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Windows Vista Installation DVD
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Having copies of the Windows XP installation CDs has been a huge help in computer repair. As long as the computer has the license sticker on it, I can reinstall Windows XP Home or Pro without having to wait for the owner to try to find their install disc and without having to deal with SP2 or all the extra crap most computer resellers like to include. I got my copies of Windows XP Home and Pro while I was working at a computer repair shop, but now that I am working on my own for family and friends, I don't have access to such things.
My Grandpa just got a laptop with Vista on it, and after installing Windows XP only to find absolutely no driver support, I had to reinstall from his Toshiba recovery DVDs. There were about twenty programs I had to uninstall, and while in this case I was able to install Vista and the hardware drivers in one shot, sooner or later he is going to lose the disc or it will become outdated, and I will have to install Vista from scratch on another computer.
I vaguely remember reading that all of the various forms of Windows Vista are all contained on one DVD and differentiated with key codes. If this is true it will make my life substantially easier, but getting that disc image still presents somewhat of a problem. I don't trust pirated copies for this sort of thing, and I don't want to buy a copy of Vista.
If anybody can suggest a good way to get a copy of Windows Vista or answer whether or not there are different install discs for each flavor of Vista, please do.
My Grandpa just got a laptop with Vista on it, and after installing Windows XP only to find absolutely no driver support, I had to reinstall from his Toshiba recovery DVDs. There were about twenty programs I had to uninstall, and while in this case I was able to install Vista and the hardware drivers in one shot, sooner or later he is going to lose the disc or it will become outdated, and I will have to install Vista from scratch on another computer.
I vaguely remember reading that all of the various forms of Windows Vista are all contained on one DVD and differentiated with key codes. If this is true it will make my life substantially easier, but getting that disc image still presents somewhat of a problem. I don't trust pirated copies for this sort of thing, and I don't want to buy a copy of Vista.
If anybody can suggest a good way to get a copy of Windows Vista or answer whether or not there are different install discs for each flavor of Vista, please do.
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