Whats better??

dublinbusdude

Hi all,

I'm trying to fix up a Laptop for a family friend and Windows Vista wont allow me to do updates...whats better - redo Windows Vista (by gettting a disc for it) or getting Windows 7 disc and putting Windows 7 on it..

Thanks

yoyo

Windows 7 by a country mile! You can get OEM or upgrade discs relatively cheap for home premium version

Nick

excaliburhc

windows 7 is easier to use and less of a resource hog ,
vista has improved markedly with service pack 2 and 3 and is a good os ( in my opinion)

either would suffice - for a alaptop 7 is probably the way to go for the lesser demand .

however it will cost.
is there a reason you cant update vista - i literally completed a reinstall of vista home premim today -
updated without much issue - however i had to download service pack 1 and 2 seperatly to allow it to continue updating , (service pack 1 is no longer supported and 2 is a requirement for continued updating)

dublinbusdude

So what can I do?? Install Windows XP instead???

yoyo

dublinbusdude wrote: »

So what can I do?? Install Windows XP instead???

Assuming you need to buy another OS (don't have the Vista recovery partition/disc) I would reccomend Windows 7. forget about XP, its old and probably wont have drivers for the laptop available anyways. Its also not sold anymore officially and support is ending for it in 3 years I think.
I'd go Vista if the recovery option there (and make sure to patch it up with service packs), but if you need installation media I'd get windows 7

Nick

dublinbusdude

yoyo wrote: »

Assuming you need to buy another OS (don't have the Vista recovery partition/disc) I would reccomend Windows 7. forget about XP, its old and probably wont have drivers for the laptop available anyways. Its also not sold anymore officially and support is ending for it in 3 years I think.
I'd go Vista if the recovery option there (and make sure to patch it up with service packs), but if you need installation media I'd get windows 7

Nick

What do you mean?

yoyo

dublinbusdude wrote: »

What do you mean?

Whats the make and model no of Laptop?

Nick

dublinbusdude

Toshiba Equium L300
Model No: PSLB2E-007004KS

yoyo

dublinbusdude wrote: »

Toshiba Equium L300
Model No: PSLB2E-007004KS

Follow the guide HERE for format (deletes all content on the drive) the drive

Nick

dublinbusdude

yoyo wrote: »

Follow the guide HERE for format (deletes all content on the drive) the drive

Nick

Hi Nick,

Tried going F8 on the dos mode and didnt work so any ideas what I can do to install Windows 7 from Vista with SP1 and SP2 on it....

Jonathan (dublinbusdude)

yoyo

dublinbusdude wrote: »

Hi Nick,

Tried going F8 on the dos mode and didnt work so any ideas what I can do to install Windows 7 from Vista with SP1 and SP2 on it....

Jonathan (dublinbusdude)

Do you have a Windows 7 license? The upgrade from Vista to 7 isn't free. To get F8 to work you need to keep tapping it at startup, that is at the point where you see the toshiba logo and keep tapping it until you see the menu

Nick

dublinbusdude

Was going to buy Windows 7...I try the F8 now