Wiped a computer due to problems with the operating system, but do not have any media to reinstall. Help.

No operating system

Hello

I bought a second hand computer and there is no backup of the operating system CD. He had problems with the operating system start so I wiped it, but now I have to re - install.

Would it not possible to obtain another copy of the operating system for that computer?

All the best

Dean

Hello

These are forums for Vista, so vista information is provided

Here are the different ways to reinstall 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 $

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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

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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

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

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

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