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    • Dashrender
      Dashrender last edited by

      Anyone have an image of Vista Home they are willing to share with me?

      I have a Dell who's drive is not recovering and of course the user (a friend) didn't make a set of recovery DVDs.

      I'm just looking to put Vista back on the machine like it came with.

      Thanks

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      • IRJ
        IRJ last edited by

        I certainly wouldn't purchase Vista. This machine sounds like a candidate for Linux Mint. Vista is 4 OS(es) behind.

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        • DustinB3403
          DustinB3403 last edited by

          Who's the OEM?

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            Dell

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            • DustinB3403
              DustinB3403 last edited by

              Duh, completely missed that....

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              • DustinB3403
                DustinB3403 last edited by

                Well you can request recovery media here from Dell Directly.

                No need to break any laws.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said:

                  Well you can request recovery media here from Dell Directly.

                  No need to break any laws.

                  Nothing wrong with getting a media copy from people. It's the key you can't share, media is fine to share.

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                  • DustinB3403
                    DustinB3403 last edited by

                    In order to take advantage of the Dell Vista OEM Key, he has to use the OEM Media.

                    The media we might have, wouldn't be for that model PC. So by installing it, he'd be breaking the ToS with Dell and Microsoft.

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                    • dafyre
                      dafyre last edited by

                      That is just simply a matter of changing the Key.

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                      • IRJ
                        IRJ last edited by

                        I don't know how many rabbit trails you want to chase, but this might be worth checking out.

                        http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/dell-genuine-windows-vista-home-basic-iso-download/

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                        • scottalanmiller
                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                          @DustinB3403 said:

                          In order to take advantage of the Dell Vista OEM Key, he has to use the OEM Media.

                          The media we might have, wouldn't be for that model PC. So by installing it, he'd be breaking the ToS with Dell and Microsoft.

                          Last I knew, the media per model was no longer done. That was how they used to do it long ago. Any media that is not for the key will not work so it's not something you have to track.

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                          • DustinB3403
                            DustinB3403 last edited by

                            So... buy another key then... which you would get the ISO when you buy the key (in most cases)...

                            And since he's asking for the media, I'm assuming he doesn't want to spend money on an OS... So that's out of the question.

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                            • IRJ
                              IRJ @scottalanmiller last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              @DustinB3403 said:

                              In order to take advantage of the Dell Vista OEM Key, he has to use the OEM Media.

                              The media we might have, wouldn't be for that model PC. So by installing it, he'd be breaking the ToS with Dell and Microsoft.

                              Last I knew, the media per model was no longer done. That was how they used to do it long ago. Any media that is not for the key will not work so it's not something you have to track.

                              Dell doesn't do it by model.

                              HP discs only work with one specific model, but Dell discs work with all models.

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                              • IRJ
                                IRJ @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                @DustinB3403 said:

                                So... buy another key then... which you would get the ISO when you buy the key (in most cases)...

                                And since he's asking for the media, I'm assuming he doesn't want to spend money on an OS... So that's out of the question.

                                He already has an OEM key.

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                                • IRJ
                                  IRJ last edited by

                                  When you work on friend's PCs you end with alot of work and high expectations with very little gratitude.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said:

                                    So... buy another key then... which you would get the ISO when you buy the key (in most cases)...

                                    In a lot of cases, it doesn't. And they don't sell keys in that way.

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                      @DustinB3403 said:

                                      And since he's asking for the media, I'm assuming he doesn't want to spend money on an OS... So that's out of the question.

                                      I don't understand your line of reasoning here. He owns an OS already. He has a key. This is 100% legit. He just needs a legit copy of the installation media for it. This is a very common practice and totally legal and expected under Microsoft licensing rules.

                                      It's so common, in fact, that most vendors today don't even supply media by default and expect you to get it somehow.

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller last edited by

                                        All he needs is the Dell Vista OEM media which is free to copy and provide to others.

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                                        • BRRABill
                                          BRRABill last edited by

                                          Another thread asking a simple question to help the less fortunate, and it's driven down to the barn of linux, licensing and lashing (tongue) and shot.

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                                          • JaredBusch
                                            JaredBusch last edited by

                                            No Vista home ISO files here sorry. In fact I think the only Vista image I have is an HP recovery set (2 ISO files) for Vista Business.

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