How do I get Vista Premium back after installing a new hard drive?

abie26 · 11-Feb-2008, 10:54 PM #1

My HDD died on me about a couple of months ago and I finally got a new one for my Acer TravelMate 2480 laptop. I was lucky enough that I had a set of backup discs that I made a while back...

But when I originally bought the laptop, its OS was Vista Basic so I upgraded it to Vista Premium. When I restored the laptop using my backup discs, it only came back as Vista Basic. It's a new HDD so I had to use my Vista CD to initially install an OS, but it is only a Vista Basic. How can I get my Premium License back?

Rich-M · 11-Feb-2008, 11:14 PM #2

How did you get the license in the first place for Premium?

abie26 · 11-Feb-2008, 11:21 PM #3

I paid for the upgrade not long after I got the Acer laptop using the Windows Anytime Upgrade feature.

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