Reinstalling Vista Home Premium 64 bit from Recovery Disks

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  • techtonator
    New Member
    • Dec 2008
    • 8
    #1

    Reinstalling Vista Home Premium 64 bit from Recovery Disks

    Hi All,

    I have Vista Home Premium 64 bit installed on my HP dv6000 laptop. The laptop has a recovery drive from which I created the recovery disks. Since this drive was provided, MS didn't provide me the Vista OS disks (even though I have paid the license fee for the OS).

    My question is,

    Can I remove vista, format my drive and REINSTALL clean copy of Vista 64 bit that I originally got with the help of recovery disks? Or the disks are usefull only to recover the system to some previous state?

    If not, how can I get the Vista 64 bit OS copy without paying anything since I had purchased its license with the laptop?

    Thanks to all the help in advance!
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    • epots9
      Recognized Expert Top Contributor
      • May 2007
      • 1352
      #2
      I don't have much experience with recovery disks, but if its like dell's partition system then i will return the system to how it was when you first received it.

      I'm sorry, but the only way to get the get vista installation DVD(s) would be to buy a copy. What you'll have to do is buy the DVD(s) from HP, but you shouldn't have to pay full retail price since you already have a license...you'r e just buying the DVD.

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        • Curtis Rutland
          Recognized Expert Specialist
          • Apr 2008
          • 3264
          #3
          Depending on the manufacturer, sometimes you don't even have to use the disks, you can restore to the factory state via the recovery partition. But of course, that's the factory state, not the clean, non-OEM install.

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            • gump249
              New Member
              • Aug 2011
              • 1
              #4
              Originally posted by techtonator
              Hi All,

              I have Vista Home Premium 64 bit installed on my HP dv6000 laptop. The laptop has a recovery drive from which I created the recovery disks. Since this drive was provided, MS didn't provide me the Vista OS disks (even though I have paid the license fee for the OS).

              My question is,

              Can I remove vista, format my drive and REINSTALL clean copy of Vista 64 bit that I originally got with the help of recovery disks? Or the disks are usefull only to recover the system to some previous state?

              If not, how can I get the Vista 64 bit OS copy without paying anything since I had purchased its license with the laptop?

              Thanks to all the help in advance!
              If i was you get away from vista and go with windows seven so much better but if you cant do that you can go to bios and go to boot and make the cd drive first boot and then put in your reistallation disk and then delete your partion and just follow steps have to use the advance in vista and seven os...

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                • Curtis Rutland
                  Recognized Expert Specialist
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 3264
                  #5
                  You do realize this question was from almost three years ago?

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