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    How do I reinstall Vista Home Premium on Asus Notebooks?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by steelroots7xe, Aug 31, 2009.

  1. steelroots7xe

    steelroots7xe Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys,

    My old Asus F8Sn crashed and I'm planning to recover any data on it using either Puppy Linux or VistaPE. I'm wondering what I'm going to do after that though, and how to go about doing a clean reinstallation of Vista.

    I made a Windows Recovery Disk but I heard it doesn't really have the "install" function and only does repair. Is it possible for me to make my own Vista Home Premium reinstallation disk? If so, does anyone know where I can get an .iso?

    Also, what does the Asus Recovery CD do? Can I reinstall Vista from there?

    I still have the Microsoft Seal for Vista Home Premium under my notebook with the serial and product key. Kinda weird though that Asus doesn't provide a Vista installation CD whereas my Dell notebook has one.

    Would appreciate any help...
     
    steelroots7xe, Aug 31, 2009
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  2. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    the Asus Recovery CD/DVD(s) should reinstall vista on your system.
     
    Lanaya, Aug 31, 2009
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  3. TevashSzat

    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    There should also be a recovery partition on your original HDD that will return the drive back to factory conditions
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 31, 2009
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