Uninstallation of Vista Edition basic to spare family

I have a Microsoft Vista Home Basic I installed on a separte HD, for use on a second laptop. I have now bought a netbook with Windows 7 Starter. I want to be able to legally sell my Vista Home Basic, or trade for Windows 7 version full House. How do we uninstall the Vista so I can reuse the product key?

On Thu, September 16, 2010 06:46:01 + 0000, psbeee wrote:

Thank you, Ken, the Vista is the commercial version, I bought at PC World without any PC.

The OEM versions may come with computers and they can also be sold by
themselves. Do not assume that because you bought without a pc there
retail, not OEM.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

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