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    Changing XP to Vista w/o Vista CDs?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vaw, Jan 5, 2010.

  1. vaw

    vaw Notebook Deity

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    If the thinkpad was bought with Vista downgraded to XP (i.e. running on XP), can you change the XP to Vista on the machine if you don't have Vista CDs?
     
    vaw, Jan 5, 2010
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    No. They should have sent you discs.
     
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  3. vaw

    vaw Notebook Deity

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    Thanks ZaZ. Even without the discs, such a machine is still different from one that is not licensed, correct? It has something on its drive that can be "activated" with the discs? You can't put the discs in just any machine to give it Vista, right?
     
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    The recovery disks cannot be run on non-thinkpad hardware. It does a bios level check before starting the restore process. So yes, you cannot just put the disks into any other computer.
     
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  5. vaw

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    What if it's Thinkpad of identical model and type?

    What I am interested in is whether the one said to be downgraded from Vista to XP is the same as or has more stuffs than another one which simply has XP, assuming everything else the same.
     
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    change to win7 :)
     
    hitman_36, Jan 5, 2010
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  7. vaw

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    Answer to my dumb question? :confused:
     
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  8. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    then that would work.....
     
    lead_org, Jan 5, 2010
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  9. Lithus

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    A "downgrade" is just purely marketing speak. All you have is a copy of XP on your system.
     
    Lithus, Jan 5, 2010
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  10. vaw

    vaw Notebook Deity

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    I see. Thanks :)

    And the stickers with "Vista" ;)
     
    vaw, Jan 5, 2010
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  11. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    just mean you got owned by Microsoft Vista........ most people take these stickers off from their thinkpads.......
     
    lead_org, Jan 5, 2010
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