Windows crashed, no disc to Setup xp disk need help to upgrade to vista or windows 7 (have keys)

Crashed my windows and I do not have the vista installation disc so I used my brothers windows xp disk to install it and am hoping to upgrade to vista. Also, I bought windows 7 a week ago but could not install before my computer crash, so ideally, I'd like to get this performance as well. I have two keys for vista and 7, but I don't have the installation diskettes. Thanks for the help.

Hello

You can simply use your brother XP and then upgrade to Vista

Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer 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 F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

Ask them of the exact key sequence

or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

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

http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

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

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

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