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    Clean Vista Install using different Vista disk?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by seamustry, Dec 15, 2008.

  1. seamustry

    seamustry Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an HP dv5t laptop. I want to do a clean install of Vista (64-bit). The problem is, I don't want to use recovery disks because they will install all the bloatware also.

    Can I use a different Vista DVD and use the license from my HP laptop? How can I get the license key for it if HP pre-installed Vista?

    IMO, I should be able to do that since I already paid for the Vista license when I bought the laptop.

    Any help is appreciated.
     
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    blackfridaywaslame Notebook Guru

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    sweet thansk!
     
    seamustry, Dec 15, 2008
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