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    HELP! My Goal: Obtaining a Vista Ultimate OS Disk from HP

    Discussion in 'HP' started by morrison22, Feb 9, 2007.

  1. morrison22

    morrison22 Notebook Guru

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    I just ordered a DV9000t and it came with Vista Ultimate ($2811.90 total) and I would like to have HP send me a Vista Ultimate OS Installation Disk... not the recovery disks that have the OS and all the other crap they ship integrated into the installation with their notebooks by default.

    How can I achieve this?

    I ordered the DVD Recovery Disks for $19, but thats essentially the same thing as the Recovery Partition, and there is no serperate Install disk from what I understand.

    I didnt actually receive my notebook yet, I should be getting it next week.

    Please help!

    I would not be so concerned about this if I knew for sure I can use my OEM product key with a Vista Ultimate Retail Disk as I have one of those... but Its not confirmed whether or not this can be done... see my previous thread...

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=103074


    Thank You....
     
    morrison22, Feb 9, 2007
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  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    It's not going to happen unfortunatly :(
     
    Airman, Feb 9, 2007
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    JM Mr. Misanthrope NBR Reviewer

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    As Airman said, it's not going to happen.

    Many have tried, and all have failed as far as I know.
     
    JM, Feb 9, 2007
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  4. morrison22

    morrison22 Notebook Guru

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    whats not going to happen, hp ending me an os disk, or using an oem key on a retail disk?
     
    morrison22, Feb 9, 2007
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    robertall Notebook Enthusiast

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    It should be sent when you get your laptop next week, if not, then i am unsure. I did get a HP OS disk when i got my laptop, XP home. But when my sister get her Advent laptop, there was no OS disk (and it randomly restarted every 5mins, so we took it back for a exchange).

    Rob
     
    robertall, Feb 9, 2007
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  6. morrison22

    morrison22 Notebook Guru

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    oh. well thats too bad... at least i can hope the oem key might work with a retail disk that i actually have my hands on....
     
    morrison22, Feb 9, 2007
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    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    They won't send you an OS disk, they will send you a recovery DVD but not a retail DVD.

    I don't think you can use your OEM key on a retail disk anyways.
     
    Airman, Feb 9, 2007
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  8. morrison22

    morrison22 Notebook Guru

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    Well i hope you can use an OEM key, or as stated in a previous thread, install with no key, then call MS to activate with oem key. I dont know if they will....
     
    morrison22, Feb 9, 2007
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    plattnnum Notebook Evangelist

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    good luck with all that...
     
    plattnnum, Feb 9, 2007
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    morrison22 Notebook Guru

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    thanks.. we'll see what happens.. if anyone else has any other suggestion on getting a clean vista ultimate install done... legit.. let me know.. i have a valid oem key, a revoery dvd, and a vista retail dvd w/o a retail product key.
     
    morrison22, Feb 9, 2007
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  11. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    well i did mention this before (i think) you can install and not specify a product key and then activate it later. who knows if the oem key will work but i dont think microsoft will care whether the disk is oem or retail as long as the product key is correct and it's registered with them. then again, sometimes microsoft do like to complicate things for legal or other (sometimes stupid) reasons
     
    SideSwipe, Feb 9, 2007
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  12. aphexacid

    aphexacid Notebook Consultant

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    I havent seen any confirmation from anyone about using an oem key with a retail disc or not. You can do this with XP, but until somone reports that they have tried it. Its just speculation at this point. download a vista retail disc and try it out when you get your lappy. you could end up being a superstar on notebookreview.com :)
     
    aphexacid, Feb 9, 2007
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