Reinstalling Vista without an Internet connection

My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed Unix
on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall Vista
on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course, the
quicker he can do this the better.

Most Laptops have a Recovery Partition that is activated by means of pushing
F something during the boot process.
All Laptops come with Manuals that explain this procedure for reinstalling
the original operating system and all programs that came with the original
purchase.
This Recover/Reinstallation process usually wipes everything on the HD and
restores to "just purchased" condition.

You know what they say...if all else fails read the
instructions...............
peter

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"SEH" <SEH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B14219A8-72AF-46AA-8363-D1A2CA620DE8@microsoft.com...
> My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed
> Unix
> on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall
> Vista
> on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course,
> the
> quicker he can do this the better.

SEH wrote:
> My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed Unix
> on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall Vista
> on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course, the
> quicker he can do this the better.

The laptop mftr. was required to provide a method for returning the
laptop to factory condition. Refer to the laptop manual as to how to do
this. If you don't have a manual, go to the laptop mftr.'s website for
that specific model and the answer will be there. If the laptop had a
recovery partition and your son damaged it, order physical restore
CD/DVDs from the laptop mftr. This is usually quite inexpensive.


Malke
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"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP

Thanks so much. My son didn't think he had other options. I'll have him look
into this.

"peter" wrote:

> Most Laptops have a Recovery Partition that is activated by means of pushing
> F something during the boot process.
> All Laptops come with Manuals that explain this procedure for reinstalling
> the original operating system and all programs that came with the original
> purchase.
> This Recover/Reinstallation process usually wipes everything on the HD and
> restores to "just purchased" condition.
>
> You know what they say...if all else fails read the
> instructions...............
> peter
>
> --
> DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me
> offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it.
> If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to
> me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-)
>
>
> "SEH" <SEH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B14219A8-72AF-46AA-8363-D1A2CA620DE8@microsoft.com...
> > My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed
> > Unix
> > on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall
> > Vista
> > on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> > Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course,
> > the
> > quicker he can do this the better.
>

Thanks for your reply. I'll have my son check this out. He didn't think he
had other options.

"Malke" wrote:

> SEH wrote:
> > My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed Unix
> > on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall Vista
> > on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> > Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course, the
> > quicker he can do this the better.
>
> The laptop mftr. was required to provide a method for returning the
> laptop to factory condition. Refer to the laptop manual as to how to do
> this. If you don't have a manual, go to the laptop mftr.'s website for
> that specific model and the answer will be there. If the laptop had a
> recovery partition and your son damaged it, order physical restore
> CD/DVDs from the laptop mftr. This is usually quite inexpensive.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP
>

Thanks so much for your reply. I'll be curious to see if this solves the
problem.

"Malke" wrote:

> SEH wrote:
> > My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed Unix
> > on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall Vista
> > on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> > Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course, the
> > quicker he can do this the better.
>
> The laptop mftr. was required to provide a method for returning the
> laptop to factory condition. Refer to the laptop manual as to how to do
> this. If you don't have a manual, go to the laptop mftr.'s website for
> that specific model and the answer will be there. If the laptop had a
> recovery partition and your son damaged it, order physical restore
> CD/DVDs from the laptop mftr. This is usually quite inexpensive.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP
>

SEH wrote:
> My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed Unix
> on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall Vista
> on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course, the
> quicker he can do this the better.


You'd think a college student would be able to read the manual that
came with the computer and follow the manufacturer's instructions for
restoring the OS.


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Download pirate copy of Vista, and use numbers of your Vista sticker on
bottom of laptop.
He probably will have to call MS to activate it. over internet won't work


"SEH" <SEH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B14219A8-72AF-46AA-8363-D1A2CA620DE8@microsoft.com...
> My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed
> Unix
> on it and now he cannot connect to the Internet. How can he reinstall
> Vista
> on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course,
> the
> quicker he can do this the better.

"tjoy" <tjoy@spaceworksfurniture.com> wrote in message news:edW0swMaIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Download pirate copy of Vista, and use numbers of your Vista sticker on
> bottom of laptop.
> He probably will have to call MS to activate it. over internet won't work


I hope this response is just a bad joke.


> "SEH" <SEH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B14219A8-72AF-46AA-8363-D1A2CA620DE8@microsoft.com...
> > My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed
> > Unix on it

Speaking of bad jokes....

I wouldn't blame your son at all for disliking VISTA, but to erase it for Linux
(or Unix) rather than creating a dual-bootable scenario might have been
considered a bit airheaded. ;-)

> > and now he cannot connect to the Internet.

He has a configuration or a settings issue. Unix is generally used as an
internet *server*... it's pretty much made for that purpose.

> > How can he reinstall Vista
> > on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
> > Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of course,
> > the quicker he can do this the better.

If his PC came with VISTA, there shouild have been a set of recovery discs
included from the OEM builder. There may also still be a recovery 'partition'
on the hard drive. He will need these discs or he will need to contact the
manufacturer for instructions.

However, if he gets no joy... there is a $100 option... by purchasing and using
a VISTA Home Basic Upgrade.

DM

Why buy DVD when you can download it for free.
You can find Vista OEM DVD, use it with numbers from your Vista OEM sticker
on your laptop.

David, if you think it's a bad joke then tell me why?.

All Vista DVD are same. It's up to serial number that you type to get
different versions of it.

"David Morgan (MAMS)" <findme@m-a-m-s.comC/Odm> wrote in message
news:X_mqj.19358$hF2.16753@trnddc02...
>
> "tjoy" <tjoy@spaceworksfurniture.com> wrote in message
> news:edW0swMaIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>> Download pirate copy of Vista, and use numbers of your Vista sticker on
>> bottom of laptop.
>> He probably will have to call MS to activate it. over internet won't work
>
>
> I hope this response is just a bad joke.
>
>
>> "SEH" <SEH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B14219A8-72AF-46AA-8363-D1A2CA620DE8@microsoft.com...
>> > My son purchased a laptop for college in August. Recently he installed
>> > Unix on it
>
> Speaking of bad jokes....
>
> I wouldn't blame your son at all for disliking VISTA, but to erase it for
> Linux
> (or Unix) rather than creating a dual-bootable scenario might have been
> considered a bit airheaded. ;-)
>
>> > and now he cannot connect to the Internet.
>
> He has a configuration or a settings issue. Unix is generally used as an
> internet *server*... it's pretty much made for that purpose.
>
>> > How can he reinstall Vista
>> > on his machine without having to purchase Vista? His computer came with
>> > Vista, so it seems like he should be able to get it somehow. Of
>> > course,
>> > the quicker he can do this the better.
>
> If his PC came with VISTA, there shouild have been a set of recovery discs
> included from the OEM builder. There may also still be a recovery
> 'partition'
> on the hard drive. He will need these discs or he will need to contact
> the
> manufacturer for instructions.
>
> However, if he gets no joy... there is a $100 option... by purchasing and
> using
> a VISTA Home Basic Upgrade.
>
> DM
>
>
>
>
>
>