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| Thread ID: 117214 | 2011-04-07 23:10:00 | Vista Home OEM Premium iso needed | 1101 (13337) | Press F1 |
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| 1192876 | 2011-04-07 23:10:00 | Hi There. I need a Vista home Premium OEM install CD, ISO whatever. NOT for bad reasons :badpc: I have a genuine COA, I just need to do a retore install to attempt to fix a laptop , of course they dont come with install CD's I like to try a restore install before a re-image. Or does anyone have links on instructions to making install CD's from the 'I386' files Can anyone pm me with where I might download one from, NOT cracked one, as I have a install key. Cheers |
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| 1192877 | 2011-04-07 23:14:00 | See if theres a hidden partition on it. There maybe ISO's on / in it. If there are burn them | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1192878 | 2011-04-07 23:19:00 | Theres a recovery partition. From past experience this wont be much help but I'll have another look | 1101 (13337) | ||
| 1192879 | 2011-04-07 23:44:00 | maybe try vlite (http://vlite.net) at least with XP equivalent of vlite you could just give it the i386 folder and it would create a bootable cd for you never tried with vista because I've always had the oem disks. | razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 1192880 | 2011-04-08 00:00:00 | I just checked, there is no i386 folder :groan: | 1101 (13337) | ||
| 1192881 | 2011-04-08 00:06:00 | Can you get the OS to boot at all? toshiba usually have the recovery media tool that you can use to make recovery dvd's. | razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 1192882 | 2011-04-08 00:22:00 | No the OS wont load. The fixes for this issue dont work . It may just be a complete re-image then. I read that all the Vista install CD's are the same, just need to edit one file to make it home, business, premium etc. Anyone tried that ?? I may have a Vista Bus DVD. Will need to check what actually on it. Cheers |
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| 1192883 | 2011-04-08 00:30:00 | Remove the hdd put it in a working system. Then see whats on the other partition | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1192884 | 2011-04-08 00:43:00 | Ive had the HD out & had a look via another PC. Recovery partition contains no Vista install files, just HP image file & various other HP files Ive decided to re-image, just to get the thing running . But I'd still like to 'obtain' a install CD for Vista OEM, been a few times that this would have bneen pretty helpfull. The usual download sites seem to have install CD's that have been tampered with, adding or removing components/SP's. Im after a untouched ISO. I may see if can convert the Vista Bus CD to Vista home when I have a bit more time. I known that Win7 CD's can be converted to any version, but still need the appropriate install key of course. |
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| 1192885 | 2011-04-08 01:11:00 | The recovery image would be something akin to ghost etc.. so I wouldn't expect i386 files in there unless you can mount the image and extract it first, before blowing it away I would try and use the recovery partition if its intact then you should see if you can boot from the OEM recovery mode (depends on the model as to which key you have to hold down to trigger it). Alternatively Toshiba sell for around $70 the recovery disc's relative to the laptop model. |
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