Re-installing Vista without orignal CD?

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Ok

I have a laptop that didnt come with Vista Home Premium 32bit CD or backup image and now it needs a rebuild.

So my question is...

I have a legit licesne key and a 32bit Vista Ultimate CD from my desktop machine.

Can I rebuild it using this and put the license key in?

Cheers all
 
Yes. :)

edit: just to be clear, you do mean (a legitimate licence key for the laptop), as opposed to (a legitimate OEM licence key and disk for the desktop) ?
 
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as where you got it from for the disc.

tbh any time someone gets a new pc they should ask for the disc
 
bledd. said:
as where you got it from for the disc.

tbh any time someone gets a new pc they should ask for the disc
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a lot of laptops dont come with restore discs, acer certainly dont seem to provide them anymore. They usually have a hidden partition or a utility on the drive to make a set of discs for later use.

If your hard drive dies out of warranty this can leave you well and truely stuffed, as you no longer have the hidden partition once you fit a new hard drive.

To the OP. Yes the legit code on the bottom of your laptop will probably work with the disc from your pc ( assuming both are oem ).
 
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AtreuS said:
a lot of laptops dont come with restore discs, acer certainly dont seem to provide them anymore. They usually have a hidden partition or a utility on the drive to make a set of discs for later use.

If your hard drive dies out of warranty this can leave you well and truely stuffed, as you no longer have the hidden partition once you fit a new hard drive.

To the OP. Yes the legit code on the bottom of your laptop will probably work with the disc from your pc ( assuming both are oem ).
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Actually, I think this has changed now. With XP you used to have an OEM license with an OEM disc. I've used an OEM license with retail disc and retail license with oem disc successfully so I don't think this applies to Vista anymore.
 
AtreuS said:
a lot of laptops dont come with restore discs, acer certainly dont seem to provide them anymore. They usually have a hidden partition or a utility on the drive to make a set of discs for later use.

If your hard drive dies out of warranty this can leave you well and truely stuffed, as you no longer have the hidden partition once you fit a new hard drive.

To the OP. Yes the legit code on the bottom of your laptop will probably work with the disc from your pc ( assuming both are oem ).
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you can still ask for one, i'm pretty sure they have to give you one if you ask. some might charge £5 admin fees though
 
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