The personal HP Laptop (DV6000) had Windows Vista Home Premium OEMAct The hard disk crashed recently and now i got a new hard disk but need to download the Windows vista software since CD was not there when i purchased the Laptop. If you are looking at this tutorial Vista ISO - Download and Create Installation DVD or USB it's not saying it's an Ultimate download, you are making a all in one basically and then during installation you will choose the correct version. Monitor (s) Displays 17.3 Other Info DESKTOP: Custom-built. OS: Win 7 Home Premium x64. CASE: Rosewill R5.
Hi,
If you never received a Disk when you purchased it, you would have a Recovery Partition to reinstall the Operating System from.
With a HP Compaq, you press F11 at Boot to start the Recovery Process back to Factory Settings.
Read this information:
'Recover Windows Vista Operating System Using HP Recovery'
Some manufacturers no longer have Vista Recovery Disks available.
If that happens, you may have to try this instead:
You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, that contains the files for the various Vista Editions (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) to be installed. The Product Key on your Computer / Laptop case determines which Edition is installed.
Other Manufacturers' Recovery DVDs are not to be used for the above purpose.
And you need to know the 'bit' version for Vista, as 32bit and 64bit Editions come on different DVDs
Here is how to do a clean install of Vista, using a Microsoft Vista DVD:
'How to Do a Clean Install and Setup with a Full Version of Vista'
And phone Activation may be required when using the above clean install Method.
'How to Activate Vista Normally and by Phone Activation'
Windows 7
Cheers.