I bought a computer with windows vista business installed and it has also the key for windows vista business. the Computer has become very slow and I don't have the CD. How can I reinstall the windows on my computer. thanks
How to reinstall windows vista business
- Thread starter sdraza1
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Hello Sdraza, and welcome to Vista Forums.
Before doing anything else, be sure find and write down your product key number somewhere safe.
If this is a OEM (ex: Dell, Gateway, etc....) store bought computer and not a home built computer, then they will usually have a system recovery partition on HDD that is used to do a factory restore of Vista with.
What is the brand and model number of your computer, and if it's laptop or desktop? We may be able to help find and post the instructions for how to for your computer.
Before doing anything else, be sure find and write down your product key number somewhere safe.
If this is a OEM (ex: Dell, Gateway, etc....) store bought computer and not a home built computer, then they will usually have a system recovery partition on HDD that is used to do a factory restore of Vista with.
What is the brand and model number of your computer, and if it's laptop or desktop? We may be able to help find and post the instructions for how to for your computer.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Internet Speed
- 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy Y0F94AV
- CPU
- i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4-2133
- Sound Card
- Conexant ISST Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3" UHD IPS touch
- Screen Resolution
- 3480 x 2160
- Hard Drives
- 512 GB M.2 SSD
Hello Sdraza, and welcome to Vista Forums.
Before doing anything else, be sure find and write down your product key number somewhere safe.
If this is a OEM (ex: Dell, Gateway, etc....) store bought computer and not a home built computer, then they will usually have a system recovery partition on HDD that is used to do a factory restore of Vista with.
What is the brand and model number of your computer, and if it's laptop or desktop? We may be able to help find and post the instructions for how to for your computer.
No it is a generic computer bought on ebay.
My Computer
When you bought the generic computer, did the seller say that Vista Business OS was legit?
Have you made any recovery disks?
Have you made any recovery disks?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
- Motherboard
- INTEL/D975XBX2
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 914v
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device. One is not connected
- PSU
- Rocketfish 700 W
- Case
- G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
- Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Other Info
- ATI HDMI Audio
He didn't tell me whether it was legit or not, I have made recovery disk and sometimes can boot from it but it solves the problem only temporarily. Whenever I install anything it again stops booting.
My Computer
Download CKScanner by askey127 from HERE
Important - Save it to your desktop.
Right click CKScanner.exe, choose to run as Administrator, and click Search For Files.
After a very short time, when the cursor hourglass disappears, click Save List To File.
A message box will verify the file saved.
Double-click the CKFiles.txt icon on your desktop and copy/paste the contents in your next reply.
Important - Save it to your desktop.
Right click CKScanner.exe, choose to run as Administrator, and click Search For Files.
After a very short time, when the cursor hourglass disappears, click Save List To File.
A message box will verify the file saved.
Double-click the CKFiles.txt icon on your desktop and copy/paste the contents in your next reply.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
- Motherboard
- INTEL/D975XBX2
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 914v
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device. One is not connected
- PSU
- Rocketfish 700 W
- Case
- G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
- Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Other Info
- ATI HDMI Audio
CKScanner - Additional Security Risks - These are not necessarily bad
scanner sequence 3.MN.11
----- EOF -----
My Computer
Is that all of the report? 
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
- Motherboard
- INTEL/D975XBX2
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 914v
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device. One is not connected
- PSU
- Rocketfish 700 W
- Case
- G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
- Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Other Info
- ATI HDMI Audio
Okay ... Please download WVCheck from Artellos.com.
- Double click WVCheck.exe. (If you downloaded the zipped version you will need to extract it.)
- As indicated by the prompt, This program can take a while depending on your hard drive space.
- Once the program is done, copy the contents of the notepad file as a reply.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
- Motherboard
- INTEL/D975XBX2
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 914v
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device. One is not connected
- PSU
- Rocketfish 700 W
- Case
- G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
- Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Other Info
- ATI HDMI Audio
What did you find out here? Were you 'duped'? :huh:
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
- Motherboard
- INTEL/D975XBX2
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 914v
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device. One is not connected
- PSU
- Rocketfish 700 W
- Case
- G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
- Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Other Info
- ATI HDMI Audio
Very sorry, my mistake. Actually I have been communicating with you with my computer with windows xp and ran the previous file on it and sent you the result. I will try to boot my vista computer and if I am successful I will run the same file on it and send you the result.