Installing native Windows on a laptop?

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Andrew2012-02-04 07:56:33

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Andrew, 2012-02-04 07:56:33

The laptop came with Windows Vista. Later, Win XP was installed on it, since the native installation disk was lost. Where can you get it? Or can you put a licensed Home basic and use the key on the back of the laptop?

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lanabel, 2012-02-04
@lanabel

Now many laptops have hidden partitions for restoring to the factory state (system + preinstalled programs), look for the treasured combination of buttons for your model, unless, of course, you touched the hidden partitions on the disk. And so - an OEM image, SP does not seem to be necessarily the same, but the version of Home, Pro, etc. must necessarily match. True, this is a violation of the license, but no one can verify this fact.

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VoidArray, 2012-02-04
@VoidArray

For a laptop, I just downloaded the regular original image (with SP). The key came up and activated the OS.

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vlaved, 2012-02-04
@vlaved

If you need to do “everything as it was when you bought it” and if the screw was not re-partitioned, there is a chance that there is a factory image of whist on the hidden partition. It remains to google the keyboard shortcut for starting the recovery by the brand of the laptop.

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@ngreduce, 2012-02-04
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Be sure to check the security policies. And try opening the files themselves in a separate tab - and compare the contents. Maybe cache.

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benipaz, 2012-02-04
@benipaz

look on trackers. often spread images of disks. the key from the sticker in this case is suitable

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howeal, 2012-09-21
@howeal

Announce laptop model