stuck in OS limbo

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hunterovarmy

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so i was givin an HP DV7 laptop free. they said if i can fix it then its mine. it currently has windows 7 installed but its not genuine. i asked the guy whats up with it and he said they sent him an upgrade in the mail, upgraded it but lost the product key. so i want to reformat it back to windows vista because i have the product key for it underneath the laptop. only thing is, is that the boot up thing isnt stored on the computer, so i need to find a way to work around this..
 

My Computer

System One

You can order a set of Recovery disks from the manufacturer - around $25-50.
Or you can install using a retail Vista Home Premium disk, and the COA Key on the sticker that should be on the machine.

You could also (assuming that the machine has a readable COA sticker) purchase an Upgrade for Win7, and use that for a clean install (cost depends on edition of WIn7 you purchase)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 8930G
Your cheapest solution would be Linux - maybe Mint. Works great.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs 1x60GB OCZ SSD 6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
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