Do you have a recovery program that came with your computer? See the
Start Menu for some folder like "Dell".

My HP laptops come with a recovery software that can refurbish your PC
from the recovery drive.


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Antrikshy

Geminineil wrote:
Hi, I have the problem with Vista where Updates are downloaded but then will
not install etc. I do NOT have a Vista CD as Vista was preinstalled on a Dell
540 Desktop. I do have the OEM number as shown in system files. I want to be
able to reinstall Vista and hope that will fix the problem - but I don't want
to have to reinstall any programs or lose any files already on the computer.
Can anyone advise how to re-install Vista from the Recovery Drive or
elesehwre on my computer?
Thanks. Neil

I don't know about your particular case, but some computers with
"Recovery Partitions" on the hard drive provide a means to create
bootable recovery CDs from that partition.

That might give you a little bit more freedom to work on your computer.

In any case, all methods I know of reinstalling an OS include erasing
all personal files and returning the computer to its "Out-of-Box" state.

Geminineil wrote:
Hi, I have the problem with Vista where Updates are downloaded but then will
not install etc. I do NOT have a Vista CD as Vista was preinstalled on a Dell
540 Desktop. I do have the OEM number as shown in system files. I want to be
able to reinstall Vista and hope that will fix the problem - but I don't want
to have to reinstall any programs or lose any files already on the computer.
Can anyone advise how to re-install Vista from the Recovery Drive or
elesehwre on my computer?
Thanks. Neil

I don't know about your particular case, but some computers with
"Recovery Partitions" on the hard drive provide a means to create
bootable recovery CDs from that partition.

That might give you a little bit more freedom to work on your computer.

In any case, all methods I know of reinstalling an OS include erasing
all personal files and returning the computer to its "Out-of-Box" state.