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    Vista fresh install options? vlite? HELP!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by RESmonkey, Aug 5, 2008.

  1. RESmonkey

    RESmonkey Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Got my new Vaio FW:

    I thought Sony Recovery would make ISO backups of Vista, but it didn't: it made it's own format of a recovery disc (2 of them, too).

    This is retarded. Where can I get a legal backup of Vista that I can use for a fresh install or vLite install? (without having to pay).

    Please Help.
     
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  2. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    There is no way to get a "legal backup" without paying for it.

    Your choices are a semi clean install using the images you just created or borrowing a copy of Vista from a friend and using the license key from the bottom of your machine.

    Gary
     
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    RESmonkey Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    No install disc? That's horrible. What are we paying for, a commercially-bloated license?
     
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    Do you have a friend with a Vista DVD? Pretty much any Vista (32bit) DVD will work.
     
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    RESmonkey Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    No, I don't :(
     
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    There was an option to order the Sony machines without all the bloat ware. But even then, you get no install disk only a recovery partition and the ability to create recovery dvd's. This is pretty common among many manufacturers not just Sony.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Aug 5, 2008
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