Vista install disk

civis_liberalis

Is there anywhere I can legally download a copy?

I removed Vista a while back in favour of Ubuntu, but due to a problem with Ubuntu (which turned out to be my own fault), I went back to Windoze. Not having a disk for it, I installed a dodgy copy that someone had handy.

It works fine for the most part but I can't upgrade it to SP2.

Ideas anyone or anyone in Galway willing to lend a copy for a hours?

Schorpio

"Lending" a copy is

1) on the illegal side of things and

2) wouldn't work anyway.

The way MS verifies whether a copy of Windows is legit or not is from the unique serial number printed on a card inside every Windows cd box/case. Having a legit cd won't help you in the slightest.

You used to be able to buy a serial number on the MS website, but I haven't been down that road in years and I don't know if they still do it.

The old legit solution is to buy your own copy of Windows.

Schorpio

Oh yeah, and I forgot to add, you're not gonna get a 'workaround' type solution here. I direct you to the charter....

dahamsta wrote: »

NO WAREZ!
NO HACKZ!
NO APPZ!
NO CRACKZ!
NO! NO! NO!


(In other words, we're here to discuss software you have a valid license for, not software a man in a mac in the pub gave you for a pint and a fondle.)

civis_liberalis

Schorpio wrote: »

"Lending" a copy is

1) on the illegal side of things and

2) wouldn't work anyway.

Schorpio wrote: »

The old legit solution is to buy your own copy of Windows.

I wanted the cd so that I could reinstall the operating system that I have paid for and have a licence key for stuck to the side of the case.

Never having had a physical disk for the OS was the reason I install the dodgy copy in the first place.

civis_liberalis

Schorpio wrote: »

Oh yeah, and I forgot to add, you're not gonna get a 'workaround' type solution here. I direct you to the charter....

Notice I mentioned "legal" in my post, while not having been terribly clear about what I was after exactly.

I also take issue with being directed to advice given by a UCD fan.

Schorpio

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Notice I mentioned "legal" in my post, while not having been terribly clear about what I was after exactly.

I also take issue with being directed to advice given by a UCD fan.

sorry, i missed the "legal" in the first post!

You won't find anywhere legal to download Vista anymore anyway, now that it's been succeeded by 7. So your best bet is to loan a CD from someone....like you already suggested! Sorry for wasting your time!

civis_liberalis

Anyone in here from Galway with a disk so?

civis_liberalis

Thanks guys, never mind. Got Windows 7 instead.