If I use my restore discs I made to get vista back working better will
I need to reinstall the drivers for the chipset and sound card and
video? May I need to reinstall any applications I installed after I
last made a restore disc? And will all my files be safe and there
after I do the restore from the discs I made when I first got the
computer?

DJW wrote:
> If I use my restore discs I made to get vista back working better will
> I need to reinstall the drivers for the chipset and sound card and
> video? May I need to reinstall any applications I installed after I
> last made a restore disc? And will all my files be safe and there
> after I do the restore from the discs I made when I first got the
> computer?

If you do a repair installation, Your programs will remain. If you just do an
installation, they will not work anymore.

Drivers and updates may have to be re-installed.

On Apr 16, 5:50*pm, "Bob F" <bobnos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> DJW wrote:
> > If I use my restore discs I made to get vista back working better will
> > I need to reinstall the drivers for the chipset and sound card and
> > video? May I need to reinstall any applications I installed after I
> > last made a restore disc? And will all my files be safe and there
> > after I do the restore from the discs I made when I first got the
> > computer?
>
> If you do a repair installation, Your programs will remain. If you just do an
> installation, they will not work anymore.
>
> Drivers and updates may have to be re-installed.

its a 32 bit vista could I get a 64 bit and install that what is the
difference? and why?

DJW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Apr 16, 5:50*pm, "Bob F" <bobnos...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> DJW wrote:
>> > If I use my restore discs I made to get vista back working better will
>> > I need to reinstall the drivers for the chipset and sound card and
>> > video? May I need to reinstall any applications I installed after I
>> > last made a restore disc? And will all my files be safe and there
>> > after I do the restore from the discs I made when I first got the
>> > computer?
>>
>> If you do a repair installation, Your programs will remain. If you just do an
>> installation, they will not work anymore.
>>
>> Drivers and updates may have to be re-installed.
>
>its a 32 bit vista could I get a 64 bit and install that what is the
>difference? and why?

The biggest difference is the ability to use more RAM. A 32-bit OS can
see 4GB of RAM (and can't actually use all of that). 64-bit Vista can
use a lot more, here are the numbers:

Home Basic: 8GB
Home Premium: 16GB
Business, Enterprise, Ultimate: 128GB
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx)

That allows you to run more programs simultaneously, even RAM-hungry
ones, without using the swap file, and that will make your computer
run faster.

The drawback is that there is no upgrade from a 32-bit to 64-bit
Vista. You have to install the 64-bit version from scratch. And you'll
want to make sure that 64-bit Vista drivers exist for your motherboard
and peripherals before you make the switch.

--
Tim Slattery
(E-Mail Removed)

On Apr 18, 10:35*am, warner <nospam_warnerbo...@gmail.com.invalid>
wrote:
> *DJW wrote on 04/16/2012 12:05 ET :> If I use my restore discs I made to get vista back working better will
> > I need to reinstall the drivers for the chipset and sound card and
> > video? May I need to reinstall any applications I installed after I
> > last made a restore disc? And will all my files be safe and there
> > after I do the restore from the discs I made when I first got the
> > computer?
>
> *When you repair operating system then your All drivers and softwares not need
> to
> *re-install.
> *In case you install a fresh copy of operating system then installed drivers and
> *software will not work and will not provide Computer support any more.In this
> *case you need to re-install your drives as well.

with vista install disc is 64 and 32 bit options always present
provided the cpu can run 64 bit or are they separate installer discs?