[sunt]

i have bought a new laptop but they didn't give me the windows CD they say if my windows crash or something all what i need to do is when i turn on my laptop is press F8 and select repair computer option So:
how do i copy my windows vista from my laptop?
how do i know my copy of windows is original?

if i installed a version of vista(the same version when i bought the laptop) that i have downloaded from the internet and activate it with the product key that i have received when i bought my laptop
will it be the same?

[CaseSensivity]

There would usually come a recovery disk along. Typically, they'd make a second partition with the recovery disk. Piracy isn't just the best idea. And yeah, you can do it. Just as long as you bought the original key. Still being the same computer, windows will be geniune.

[Old Rich]

What Brand is this laptop? . . Most of the Major OEM's will furnish a replacement installation disc for a nominal or no charge

[rainforest123]

You can use Acronis True Image to clone your HDD to another HDD.

You can buy an internal HDD and case or as a unit.

Microsoft has a program called, I think, Am I legit? You could run the Vista product activation tool. You could try to obtain updates from MSFT. I think that will check for authenticity of Windows.

At this point in time, there is no way to create a Vista installation DVD in the same way that there was to create an XP install CD.
Example for XP: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r191...-Windows-XP-CD

MSFT had planned to include such a mechanism w/ Vista's SP1, but the project was dropped.

RF123

[rainforest123]

that i have downloaded from the internet

If you did not download it from Microsoft, or from a vendor working w/ MSFT [ for example, Digital River ], we may not be able to help you, because this forum has rules against assisting w/ pirated software.

This is intended as information and NOT as an accusation.

RF123

[sunt]

Originally Posted by rainforest123

If you did not download it from Microsoft, or from a vendor working w/ MSFT [ for example, Digital River ], we may not be able to help you, because this forum has rules against assisting w/ pirated software.

This is intended as information and NOT as an accusation.

RF123

i paid 100 $ to get my original vista back after i installed windows 7 the evaluation copy build 7100

and it will be finished on Saturday so i want to check if its the original when i receive it

Originally Posted by rainforest123

Microsoft has a program called, I think, Am I legit

could you please provide a link?

and thank you all for your help

[rainforest123]

I apologize, but I don't understand.

i paid 100 $ to get my original vista back after i installed windows 7 the evaluation copy build 7100

and it will be finished on Saturday so i want to check if its the original when i receive it

Back from whom / what? If not Microsoft or Digital River, or company like DR, I have no clue.

Take your pick.
http://www.google.com/search?q=windo...ient=firefox-a

RF123

[sunt]

i bought my laptop from Jarir bookstore
so i returned it to them so they format windows 7 and install the original vista


and thank you all again

[DoubleHelix]

You shouldn't have to pay $100 for the original operating system to be installed. You should have been provided with restore disks or a restore partition. I wouldn't do business with that company again.

[DaveA]

Originally Posted by DoubleHelix

You shouldn't have to pay $100 for the original operating system to be installed. You should have been provided with restore disks or a restore partition. I wouldn't do business with that company again.

Once one installs a different OS, then the retailer is no longer required to support that machine.

As for the "Restore Partition" it MAY still be there, but the software to get to it is gone, as Windows 7 does NOT contain it. The restore software is from the OEM not Microsoft. So, $100 is cheap to get your machine rebuilt.

The owner is to burn the recover DVD/CD when the OS disks are not provided. All of the machines that I know of have posted messages that they need to be burned, and a link to get them started.

[sunt]

Originally Posted by DaveA

The owner is to burn the recover DVD/CD when the OS disks are not provided. .

could you please tell me how to burn a recover DVD/CD step by step?

[DaveA]

Each make and model is different, post your make and model or contact the OEM of your machine?

[rainforest123]

If the bookstore used their own [ proprietary ] method, then only they can provide the steps.

You can create an image using Acronis True Image.
Step by step in the manual, which you can read / download at / from http://us1.download.acronis.com/sl/n...erGuide.en.pdf
page 36; section 6

RF123

[sunt]

sorry for taking toooooo long to reply busy day

Originally Posted by DaveA

Each make and model is different, post your make and model or contact the OEM of your machine?

i will tell you when i get it back i have not received it yet there have been some delays

Originally Posted by rainforest123

If the bookstore used their own [ proprietary ] method, then only they can provide the steps.

You can create an image using Acronis True Image.
Step by step in the manual, which you can read / download at / from http://us1.download.acronis.com/sl/n...erGuide.en.pdf
page 36; section 6

RF123

thank you
i'm looking at it now

[DoubleHelix]

I suspected this was built by a local shop, which is why I said you shouldn't have to pay $100 to get the operating system reinstalled. It sounds like they're running quite a racket. If they don't provide any type of recovery system and then charge to do a reinstall, that's not very consumer-friendly.