The Lillster Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Basicly I want to formatt my laptop as it's very slow atm. unfortunatlly my laptop didn't come with a recovery cd or windows vista. If I aquired a cd somehow would it just be a case of me using the product key sticker that is underneath my laptop? I've formatted pc's before and I remember you needed 6 floppy disks before the cd would work. My laptop does not have a floppy disk drive, so would I need something else or do I just need a cd and if it's just a cd any particular version? (I'm currently running wndows vista home premium). Cheers.
Konfucius Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Since you're talking about Vista I assume the laptop is pretty new. Normally they have the recovery things on a partition on the harddrive. You can usually access it at startup by pressing a certain key. If that's not the case the question is what kind of product key you have. Some are OEM versions only, so if you're unlucky you won't be able to install the OS. So far I never encountered any situation where I needed to install files prior to the OS or needed a floppy drive. Can't you get in contact with the manufacturer about what to do?
The Lillster Posted August 10, 2008 Author Posted August 10, 2008 Since you're talking about Vista I assume the laptop is pretty new. Normally they have the recovery things on a partition on the harddrive. You can usually access it at startup by pressing a certain key. If that's not the case the question is what kind of product key you have. Some are OEM versions only, so if you're unlucky you won't be able to install the OS. So far I never encountered any situation where I needed to install files prior to the OS or needed a floppy drive. Can't you get in contact with the manufacturer about what to do? I havn't tried actually asked the manufacturer. I can I tell what kind of key I have? On the sticker it says "Windows Vista Home Premium Packard Bell" And then it's got the product key underneath. I'll check the startup next time I Logon. Cheers.
Marshmellow Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 F8 is the most common key to push at startup for boot options. Just jab at that madly when you first turn the computer on
Konfucius Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I guess you'll have an OEM Key then, that's most common for Laptops.
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