I don't have a vista CD

[Guest]

my laptop came with windows vista installed but they didn't give me a disk
instead they made a back up drive. I want to know if i can get the cd so in
case that i can't restore the computer i could clean install?
Thanks,
Nate

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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my laptop came with windows vista installed but they didn't give me a disk
instead they made a back up drive. I want to know if i can get the cd so in
case that i can't restore the computer i could clean install?
Thanks,
Nate

 

[mayayana]

my laptop came with windows vista installed but they didn't give me a disk

instead they made a back up drive. I want to know if i can get the cd so in
case that i can't restore the computer i could clean install?

Most PCs don't come with a CD anymore.
It would be a good idea to create a disk
image after you get it set up the way you want
it. Then store that on CDs and also on a
data partition, if you have one. That way, if the
hard disk faiks, you won't have to buy Windows
all over again.

 

[XS11E]

my laptop came with windows vista installed but they didn't give
me a disk instead they made a back up drive. I want to know if i
can get the cd so in case that i can't restore the computer i
could clean install?

You should have an option to create restore CDs, information should be
in the help files somewhere? That should be the very first thing you
do with a new PC.

You should also have the option to obtain the restore CDs from the
manufacturer, how to do so will be on the manufacturer's website.