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    >_< Vaio Sr and Window 7

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by hihiru1, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. hihiru1

    hihiru1 Newbie

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    Apparently when I get the window 7 for free, its going to be a upgrade , however vaio sr lets me downgrade to xp which was 1 of the reasons I got it. So now , the upgrade won't work cause I don't have vista any more -.- . Is their a way to get back vista on my machine ? Thanks in advance.
     
    hihiru1, Oct 22, 2009
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  2. dLo GSR

    dLo GSR Notebook Enthusiast

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    restore to vista from the backup partition (but you will be losing everything in the process)
     
    dLo GSR, Oct 22, 2009
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    eli2k Notebook Consultant

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    If you purchased the laptop with Vista installed, you should still have the product key on the bottom of your laptop. So pick up a bootleg Vista install DVD and use your product key during install if Sony won't send you the discs. I think that's one easy solution.
     
    eli2k, Oct 22, 2009
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    RayStar Notebook Evangelist

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    the best solution is what dLO GSR said. you can save all your files, and when your computer shows the Vaio boot-up press (F10) i think and it goes straight to the recovery partion which has your original OS that came preinsalled on your system, which i think is Vista in your case. including all the bloatware and original drivers installed. then from there you can upgrade to Windows 7
     
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    hihiru1 Newbie

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    I try the F10 method before and all it did was ironically reinstall xp over again =( I think its a bad place to ask but do anywhere know to get a "bootleg" vista business cd 64 bit haha unless someone have a better solution ? thanks in advance
     
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