Laptop recovery partition question

Almost certainly not. Most DVDs are tied to certain groups of Product
Keys - retail works with retail discs only, OEM works with OEM discs only,
and the keys on the sticker on the PC rarely work with any media at all
unless the computer manufacturer provided the media.

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"Dr Teeth" <no_email_here_please@tardis.com> wrote in message
news:3obd13lf8j5bho7bnc0iq7g5d9ookvlqoj@4ax.com...
>I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it
> has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.
>
> Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial
> number to install Vista and still be kosher?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy
>
> ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
> ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
> ** out of someone who richly deserves it.

I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it
has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.

Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial
number to install Vista and still be kosher?

Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:21:11 -0400, "Richard G. Harper"
<rgharper@email.com> wrote:

>and the keys on the sticker on the PC rarely work with any media at all
>unless the computer manufacturer provided the media.

I was hoping that this would be a straightforward OEM key, sigh.

Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

In the case of XP Pro I found that the OEM CD from one OEM manufacturer
worked with the key on the cabinet from another OEM manufacturer where the
retail XP Pro CD would not work.
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
news:OoatHkIeHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Almost certainly not. Most DVDs are tied to certain groups of Product
> Keys - retail works with retail discs only, OEM works with OEM discs only,
> and the keys on the sticker on the PC rarely work with any media at all
> unless the computer manufacturer provided the media.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Dr Teeth" <no_email_here_please@tardis.com> wrote in message
> news:3obd13lf8j5bho7bnc0iq7g5d9ookvlqoj@4ax.com...
>>I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it
>> has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.
>>
>> Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial
>> number to install Vista and still be kosher?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Guy
>>
>> ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
>> ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
>> ** out of someone who richly deserves it.
>
>

Absolutely, the OEM DVD will work with the OEM key on the bottom of your new
laptop. I do this all the time in my shop when doing system reloads. Just
make sure and install the proper version from your DVD that corrosponds with
your key. Pay no attention to Richard on this one. ;-)

Dan


"Dr Teeth" <no_email_here_please@tardis.com> wrote in message
news:3obd13lf8j5bho7bnc0iq7g5d9ookvlqoj@4ax.com...
>I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it
> has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.
>
> Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial
> number to install Vista and still be kosher?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy
>
> ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
> ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
> ** out of someone who richly deserves it.

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:15:23 -0500, "Dan" <dan@nospam.net> wrote:

>Absolutely, the OEM DVD will work with the OEM key on the bottom of your new
>laptop. I do this all the time in my shop when doing system reloads. Just
>make sure and install the proper version from your DVD that corrosponds with
>your key. Pay no attention to Richard on this one. ;-)

Thanks, that's a BIG relief.

Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

"Dr Teeth" <no_email_here_please@tardis.com> wrote in message news:3obd13lf8j5bho7bnc0iq7g5d9ookvlqoj@4ax.com...
>I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it
> has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.
>
> Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial
> number to install Vista and still be kosher?

? I don't understand your question.
Vista will come pre-installed on a new laptop.
Why do you need to install Vista a second time?

If your only reason for a second install is to remove the
recovery partition, you should be able to remove it
without disturbing the installed instance of Vista.
--
Gary VanderMolen

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:46:32 -0700, "Gary VanderMolen"
<gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote:

>? I don't understand your question.

Clearly, the other posters do.

Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

In article <OoatHkIeHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Richard G. Harper
says...
> Almost certainly not. Most DVDs are tied to certain groups of Product
> Keys - retail works with retail discs only, OEM works with OEM discs only,
> and the keys on the sticker on the PC rarely work with any media at all
> unless the computer manufacturer provided the media.
>
UTTER BOLLOCKS. All versions of Vista, OEM, Retail and Upgrade from
Home Basic to Ultimate are all on the same DVD. It determines what is
installed when the licence key is entered.



--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

The reason you are getting conflicting answers is because the way different
OEMs install Windows is different. With some OEMs what you want to do will
work and with some it won't. You won't know until you try it.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"Dr Teeth" <no_email_here_please@tardis.com> wrote in message
news:3obd13lf8j5bho7bnc0iq7g5d9ookvlqoj@4ax.com...
>I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it
> has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.
>
> Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial
> number to install Vista and still be kosher?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy
>
> ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
> ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
> ** out of someone who richly deserves it.