Installing Windows Use "Operating System Reinstall Disk"
Mar 23, 2008
My sister just bought a new computer that came with Windows Vista Ultimate 32BIT. She bought her computer from Dell and about a year ago I had bought a computer from dell that came with Windows XP Pro. I would really like to have Vista on this computer and I was wondering if it was possible to use the "Operating System Reinstall Disk" to install Windows Vista Ultimate onto my computer. Neither of us bought cheap systems and with the amount of money we both paid it almost seems like it shouldn't matter that I would be able to do this.
But obviously thats probably not the case. But anyway, I was wondering if their was a limit to how many times I could use this disk and CD key. I was told it was two times, but I'm not sure and I don't want to try to install it and then not be able to use my computer because I'd have to buy another CD key or product license whatever. If anyone could answer my question: Will I be able to install this with no problems and not having to buy another Vista Ultimate and at the same time still have the CD work if one of us should need to reinstall Vista in case something goes wrong?
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Mar 26, 2008
My sister just bought a new computer that came with Windows Vista Ultimate 32BIT. She bought her computer from Dell and about a year ago I had bought a computer from dell that came with Windows XP Pro. I would really like to have Vista on this computer and I was wondering if it was possible to use the "Operating System Reinstall Disk" to install Windows Vista Ultimate onto my computer. Neither of us bought cheap systems and with the amount of money we both paid it almost seems like it shouldn't matter that I would be able to do this. But obviously thats probably not the case. But anyway, I was wondering if their was a limit to how many times I could use this disk and CD key. I was told it was two times, but I'm not sure and I don't want to try to install it and then not be able to use my computer because I'd have to buy another CD key or product license whatever. If anyone could answer my question: Will I be able to install this with no problems and not having to buy another Vista Ultimate and at the same time still have the CD work if one of us should need to reinstall Vista in case something goes wrong?
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Mar 26, 2008
I purchased a computer which came with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. I have been having misc. problems so I want to reinstall the operating system. Can you tell me the procedure to do this. Is this the best way to do it.
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Feb 6, 2010
I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 on a 500 Gig hard drive with 3 partitions.The problem is I marked one of the partitions,not Drive C, as "active" by mistake.I done a Command Prompt to make it "inactive", but when I started the system up again it wouldn't boot.I used the Vista disk for the recovery process, but I got a message "Operating system unknown on (unknown) local disk" i tried fixing the problem with a command prompt "bootrec/fix boot" ,but nothing happened.When I look at the info in Command Prompt it doesn't show the disk partitions, just Disk 0.Also I can't repair because no Disks are listed to be repaired. If I look at the drive in "My Computer" it is full with a file system marked as "Raw" and it wants me to format the drive.I used "Recover My Files" software and it shows some of the documents that are on the drive, but doesn't show any recovery.I looked at some internet post about the message I got and partition and boot problems like I have, but at this point I don't to try any else to make it worse.I would do a reinstall ,but on one of the drives I have some stuff that wasn't backed up.I never thought about backing it up because it wasn't on the C drive.
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Aug 12, 2009
I was recently given an old iBook, the problem is that it has no operating system installed. Is it possible to put some version of Windows on it?
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Feb 27, 2009
After having my computer crashing - for whatever reason - i took it in to have all important documents (work stuff) that i needed transfered to an external hard drive.
I was informed to re install Vista, and that all my information will be lost.
When i did this, i did not reformat the drive, so it saved all the other stuff in a folder titlled windows.old.
I respoke to the person who assisted me, and told him of the issue that i am having which is:
Choose operating system to start or press tab to select a tool ...
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Jan 8, 2010
after weeks of fighting, troubleshooting, debugging, deleting, reloading, uninstalling, installing etc etc etc. I have finally come to the conclusion, that being able to print, is simply no longer a feature with windows operating system. Unless someone can tell me a fix that no one has discovered yet. I refuse to believe that the fix to our printing problems, is throw out the PC and get a new one. If thats the case i'm sure that there will be many people like myself who make the leap to MAC!
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Sep 9, 2009
I have read about clean install and everything says I will have to reinstall my software after installing vista. Do I have to uninstall the software before doing the clean install? If not, does the installation process wipe out the software or is left hanging somewhere on my hard drive?
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May 23, 2009
What happens when you attempt to install Windows 7 on a drive with NTFS version 1.2 (or some earlier version... like 1.3, etc)? Does it alter the file system? Any way to force Win7 to use the older file system? I'm hoping for performance improvements due to less features in older NTFS, but I know little on the topic.
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Nov 5, 2009
I recently have managed to gain a corrupt file on my computer this basically means my computer does not startup. I have a boot disk available for my system (Windows vista x64 ultimate). However when it comes to trying to select a operating system
in the system recovery options the box is blank and i have no operating system to select. I have a feeling the fact i have sata raid setup on my computer is the reason as to why i cannot see my C: drive. I know this will fix my computer if i can only locate an operating system to detect. I have already carried out all the usual suspects of what is wrong like system restore etc but i cannot find a hard drive to restore.
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May 23, 2009
I had to create a windows recovery disk
I used it to system restore her system to a date before she had set her password
and on the menu it said install vista
and on my old laptop that my dad has it's a 2gb compaq presario
they're not made anymore
it has low memory it's very slow and really
hardly useable without getting very stressed
so if I used the recovery disk I created
and click install vista
will it be like a new laptop?
there's nothing needed on the laptop
so nothing is being lost by resetting the laptop
it's got vista home premium x86
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Jul 29, 2009
Some trouble with IE & FireFox yesterday & I've
come to the conclusion it's probably best if I reinstall windows.
I don't care about losing everything & starting from scratch as
everything important I have on a seperate hard drive anyway.
The only problem is, I was never given a Windows Vista disk with this
laptop & don't think I have ever had one.
How would I go about either doing a repair installation or just doing a
complete Windows reinstallation without a start-up disk?
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Jan 10, 2009
A friend of mine has Lenovo laptop that runs Vista Ultimate, the laptop itself is a little under a year old. Earlier this year, October-ish, she started her laptop to find the Cannot Find Operating System message. She took it to the tech department at the university we go too and they backed up all her info and had to reinstall Vista. We it has happened again. She said the recovery way didn't work and she had to reinstall Vista, this time losing all her pictures and everything.
What is causing this? I really want to make sure it doesn't happen a third time to her. I have read that some say it is the hard drive but I think if that was the case, she couldn't reinstall Vista or do anything to the laptop as the hard drive would be loose or fried.
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Apr 29, 2008
I think it is a good idea to develop operating system on the electronic chip
this idea will
- solve historical error in building the PC computer and it will Limit
the illegal
copying of the operating system .
- reduce the danger of viruses that strike operating systems and reduce the
time
needed to load the operating system .
To clarify my idea in detail We should take these things in mind
- operating system is part from computer
- We can divide the operating system (the basics of data, identification
data and update information)
- There is no important reason to booting computer from Hard Disk.
Now what are the new idea ?
- Idea is to develop a system operating on the electronic segment, such as
USB
Flash or PCI segment or any other electronic slide
- And this Chip is divided into two parts or more exists in the first
section main programmes and basic data in the operating system in
Section II identification data and any updating in the operating system
- The computer will be boot from this Chip (first part is for readers only)
- The operating system will use existing data in the second part could also
use part from hard disk
- In the end there will be no way to use illegal copies of the operating
system only produces segments of the operating system and this will not only
available For large companies. And when it can pursue this companies
- It will also reduce the risk of viruses.
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Apr 4, 2008
I want to make a copy of my Operating System, x64Ultimate, and have partitioned a drive for it. I've read about Vista's Complete System Backup, but that copies the whole pc, and I want to only copy the OS. How do I do this in Vista or do I need something like Acronis for it?
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Mar 26, 2008
I am looking at buying a laptop at an online auction site, but the item states the "Operating System License Key" is included. However the items not included are:
Installed Operating System
Operating System Restore Partition
Operating System Restore Disc (s)
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Aug 15, 2008
I am considering installing a second operating system on my computer. I am currently running Vista HP x64, which is great, but I would still like to have the simple Windows XP available just for the sake of accessibility. I already have a bit of an idea how I would go about this, but I haven't done it before. When I installed Vista, I didn't notice if it gave me the option to customize the size of the Windows partition Vista was to be installed on like other versions of windows do during installation. I'd like to know from someone who is running multiple OS's how to configure my hard drive's partitions so that xp can be installed as well. Should I uninstall Vista and install xp on half then put vista on again or do I have other options like virtual computer (of which I know nothing and heard about on another site). Anything I should know?
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Mar 23, 2008
I am looking at buying a laptop at an online auction site, but the item states the "Operating System License Key" is included. However the items not included are: Installed Operating System ,Operating System Restore Partition, Operating System Restore Disc (s). How can I use this computer or do I have to buy a full OS version?
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Oct 6, 2009
I have 3 hard drives with assigned characters c, d, f (e drive is cd rom) each drive has only 1 partition. On c there is Vista 32-bit Ultimate, on d there is Vista 64-bit home premium. If I change location of paging file - e.g. Vista Ultimate paging on f, Home paging on c then that operating system does not boot correctly. The OS boot progress bar is displayed but system does not boot (I waited many minutes before reset).
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Sep 25, 2009
i have a oem home edition windows xp and i messt it up and now were windows is the bar only loads half way and windows starts and it restars in 3 minuets by it self so i want to formatt the hard drive and install everything back like new but i dont have that operating system disc to formatted
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Feb 6, 2009
I am running Vista Business Sp2 - recently restored from a backup image after some problems occurred. Today I tried to install the latest Vista driver for my GeForce 6600 video card. It will not install and gives me the message "this driver will only install on a computer running Windows Vista". How can I get it to recognize my operating system? When booting up, the Vista choice (it's dual booted with XP) is "Windows Vista (Restored).
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Apr 6, 2008
My vista ultimate 64 is keep saying that "the operating system is missing".
I have the original installation dvd and run system recovery. I am stuck because my operating system is NOT LISTED and when I click load drivers I have not clue what to select.
After I click load drivers a small screen poops and tels me : INSERT THE INSTLLATION MEDIA FOR THE DEVICE AND CLICK OK TO SELECT THE DRIVER. A driver for what?for pete sake.
I click that and I got the regular screen where i can see my harddrives, removable disks and so. I can t access drive C because is telling me that is not formated and that I have to format it.
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Oct 1, 2009
I've got a problem with my p.c in the fact that it wont boot up. I think i have unintentionally downloaded a virus which more than likey would have caused this. I have Windows vista home basic 32 bit pre-installed on my p.c and it didn't come with any back up/recovery disks. Any solutions on how to get my p.c up and running?
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May 9, 2008
I'm polish but I live in england. I have bought the computer with vista in english version for my brother as a present. unfortunately he doesn't speak english. How can I change the operating systme language from english to polish.
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Jul 4, 2009
I have a new Dell Studio 1535 laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium installed. After where it says 'Home Premium',it is blank. No 32 bit or 64 bit is listed. How can I tell for sure which operating system has been loaded on my computer?
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Jun 11, 2009
My neighbor bought a Compaq Presario with an AMD Athlon 64 bit processor which came installed with Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit operating system. If he buys the upgrade to Windows Home Premium will the disk recognize he has a 64 bit processor and install the 64 bit operating system and not just upgrade to 32 bit Vista Home Premium system.
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Jun 6, 2008
I have a Gateway MT6707 notebook that came preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium. I upgraded to a new larger hard drive but the start up disc I created doesn't contain the operating system. I know it's the disc because I tried my startup disc from my other computer and it goes through all of the microsoft motions to the point where it says "This disc is not for this computer". How do I make a start updisc from my Gateway that will contain the operating system so I can use my new hard drive?
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Apr 25, 2009
i have tried to re-install the vista operating system on my sons packard bell pc using the recovery partition but this has failed it hangs at the "starting windows for the first please wait" screen we weren't given a disk so i am downloading a copy and want to activate it using the proper key that came with the pc but it isn't printed on the case so i am stuck as to what i can do the pc was bought from curries christmas 2007 do i have any options through them or packard bell
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May 18, 2010
About a week and a half ago I had an email and gaming account compromised. After scanning w/my AV program (Avast) nothing came up....i've formatted and reinstalled , maybe im paranoid...but want to make sure this system is secure and Im not sure if it is. I know alot of people say registery cleaners are worthless here, but i used uniblues process scanner and some key processes have foriegn languages infront of their decription (ie,explorer.exe has the russian or sometimes danish word for operating system). looking like this scan for example: ProcessLibrary.com - The online resource for process information! Im running avast again and still no viruses/trojans found. Ran CCleaner,MalwareBytes anti-malware and spybot search and destroy with nothing detected. Only strange things I have noticed is when i use IE,2 iexplorer.exe run in task manager. Am i being overly paranoid?
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Code: Scan saved at 12:37:09 AM, on 5/19/2010 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18904) Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:Windowssystem32Dwm.exe
C:WindowsExplorer.EXE
C:Windowssystem32 askeng.exe
C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe....
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = MSN.com
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = Bing
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = Bing....
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')...
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Feb 24, 2009
I have the windows installed on a Samsung 80Gb disk, and I have a Toshiba 500Gb Hard disk drive. My Operating System keeps on freezing every couple of hours, with only the reset button working. I can post the event logs if you want me to.
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Mar 23, 2008
I am clean installing Vista Home Prem. on my Toshiba. Reinstall, actually. Do I need to install the OS on a partition? Are there any benefits to installing it on a partition? I am not planning on running multi OS on my system, just Vista.
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