windows vista discs

flagship60

hi guys
I have had problems with my laptop, i have windows home premium OEMAct
service pack 1
i need to re-install the whole lot again.
the problem is that i have no discs, as the laptop came with them built in.
Has anyone got these and would it be possible to send me some copies
as i have tried everything else

thanks

Thread will probably be locked.

Best option to do it legally, would be go to a shop a buy a copy of Windows 7.

Best option to do it illegally, google it.

yoyo

flagship60 wrote: »

hi guys
I have had problems with my laptop, i have windows home premium OEMAct
service pack 1
i need to re-install the whole lot again.
the problem is that i have no discs, as the laptop came with them built in.
Has anyone got these and would it be possible to send me some copies
as i have tried everything else

thanks

Is the laptops hidden recovery partition still there? You can use this to restore if so, if you got a new hard drive you will need to contact the manufacturer for install media, which as you guessed it will have a nice "processing and shipping" fee attached.
It may be cheaper for you to buy Windows 7 if that is the case, something you likely won't regret . Can pick up upgrade licenses cheap enough so you can upgrade from your Vista CD Key

Nick

PapaQuebec

flagship60 wrote: »

hi guys
I have had problems with my laptop, i have windows home premium OEMAct
service pack 1
i need to re-install the whole lot again.
the problem is that i have no discs, as the laptop came with them built in.
Has anyone got these and would it be possible to send me some copies
as i have tried everything else

thanks

What make is the laptop?
Which OS?

flagship60

hi

yes the laptop is a dell inspiron 1525 operating on windows vista


thanks

PapaQuebec

flagship60 wrote: »

hi

yes the laptop is a dell inspiron 1525 operating on windows vista


thanks

PM me. I can let you have a copy of a DELL installation disc. I will not be providing a serial, but you shouldn't need one if installing on a Dell machine.
This is all 100% legal!!

Cheers

Papa

johnnybmac

You could try pressing F8 button as the computer starts up and from there, choose the "Repair My Computer" option (If it appears, sometimes it doesn't :rolleyes:). Then, using the "up" and "down" arrow keys and then "enter". Sometimesk, you'll get the recovery option..

Just a word of warning though... If you do a complete factory restore, all of your data will usually be lost...

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4189-dell-laptops-restore-factory-settings

flagship60

PapaQuebec wrote: »

PM me. I can let you have a copy of a DELL installation disc. I will not be providing a serial, but you shouldn't need one if installing on a Dell machine.
This is all 100% legal!!

Cheers

Papa

hi papa my email colin-malone@hotmail.com can you contact me on that

flagship60

hi all
thanks for your all your help, have tried many different ways to start it but with no luck.
which ever way i go, i end up at launch start up repair which does not work.
it closes itself down

the latest message says
stop c0000135 - user32.dll was not found re-installing my fix this problem

cheers

flagship60

PapaQuebec wrote: »

PM me. I can let you have a copy of a DELL installation disc. I will not be providing a serial, but you shouldn't need one if installing on a Dell machine.
This is all 100% legal!!

Cheers

Papa

hi papa

my email. colin-malone@hotmail.com

can you contact me on that