Hi there,
I'm trying to format an Acer Aspire 5735, with the windows vista home basic that it came with. Normally these things have been extremely straight forwards. I do not have the CDs that may/may not have come with the laptop, as it's not my own ( friends ).
I have got access to windows vista ultimate, and home premium DVDs, but not the one for home basic. I have a feeling the CD key is not going to work if I install it from a different DVD. I have the genuine CD key for the laptop, and don't know where to source a windows DVD from.
I have one which was given to me, but it refuses to boot. It only works from within windows, and from there it doesn't even detect the hard drive when clicking the "custom install" option.
Any ideas would be excellent!
Thanks
Steve
I'm trying to format an Acer Aspire 5735, with the windows vista home basic that it came with. Normally these things have been extremely straight forwards. I do not have the CDs that may/may not have come with the laptop, as it's not my own ( friends ).
I have got access to windows vista ultimate, and home premium DVDs, but not the one for home basic. I have a feeling the CD key is not going to work if I install it from a different DVD. I have the genuine CD key for the laptop, and don't know where to source a windows DVD from.
I have one which was given to me, but it refuses to boot. It only works from within windows, and from there it doesn't even detect the hard drive when clicking the "custom install" option.
Any ideas would be excellent!
Thanks
Steve