with that in the previous question, I answered.

  MSE is the reason; It disables the Defender on the goal.

  Here are all the facts about it.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/protect/Forum/MSE-protect_start/Windows-Defender-and-Microsoft-Security-Essentials/5309cb8d-02e1-40E8-974f-0dcedb9ab9fd

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  One day, you can stop a program starting at start-up That's why I've included these two links for you as no longer, you can use Defender to do.

  What about updates that you think are missing, it would depend on what you have reinstalled as to what you need. You have not found a message that it is an installation failed for them; you jump a list-type PA Bear for you.

  I would say that those particular updates you think you are missing, you may repost in the Windows Update Forum and go to the Attn: PA bear.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_update?page=1&tab=all

  See you soon.

• Clean install of Vista professional stops on Satellite L300D

  I have a new L300D that came with Vista Home brand, and I want to install Vista Business. I tried an upgrade, but which is not allowed! So I tried to do a clean install of Vista Business or Vista Ultimate (I need facilities to the membership of domain on this laptop) Installation is fine until the last item... I think that its configuration... I get a few sessions of modeled appear, indicating some kind of progress, and then it stops. The gauge makes just about 3/4 way to complete installation.

  Trying to install XP gives a BSOD and I guess it's todo to not have the integrated into the XP SP1 CD SATA driver... so I now have a laptop with a nicely partitioned and formatted hard drive, but not bone!

  Any help would be welcome...

  Using a floppy disk:

  Installing a version commercial (street copy) of Windows XP on a Toshiba Vista laptop.

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  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Using a XP CD updated the:

  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB85017Z0000R01.htm

• silly question on the background picture in vista

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  the only available detail is taken by steve fu and copyright microsoft.

  Hi Danwill11,

  Thanks for posting your question on the Forums of Windows Vista.

  The image you're talking about is indeed to the Virginia Lakes, mountains of the Eastern Sierra Nevada.

  I don't really know if it's a sunrise or a sunset.

  Hope the information will help. Please post back and we do know.

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  Calm sea never make skillful sailors!

• Reinstall the clean version of Vista 32 bit

  I have a second hand with no original disk computer.  I have a properly active version Running Windows Vista and I would like to reinstall it on a clean install.   How can I do this with no disc?

  Hello

  There are several methods to reinstall Vista.

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  To reinstall Vista using their recovery disk/s, you start from the 1st recovery disk they provide and follow the manufacturer's instructions to reinstall:

  You need to change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order:

  How to change the Boot order in BIOS:

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/SS/bootorderchange.htm

  "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. (Power on / start)

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

  Ask them to the proper key sequence.

  And if you do not score a manufacturer of recovery on your hard drive, you should be able to make your own recovery from her disks to reinstall the operating system.

  Go to programs > name of the manufacturer of your computer > then their system or recovery tools software topics for them, depending on how it is formulated.

  If you can't find any reference to it, contact the manufacturer for advice on how to make these recovery disks.

  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

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• clean install of Vista on an old drive hard ide after drive failure hard sata - oem version now get "the limited functionality" due to "unauthorized changes" had no problems for 3 years until this!

  I did a clean install of vista on an old drive hard ide after the disk sata hard down - (oem version) now get "feature limited" because of the "unauthorized modification" had no problems for 3 years until this!

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  It's a shame you don't know the exact name of the virus

  Malware can cause non-genuine messages appear

  but try this:

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  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/MBAM.php

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  Using the F8 method:

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• After the clean install of windows 7, it gives an error saying that there is a problem in the hard drive.

  * Original title: hard drive

  I have a lenovo laptop, processor Intel i3, 500 GB hard drive. After the clean install of windows 7, it gives an error saying that there is a problem in the hard drive. I ran chkdsk looking for bad sector and its display 6000 KB in bad sectors. After completing the audit when it began to restart its stuck when the windows logo appears. What should I do? Reinstall the windows help?

  Run the hard drive HD diagnosis extended CD scan manufacturer to know with certainty the State of the reader.  If your brand has no bootable diagnostics in the link, use Seagate Seatools burned onto CD or SeaTools for a USB key .  Follow this with a full check disk command from the installation media kicked prompt know with absolute certainty the State of the reader.  If he repeated the errors after you run the two tests twice, I replace it or at least keep everything backed up in real time.

  If by chance the drive past diagnosis then compares the steps you've done with the best possible Clean install Windows 10 in the link, you can do more if it varied too - especially if the partitions were not deleted during install.  If you do then I additonally run own Diskpart command command line of the punt media accessible to the first screen after startup by pressing SHIFT + F10 keys, or through the repair your computer on the second screen.

• How to uninstall Windows 7 32 bit or get the clean install of Windows 7 64 bit to work properly.

  Today, I bought and installed windows 7 32 bit as an upgrade from vista 32-bit, shortly after I spoke to my friend and he told me that I could have used the disk for 64-bit and Windows 7 64 bit instead, the problem now is that I can't find a way to remove windows 7 32 bits using other methods I've seen here as the file Windows.old, it isn't here. Also I cannot perform a clean Windows 7 32-bit to windows 7 64 bit installation because when I insert the disk it says that I need to boot from the disk, so I tried then whenever he says failed to load. IM fine with doing a clean install and losing what I have, because I have them the settings and files saved externally already so no need to save again.

  Thank you very much

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• XPS 420 - HARD drive failed, performing a clean install of Vista on the new HARD drive.

  Hey everybody,

  My on my XPS 420 HARD drive failed and I'm trying to reinstall Vista using the disc that came with my machine back when I bought it.

  I bought a new WD10EZEXAZ (1 TB Serial ATA HDD), he rose in the same dwelling as my old HDD (ST3750630AS * Barracuda 7200.11*). I start the PC and goto Setup, it recognizes the HARD drive in the blue menu.

  Then I boot with the CD of Vista that came with my system. I proceed as indicated through the following url:

  Clean install of Vista

  After its copied files, expanded the files, installed features, updates installed... it goes to "Complete Installation" and throws an error message: "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on a hardware on this computer."

  I tried a few things I've seen posted on the internet, including trying to run msoobe.exe via command line. When I did, it allows me to Setup user... but finally I get sent to this message of error or another telling me I have to reinstall Windows.

  I read else where some hard disks may not compatible with the Dell disk provides with my OEM machine. If this is the case, can someone advise? I really didn't want to spend $100 one another on a Windows 7 disc, but I feel like this may be my only option... but even in this case, I'm not so sure this will work or the other.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated,

  Tony

  UPDATE *.
  Did some more research, I discovered my new drive HARD is an advanced HDD format... not sure if it has nothing to do with my problems (by www.wdc.com/advformat Vista should not need to perform the work before the OS being installed), but thought I would mention it.

  Thanks again for any help.

  ****************

  Seems that I found the solution to my problem.

  Problem has been fixed by going into the BIOS and change the Mode of Port SATA to IDE/native/AHCI native. After that, the installation worked without any problems. Seems that Windows Setup did not like the port mode is set to RAID.

  Just thought I would post back everybody incase has had the same problem.

• HP a367c XP family, upgrade to clean install of Vista. Firmware upgrade must be done again

  I have two questions to do a clean install of Vista family premium on my HP a367c desktop pc came with XP home installed. I wiped the cause of hard drive corruption

  1. can I need to reinstall the firmware for a367c office updates, or others like bios, other ect.

  2. after vista Service Pack 1 can I use a cd/dvd with vista Service Pack 2 and that all are working properly, or do I have to do it all by windows update take hours and hours.

  Thank you

  plantingrichard

  plantingrichard wrote: I have two questions to do a clean install of Vista family premium on my HP a367c desktop pc came with XP home installed. I wiped the cause of hard drive corruption 1. I need to reinstall updates firmware for a367c office, or others such as bios, other ect. 2. after vista Service Pack 1 can I use a cd/dvd with vista Service Pack 2 and that all are working properly, or do I have to do it all by windows update take hours and hours. Thank you plantingrichard

  Hello plantingrichard, first of all, it would be useless to worry about Firmware updates, because data for these Firmware updates are stored in the devices that the firmware has been installed for.

  You may be able to restore the system with the feature of restoration of HP Recovery from the hard drive to the system startup and the F - 11 key when the HP Logo screen. Just as it was when shipped, it would put all HP applications on the system.

  You can then use the Vista DVD disk and perform an inplace of Windows Vista SP1 upgrade.

  If you don't want all HP applications, you can perform a new installation of Vista.

  You may be able to locate the Vista SP2, but I suggest the Windows Update site and download and install all updates including Vista SP2.

  If you have a DVD of Vista SP2, you can use it to upgrade or new installation. The Vista SP2 would have included in the DVD of Vista SP2 SP1 updates.

  As you suggest, it will take some time to complete, but you'd probably have a more stable system using this approach.

• Need to do a clean install of Vista - have several issues

  PA bear MS MVP suggested I do a clean install of Vista. I need a hand-holding.

  The first questions are about the instructions contained in this site:

  HOW to do a clean install of Vista: see the "to install Windows by performing a clean install" (or "reinstall Windows Vista") http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-Vista article

  ISSUES;

  1. the site says have my Windows installation disc (CD or DVD). I don't have the installation disc, but I made the recovery discs. Can I use them instead?

  2. it is also said to disable all antivirus software before you install Windows. I have installed Microsoft Security Essentials. How can I disable it?

  3. to the question "where do you want to install Windows?" choose which partition?

  Thank you in advance,

  YT2252

  Hello.

  1. you can use the recovery disks you did to reinstall Vista. It's what they are for.

  To reinstall Vista using recovery disk/s, you start from the 1st recovery disk they provide and follow the manufacturer's instructions to reinstall:

  You need to change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order:

  How to change the Boot order in BIOS:

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/SS/bootorderchange.htm

  2 as you do a new installation the hard disk will be wiped clean of the everyting: files, MSE, everything.

  Therefore, there is not need to disable the MSE.

  3. the recovery disks must select the disc / Partition and install Vista updates.

  If not. Select the c: / partition.

  See you soon.

• Re-install (clean install) Windows Vista Home Premium with no installation disc

  I have a laptop that is running Windows Vista. I would like to wipe the drive and reinstall Vista. The computer came preloaded with Vista and did not include the operating system installation diskettes. How would I be able to get the Vista installation diskettes? My computer is an Acer Aspire 5100. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit (SP2).

  Hello

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact Acer and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a fee if they are still available.

  http://us-store.Acer.com/RCD/

  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. (Power on / start)

  With an Acer, it's "left Alt + F10 at startup".

  "How do I restore my computer using the eRecovery Management program outside of Windows?

  http://Acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/A_ID/2631

  And if you do not score a manufacturer of recovery on your hard drive, you should be able to make your own recovery from her disks to reinstall the operating system.

  See programs > Acer > then their eRecovery software stars for them.

  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

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon