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| Thread ID: 77904 | 2007-03-27 04:58:00 | vista restore with out cd | peowpeow (12042) | Press F1 |
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| 536179 | 2007-03-27 04:58:00 | gidday am trying to help friend restore vista on his lap top hes has downloaded some type of viris any way wat happens once started up is windows repair window comes up does its thing and the restarts explora and it doesnt allow to time to run any thing and it just does this over and over when started in safe mode it still does this. now there has been no restore cd made. googled vista restore and found sothing about starting up computer from restore partition on hard drive but couldnt figure out how to do it. have been down to harvey norman where computer was bought and they were gonna burn a restore cd off but after waiting 2 hours and no one seeming to care we got a bit feed up and left but any way any help would be great cheers |
peowpeow (12042) | ||
| 536180 | 2007-03-27 07:17:00 | Welcome. The method of doing this varies by computer make and model. If you could possibly mention what the make and model is, perhaps someone could help more accurately? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 536181 | 2007-03-27 07:23:00 | ok i will find out cheers |
peowpeow (12042) | ||
| 536182 | 2007-03-27 07:34:00 | SO harvey norman are pirates burning a restore cd in the public eye, maybe we should ask them to burn us all a copy of Vista. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 536183 | 2007-03-27 08:39:00 | SO harvey norman are pirates burning a restore cd in the public eye, maybe we should ask them to burn us all a copy of Vista. Not sure what the point of that reply is, but most "brand name" PC's now come with Windows on a hidden restore partition where you can (and should) burn a backup copy. The application to do create the DVD is already loaded on the PC to do it, it usually nags you to do so. I have no idea why someone would not burn a restore CD or DVD as soon as the PC was initially loaded though. After it gets corrupt it's a bit late. There is no "Piracy" involved. Just done it on 2 new PC's here. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 536184 | 2007-03-27 09:10:00 | its a Acer 5100 aspire yeah hes not to on to it when it comes to computers ahy which will be why he didnt burn a back up cheers |
peowpeow (12042) | ||
| 536185 | 2007-03-27 10:36:00 | I was being smart i was making a point of if harvey norman can burn a disc instore for a customer then lets go see if they can burn us a copy of vista, im sure after the store has closed i bet some of them go to the back room and burn a few copies of Vista.And yes i do make a back up of my pc i'd be silly not too. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 536186 | 2007-03-27 11:09:00 | They could make as many copies as they liked really, they are useless without product keys. The physical media really means nothing. With office 2007, OEMs get a master DVD, and then just buy Licence keys, so if you buy an OEM copy of office, you won't get installation media unless the OEM that installed it for you burnt you one (which I'd be surprised if they were technically allowed to do) |
trig42 (11325) | ||
| 536187 | 2007-03-27 12:22:00 | its a Acer 5100 aspire yeah hes not to on to it when it comes to computers ahy which will be why he didnt burn a back up This should help (there is a (hidden) restore partition according to this), you will need Adobe/Acrobat reader to read this. www.acerpanam.com |
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