sony vaio. i did create a recovery disk but i would like to have a stright windows 7 cd. if i ever have to reinstall i dont want all the junk software. can i buy one from microsoft? im not trying to steal something. i already have a product key under my new laptop.
also. any good sites i can check out to learn 7? i skipped vista so its all new to me.
any tips will also be helpful too :)
edit:
its windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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As you have a key, do you have a friend that will let you use their install disk if need be?
Start by having a look through our extensive tutorials section at the link below.
Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums
If you were not provided with an installation disc, chances are there is a recovery partition on your hard drive. If you reinstall from it, it will include all the software(bloat) preinstalled on your system.
You can call Sony and request a Windows 7 installation disc. Sometimes they provide it for free, Sometimes they charge you a small fee. It all depends on your haggling skills I guess.
Give them a call and be polite. Let us know how it goes.
Your Vaio has a recovery partition. From there you can burn the recovery disk(s). Not sure what the Sony interface is, but if you put "recovery disk" into Start/search, there should be a pointer to the wizard. Have 2 or 3 DVD-R handy. Else go to Control Panel > System and security > Backup and Restore. In the left pane you should find "Create a system repair disk".
You may have missed the link I posted above to the tutorials section as I added it in after I made the post but here it is again.
Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums
Starting with Vista, manufacturers started enforcing sponsored bloatware which often provides their only profit margin. They stopped providing clean-copy DVD's and even refuse sometimes to support clean reinstalls.
Since many tech enthusiasts see bloatware as corruption which corrupts even more when uninstalled, we learned to find a clean-copy DVD of the OS, unlock all versions if necessary, then clean reinstall using OEM license key stickered to computer.
There are legal download links for Win7 DVD ISO available by Googling.
Find favorite apps or any missing drivers on the Support Downloads webpage for your computer model, Adobe (reader, flash) and Java (runtime, free Ofc suite) sites.
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