Please help, im new

[datastore]

hey, i had vista preinstalled on my machine, and I downloaded that beta windows 7 and i overwrote it and I want to go back down to vista, is there any way? It says it has expired but everything seems to be running fine like and I don't know wil my system lock in a week or so? please help me

 

[zigzag3143]

hey, i had vista preinstalled on my machine, and I downloaded that beta windows 7 and i overwrote it and I want to go back down to vista, is there any way? It says it has expired but everything seems to be running fine like and I don't know wil my system lock in a week or so? please help me

first things first

We need info on your machine. make,model,ram,etc

and what version of win 7 (type winver in search), and when does/did it expire?

did you upgrade, dual boot or do a clean install?

ken

 

[formation4]

If it was pre installed its likely to have a separate partition on your HD, do you have any recovery dvds?

 

[datastore]

ok its an acer 5920g series, 250gig of space, 4gig of ram,32bit, its the windows 7 ultimate beta, build 7022, it says its already expired but i can still use it, when it asked me to put in a key, i put in a key i got off microsoft but didnt work...im not sure, i just installed it over vista, so i think u'd call that an upgrade...no ive no dvds or anything...

 

[datastore]

windows 6.1

 

[zigzag3143]

If it was pre installed its likely to have a separate partition on your HD, do you have any recovery dvds?

True but hs doesn't have the cd's and may not even have a backup.

ok its an acer 5920g series, 250gig of space, 4gig of ram,32bit, its the windows 7 ultimate beta, build 7022, it says its already expired but i can still use it, when it asked me to put in a key, i put in a key i got off microsoft but didnt work...im not sure, i just installed it over vista, so i think u'd call that an upgrade...no ive no dvds or anything...

DS

Ok yep win 7 7022 is timing out. does your computer shutdown every couple of hours? Since you dont have any of the original vista/restore disks, the only way to restore it back to vista is if you download and burn vista (from MS?) to dvd. then you could TRY a restore from the restore partition that was there when the computer left the factory. Did you do any backups while vista was installed?

Im thinking this is going to be a waste of time. Is there anything on the drive that you cant live without?

Ken

 

[datastore]

while, i had to get my laptop repaired because the sound on it was dead and i copied the 2 drives onto my external harddrive and they replaced it with a new motherboard, so i dont know if i can get anything there that wud help....no its seems to be fine, hasnt shut down on me, i havent had it on over 2 hours yet....i got it off isohunt..i know doing all this was a huge mistake...i could download vista or maybe get it off a teacher in college, i can check 2moro and see what the story is..and yh i have everything backed up so its ok like

 

[zigzag3143]

while, i had to get my laptop repaired because the sound on it was dead.Ok no problem
i copied the 2 drives onto my external harddrive and they replaced it with a new motherboard No problem
, so i dont know if i can get anything there that wud help
....no its seems to be fine, hasnt shut down on me, i havent had it on over 2 hours yet...
.i got it off isohunt..i know doing all this was a huge mistake Yep A huge mistake. We have no idea what they added (virus) or removed (something critical)
...i could download vista or maybe get it off a teacher in college If you get a vista dvd you can at least clean install it providing you have a vista key. (if it came pre-installed there is at least an OEM key on a sticker on the outside of the laptop
, i can check 2moro and see what the story is..
and yh i have everything backed up so its ok like

First get a vista dvd (a real one)
Burn it to dvd
do a clean install
import anything you need using the east transfer wizard

Hope this works

Ken

 

[datastore]

ah ok thanks this has been helpful should I install vista or get XP installed instead?

 

[Lee]

I believe the RTM is stall available from Microsoft (members correct me on this if it isn't available at this date). Or, you can go to the Microsoft download site and get a copy of the 90 day Enterprise Edition which would give you a chance to test Win 7 for the 90 day period, or until you can get a retail copy (goes on sale on 22 Oct.). Avoid using torrent sites—you can end up with a bad copy from these sites, and chances of getting someone from the Seven Forums to help you with a torrent copy (illegal) is unlikely.

Reinstall Vista first, then if possible install Win 7 as a dual boot.

And, by the way Welcome to "Seven Forums"

 

[datastore]

ah, thanks

 

[ken9122]

Install the vista. it will be easier to to go to win 7 from there.

 

[datastore]

thanks

 

[Perrybucsdad]

Datastore, welcome to the site. You can dl the enterprise RTM 90 days trial version here -> HERE

Good luck.

 

[datastore]

thanks everyone for the help appreciate it