Windows 7 yesterday Vista today :-( HELP

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  1. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #1

    Windows 7 yesterday Vista today :-( HELP


    Hi guys hope you can help. I upgraded to W7 32bit from Vista in January with an upgrade disk i got from Acer. Recently my pc lost one of the hard drive partitions (120gb of a 250gb disk) and in an effort to retrieve the missing data of it i accidently done something wrong to how the pc boots. Acer recovery tools has restored my machine back to Vista currently and i have no way of putting it back to Windows 7 as i cannot find my install disc although i do have my licence key (i always digitally record all receipts, licence keys etc). Basically my question is how do i reinstall W7 without the original disk? Also is it possible to do a clean install and reformat my entire hard drive to get back the missing 120gb. Thanks in advance guys hope someone can help

    PS My PC is an Acer 5920g, Intel core duo T5750 2.00ghz 4gb Ram, Hitachi 250gb (cant think of anything else relevant)
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  2. Posts : 1,114
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #2

    If you can borrow a Win 7 dvd install with it and use your key no problem

    ps yes when you install delete that partition and regain the whole disk
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  3. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #3

    I heard that with a key, you can do an anytime upgrade. Give it a try.
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  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #4

    1. If you have the product key, you can reinstall with a friends installation disk - must be same edition (e.g. Home Premium) as your key.
    2. I don't know how you could have "lost" a partition. I am sure it is still there and if you have recovered your data, you can reformat it in Disk Management. No need to reformat the whole drive.
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  5.    #5

    Can you post back a screenshot of your full Disk Management drive map with listings?

    How to Post a Screenshot in Seven Forums - Windows 7 Forums.URL

    Win7 wouldn't just revert to Vista without a long complicated operation on your part with the windows.old folder. It may be that you installed Win7 to another partition and now it won't boot. Let us take a look.
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  6. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #6

    Hello stokshit, welcome to Seven Forums!





    As a start, here are some tutorials to look through that may give you some ideas.


    Windows 7 Universal Installation Disc - Create

    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

    How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7
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  7. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #7

    Note that your notebook support 64-bit OS, but you cannot upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. If you wish to upgrade to 64-bit (and you do), you will need to do a clean install.
    Clean Install Windows 7
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  8. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #8

    Bare Foot Kid said:
    Hello stokshit, welcome to Seven Forums!





    As a start, here are some tutorials to look through that may give you some ideas.


    Windows 7 Universal Installation Disc - Create

    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

    How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7
    Wow, did not know abut the universal installation disc. Its in my favs,now. And your rep is in your account, thanks.
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  9. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #9

    Thank you Richard!
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  10. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #10

    LOL. Deja Vu 2!
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