Reinstalling Windows Vista Home Premium
My hard drive is going bad on my laptop. I'm planning on replacing the hard drive and I'd like to reinstall the original operating system and use the Windows key on the bottom of my computer. Is...
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Did you get a set of Recovery Disks with your laptop?
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No. I don't have a recovery disk. I think I was supposed to burn a recovery disk. I tried using system restore and to restore the factory defaults. This is when I discovered that my problems were...
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You can't use an OEM COA with a Retail DVD. Since you disk is still functioning, you should be able to use something like Ghost to copy the old hard drive to the new one.
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OK. That's what I needed to know. I was concerned that I would be copying bad files. If I do I probably would be able to fix the corrupted files with a working hard drive. What do you think?
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I just found an interesting link that addresses my situation. Let me know what you think of this information, please....
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I think it's easier to just get the correct recovery disks for your laptop.
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OK, thanks. The recovery disc, so to speak, was on a second partition. The only problem is that I think it is corrupt. I may just try to ghost the partition that windows is on. I think my easier...
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