I remember reading that this was possible, at least with XP, but I can't seem to find any page that would allow this. The only thing I found was a page that allowed digital download buyers to get back up discs.
Considering the fact that slipstreaming isn't possible, I would definitely like to replace my Ultimate retail discs with sp1 discs.
Basically my gf's pc started to mess up alot, she was using it at uni with no internet connection but as soon as she finished uni and brought it back and started using the internet it started playng up, so she got it formated, but alas, no vista disc, she still has the product code on a sticker on the PC itself. She has already paid for vista so is there a way of getting the vista disc (for her pc) for free?? if so/if not where can i get one and will this work ok??
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter my PC was burned out by lightening through my Broadband connection I
received a new PC from my insurers with Win.Vista Business, but I did not
received (and will not) the Windows Installation CD.
Whilst setting up the new PC with various matters an invitation appeared for
me to make a Windows Recovery disc, but I was too busy with other matters to
do it there and then, so thinking that this invitation will appear again I
cancelled it.
It is now some weeks and the invitation has not reappeared. Which way can I
make the Recovery Disc in case of a crash?
I'm having trouble with the DiscCleanup in Windows Vista. When I try to open cleanmgr.exe for C: it opens for a second but closes fast when it comes to "Setup Log Files" Cleanmgr.exe worked fine for C: before a security update from windows update was installed. Is there a way to fix this?
Windows Eventlog:
- System
- Provider
[ Name] Application Error
- EventID 1000
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 100
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2009-01-11T13:42:41.000Z
EventRecordID 1242
Channel Application
Computer
Security
- EventData
cleanmgr.exe
6.0.6000.16386
4549b0a8
cleanmgr.exe
6.0.6000.16386
4549b0a8
c0000005
000034ef
14bc
01c973f278fc0f4d
I have a laptop that came with Vista Business 32 sp1. I am aware this is an OEM install. I am aware the laptop has a recovery partition. I am aware I can call the manufacturer and order recovery cds. I am aware I can burn a vista boot/recovery cd. *****I want is a Vista Install Disc WITHOUT a license/product key*****........
View 9 Replies View RelatedJust want to know how you guys reformat without the OS disc, cos my lappy doesnt come with a recovery disc or OS disc but am quite sure they have install the recovery somewhere in my lappy... Also, if the recovery is in the lappy itself, are we able to extract it and save it into a disc?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI know this isn't exactly the right group but I couldn't find a windows7 news group. I bought a Windows 7 Ultimate DVD off ebay (don't laugh), but what I actually got I'm not sure is legal so I'd appreciate some advice before doing the return/refund thing. The disc was advertised as genuine with a product key. When it arrived however this DVD is an obvious copy burnt on a PC, not a factory made disc. There was no product key but a piece of paper with activation instructions. at this url is a picture of the DVD and also a scan of the instructions that came with it. The activation instructions were printed on an A4 piece of paper.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhen i bought the laptop the there were 3 partitions, due to the two seperate hard drives, i used Drive C:/ for all of my programs and just school files. Drive D:/ is for music and movies, and E:/ are the standard HP recovery discs that come on the Hard drive. Yesterday when i turned on my computer i got a message telling me i had low disk space on drive D:/. But i don't have that much on it. The day before i still had 160gb free on that drive. It has just all a sudden become filled.
I have run symantec antivirus, windows defender, ad-aware, and ccleaner to try to fix the problem. I have also defragged the drive, and gone in and manually looked at all of the hidden and system protected files. I see no reason that the frive should be full, because all the most i have on that drive is 60gb.
I have a new PC in which I installed Vista Ultimate x64 OS...everything is OK with that OS apart from one thing, ME...I do not like Vista Ultimate at all. I now have a XP Pro x64 CD which I would like to install and use as my ONLY OS. Trouble is that I cannot get the disc to boot. I have tried (in vain) to change my boot sequence in Vista Ultimate x64 and, no matter what I do I cannot get the CD/DVD drive as my 1st boot. If I use f2 (set-up) I cannot even move CD/DVD drive from it's bottom position in the boot sequence list and when I go to f11 to select and enter boot device my optical drive is listed but if I select that my PC seems to ignore this and boots from hdd giving me Vista Ultimate again. I have been with this problem for a couple of weeks now and I decided that it was time to turn to the experts for advice :-)
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhere is disc defrag? Can I find it with window explorer? Can I see, like I did with XP, a graph, what it's gonna do and see how the progress is going? or do I just have to watch the little ring going around and hope all is well with no idea if it will "take from a few minutes or a few hours"?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I bought my first comp it was XP and prompted me to make recovery disc's the first time I started the thing, But I just bought a new comp with Vista and it didn't propt me to do this when I started it the first time. So the question I have is, How do I make a recovery disc for my Vista comp?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have 4 32 bit laptops. All 3 have the same OS and the same Valid key when I updated from home basic (4th) I entered the key and it said this is already in use? is there a limit?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a problem I want to get a hold of my recovery disc from acer and have vista again but the thing is I cant hold of the partion that acer has and I have tried to press alt f10 when it starts but it doesnt work, I have no OS on my computer right now does anyone know how I can get the partion to start?
View 6 Replies View Relatedwhen i first got my windows vista home premium 32-bit with SP! i was stoked i was able to watch DVDs, play video games and do whatever i wanted but now suddenly my E drive won't read a thing no, the discs are not at fault, please do not suggest this is the problem i have read 100+ threads on the internet from people who are having the same problem as me so now i want to reboot my computer with the operating system disc which came with the laptop, but my disc drive can't even read that to fix the problem!
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a Toshiba intel core2 duo windows vista 32bit home premium.
When I select disc clean- up program
It gives me a choice to select -- My Files only -- or --Files from all users ---
The error message below happens no matter which of the two choices I select. The error happens 100% of the time.
Disk Space Cleanup Manager for Windows has stopped working
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.
So I had a virus and long story short I was made to restore my system from the OS Disc that came with my laptop. Somehow I royally screwed things up and deleted my back-up restore drive D. All I have in the Computer Folder is Drive C and the D drive is now my DVD/CD drive. In addition all I had when Windows started up was an icon for the recycle bin. It seems everything is wiped out. I backed-up my personal files but none of the software. So, how can I fix this? How do I create a new back-up restore partition?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI've done a search and can't find a possible solution, so I'm reaching out to the group. I am trying to upgrade from XP Prof x32 toVista Ultimate x64. Disc is full OEM (from NewEgg), and I was hoping to do an in-place upgrade, but just figured out that, that ain't happening,so I need to do a clean install. So, changed boot order in bios and
tried to boot from DVD. Screen comes up asking to press any key to boot from DVD, so I press it, and nothing happens, it just proceeds to hard-drive and boots up in XP.
I would like to now if I can to reinstall my activated Vista again from its Upgrade Disc? In the same way as if it is Full Retail Disc.... As many time as I need...
or the Upgrade Copies are for one time use only?
I heard that Vista has its own recovery manager to create recover disc. I was looking through all of my files and could not find and I couldn't find it. I found back up option which I don't think is the same. Reason for this is that my Vista CD is behind a furniture that I can not be bothered to move and get it. It has been there for last three months. So I want to create recover disc....
I will use some of image creation software and create images but until i save some money to buy Western Digital TB external USB HD I need recovery disc. I am not sure if I am allowed to mention this here but there are a lot of torrent offering recovery disc for Vista 32 and 64. Are they OK to use or creating recovery disc from within Vista itself is better option.
I just had a new hard drive installed. I am using OS vista Home Premium SP2 64 bit. I am now getting this message "Low Disk Space You are running out of disk space on RECOVERY . To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here.. "When I "Click here," I am then offered "Disk Cleanup for RECOVERY (D." The Disk Cleanup offers "Office Setup Files" and "Recycle Bin," but both have "0 bytes" so I can't free up space that way.
when I go to my the only folder listed on the is the Recovery and when I click on it it has the HP Invent screen that says: Recovery Partition WARNING!!!! This area of your hard drive(or partition) contains files used for your PC Recovery Do not Delete or alter these files Any changes to this partition could prevent any recovery later. There are no files listed that I can see, so don't know what is actually on there, and I want to back this up to my external hard drive.
Ive just had a strange one where my pc wouldn't boot up, it stayed flashing stating "boot from cd". I managed to sort it out but its worrying me incase it happens again as i don't have a windows disc (it wasn't supplied with pc when originally purchased) I upgraded my pc to vista with disc but i dont' have a boot disc, i know you can create them yourself but i haven't a clue how to do it.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI once used a set of recovery disc that i got from hp. time went by, i decided to use the disc again, only after i used them, my computer would start up with a black screen and the cursor, then a message said windows have not been install, please try re-install windows. i tried it again same thing, when i restarted my laptop to hit f11, no luck. i have search the net looking for an answer, no luck, then i found recovery disk from neosmart. i downloaded that tried to do a start up repair to see if thats the problem, didn't work, so i next-ed tried to do a system restore, restored to a point, still the same problem, i also tried a diagnostic tool, no help at all. now im thinking i just have to re-install vista completely, but i dont want to pay for it again.
View 7 Replies View Relatedwhat is procedure Disc Cleanup , What items should be checked?
View 5 Replies View RelatedJust bought a laptop with Vista Home Premium and every time I put in a CD or DVD (doesn't matter what's on the disc), it thinks the discs are empty and wants to format them. I can't open or explore the discs, i get the pop up to format the disc. Anyone have any idea why this is happening and know if there is a fix?
View 6 Replies View Relatedi installed UBUNTU an it completely tookover an wiped out vista,all i have is the licence key from underneath my laptop, how do i restore vista as was pre installed and came with NO disc or instructions,i visited microsofts vista site who say go to start button,but that has gone. in mycomputer it only reconises ubuntu an no restore points( i feel i need to download the entire vista os from?)
View 6 Replies View RelatedIs there really some performance increase to be had by having the swap file on a separate hard disc? TBH, I did not notice much difference when I tried that configuration in the past, but them again, I tend not to hammer my physical memory
to zilch.
All the discussion about a bootable recovery disc, and this article I ran across the other day. The article says you need the original installation disc. I have a machine that the disc didn't come with. Vista SP1: Create a recovery disc - istartedsomething. If I don't have the original disc, can I still make a Recovery Disc thru SP1? I know that there are a lot of places to download a ISO image from. In fact I downloaded one yesterday from a source in this thread. Complete PC Restore- HOW??
But I am under the impression that it would be better to use a disc created after you have loaded SP1 if you have to do a repair? The question is, will I be able to create a recovery disc after I have downloaded SP1 if I don't have the original install disc? Or should I just create the one I have the image for and if I need to use it then Reload SP1 after I get running again?
I'm wondering if there is a simple way to take your Vista Installation Disc and use it to create a custom installation disc that also includes updated drivers and updated hotfixes. The goal would be that during a clean install, those updated drivers and Windows Updates are installed automatically. For a specific example, I use a USB Wireless Adapter. If I could create a custom windows disc that includes those drivers, then I my USB Wireless Adapter would be recognized and I could therefore allow Windows to connect to the Internet during Setup to see if there are any hotfixes and updates. I've read a little about vLite but don't know if I trust it completely.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am trying to open a disk that was given to me that contains pictures on it. When I check the disk's properties, it shows that 1/2 of the disk has information on it. But when I go to open it (from the COMPUTER page) nothing shows up on the screen other than a message at the top that says "Drag files to thisfolder to add them to the disc". I just want to know what I need to do to fix this so that I can open these pictures. I'm supposed to be doing a presentation with them for Sunday and won't be able to if I can't open the disk.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen I bought my first comp it was XP and prompted me to make recovery disc's the first time I started the thing, But I just bought a new comp with Vista and it didn't propt me to do this when I started it the first time. So the question I have is, How do I make a recovery disc for my Vista comp?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have had this Pavillion dv6305tx laptop just 2 months and after a short while the disc almost full message popped up, it is a 160gb HDD with vista ultimate 64 bit os. Strange because I had not installed any new programs. I phoned the HP line (India) and was told to re format the HDD. This I did but now I have the same message again. I have not istalled anything and the add/remove programs tells me I have less than 2gb of programs installed. The HDD seems to be filling up in its own and I cannot work it out. I think it is a setting in vista but don't know wher to start. The problem is not with the recovery partition D.
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