what happens if I have to reinstall Vista?

[ianmcallister]

I recently read that a few people had complete failures and had to reinstall.
I have a Samsung Sens G25 which has a preinstalled Home Premium.
How would I go about reinstalling if that were to happen?
I ask as a precaution only, as I live in a very untecchie part of China, and
would be lost without my computer,
thanks,
Ian

 

[Alias]

I recently read that a few people had complete failures and had to reinstall.
I have a Samsung Sens G25 which has a preinstalled Home Premium.
How would I go about reinstalling if that were to happen?
I ask as a precaution only, as I live in a very untecchie part of China, and
would be lost without my computer,
thanks,
Ian

If you don't have a restore disc, then you probably have the restore
function on a hidden partition and you will need to make a DVD yourself.
Contact Sansung (or instructions may be in a manual if one came with the
computer) to find out how to make one.

Alias

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You need to consult your system documentation for the appropriate recovery
method as they vary by manufacturer. Quite often, they involve a recovery
volume on the hard drive itself that is accessed during the boot process.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I recently read that a few people had complete failures and had to reinstall.
I have a Samsung Sens G25 which has a preinstalled Home Premium.
How would I go about reinstalling if that were to happen?

OEM vendors are required by their agreement with Microsoft to give you
a means of reinstalling, should it be necessary. They can do this in
one of three ways:

1. An OEM copy of Windows
2. A restore CD
3. A hidden partition on your drive, with restore information.

If you don't have 1 or 2, you should have 3, but you should contact
your vendor to find out.

Personally, I find both 2 and 3 unacceptable (especially 3; a hard
drive crash can leave you with nothing), and would never choose to buy
a computer that came with an operating system unless I got a complete
generic installation CD for that operating system.