can we get orignal windows (vista),,, after installing xp ?

Hi Sir,
I Am New in forum, please help me.

i have sony vaio VGN-Cr320E
i was having windows vista in my laptop, but later i install xp on it,

i dont have any recovery disc or company disc, now i want to get back orignal vista of my laptop.

( i am using xp)

can i get back my orignal vista ?

please help.

thanks you very much for the help

regards
justabbas

 

Look for legal windows vista download. http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/240320-working-legal-vista-download-links-nice-try-but-you-still-need-key.html
If your computer was originally Vista then this should work with the registration from the sticker on the bottom of your laptop. You will need the drivers for Vista from the Sony support site also.

 

If you haven't deleted the recovery partition on your HDD, everything should still be there. I'm sure someone has figured out a way to do a system recovery from there.

 

just press the assist key to boot up... well on new vaios, not sure about the CR series...

 

Does that work if you formatted the C partition? He would have had to do that when he installed XP.

I have backed up my VAIO RECOVERY folder, the intention being that if I format my C drive and do a clean install (not using VAIO recovery), then I can copy that folder back and would be able to run VAIO Recovery Center and install drivers and apps as needed, and indeed even do a regular system recovery if my efforts don't work out. However, mine is Win 7 x64, so won't work for the OP. If someone has the folder for Vista...