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    Make a Vista DVD from preinstalled laptop

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by d9085, Apr 15, 2008.

  1. d9085

    d9085 Newbie

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    Hi.. Hope someone can help.

    If this has been discussed and answered please post a link. thnx

    I have a HP dv9700 LapTop and I want to burn the Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 from my laptop to a Bootable DVD and be able to put Vista back on my laptop without all the other crap that it shipped with. F11 does a complete restore and the 1 set of recovery disks (which I've already made) I assume do the same as F11 just from 3 DVD's. Bit that's not what I want.

    I'm wanting just a plain Vista Home Premium SP1 DVD.

    Please, if you are going to talk about images and stuff, could you be as gentle as possible with the technical stuff. I'm not a computer wiz like most of you but if you spell it out clearly enough, I am pretty sure I'll catch on.

    Appreciate anything anyone can tell me.

    Thanks in advance.

    Dave
     
    d9085, Apr 15, 2008
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Follow the link in my signature to know if you can burn a bootable vista install DVD from the set up files in your laptop's hard drive.
     
    coolguy, Apr 15, 2008
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  3. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Please see the clean install guide in my signature. All of your questions will be answered there.

    That does not apply to HP systems. In fact, as far as I've seen, it ONLY applies to Sony systems. I haven't seen any other system that has those files on it.
     
    orev, Apr 15, 2008
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