I know this is a W7 forum, so I hope it is ok to ask this. It's the old story of I have a legit serial number for Vista, but the installation disc is nowhere about. Is there a download file like the Windows 7 one?
Last time I looked digital river still had links to the Vista images...
From the dell website:
Dell Community
Maybe here at My Digital Life:
64-bit (x64) Windows Vista Official Direct Download Links « My Digital Life
Mmmmaybe, I haven't seen what the EXE extracts. Probably an ISO (But you can install an ISO mounter and run it from there)
HOWEVER. Things will be a lot easier and safer if you just burn a DVD or make a bootable USB drive and install it that way...
Also, just to be safe, always disconnect all hard drives but the one drive you want to install to and boot from before doing the install. This'll prevent the boot files from accidentally being installed on the wrong drive or other potential install headaches.
Thanks for the reply. Well, I actually did install Vista as an upgrade with that file in XP and as far as I can tell it worked ok. Hopefully time will tell the same story. :)
Well time told the story and PC is still operating completely fine. Thanks again to those who helped me. God, PC problems can be so frustrating but yet so rewarding when they're sorted out
have a look around on my digital life , from the links above, i had a look and eventually followed the links to one, i havent posted it as im not sure if it is official ,i think it is but best you check
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