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    Need Windows Vista Disc

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by olly666, Aug 23, 2008.

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    olly666 Newbie

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    My Toshiba Satellite got nuked and I need to reinstall Windows but I never got a disc with my computer when I bought it (from Circuit City). Is there a Toshiba webpage or something where I can reorder it? Thanks
     
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    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    You should have a recovery partition on your hard drive.
     
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    Hard drive is fried.
     
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    olly666 Newbie

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    Anyone...?
     
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    Unfortunately,
    Some manufacturer’s standard practice is put a restore partition on the hard drive.
    I hate this practice and wish that they would all include a restore disk.
    If you have a vista coa on the bottom
    Borrow a oem vista disk from a friend
    And reinstall with your coa#
     
    Tom-, Aug 23, 2008
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    olly666 Newbie

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    I can do that? I thought each disc is locked to the serial it's supposed to go with...
     
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    Some manufactures restore disks check on installation to make sure they are being installed on the right machine.
    Your coa is your legitimate licence, to have vista on that laptop.
    It definitely works on my xp laptops, that I no longer have restore disks for.
     
    Tom-, Aug 23, 2008
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    Will give it a try. Thanks.
     
    olly666, Aug 23, 2008
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    Do you still have your warranty? If you do they might exchange it for you.
     
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    Nah it's been too long. Not to mention I already took the drive out of it which I'm pretty sure voids the warranty anyway.
     
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    I agree, any 32-bit vista install disc will work. Just make sure you install the version that your license covers, as you can't change once it's installed.
     
    y2khardtop, Aug 23, 2008
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