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I keep running into customers without their backup cds made, is it alright to do this?
Can you use an ACER VISTA DVD to access the repair options on a HP ?
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If you're trying to use the Vista repair tools, you can just use the Vista Recovery Disc. http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-vista-recovery-disk/
Any generic Vista disc should have the same options, too, so the Acer disc should work
Any generic Vista disc should have the same options, too, so the Acer disc should work
you could use any vista DVD to get to the repair settings. you could just download one of the Vista DVD's online and just not use it to install non-geniune Vista on PC's. Only for the repair options. should be the same right? (link above looks like its what your looking for though, and no problems downloading a illegal version of vista)
if you DO need the HP dvd:
If you really need to, you could probably get HP to send you a backup disk. I have an HP laptop and the hard drive failed on it. At the time it was believed to be a software problem, hard drive passed the hard drive tests? So I was told to restore it, I could not restore Vista because the recovery partition was corrupted. I was informed by the HP help desk that I should have created my own backup disk. I had just assumed that I had a disk already that was shipped with the PC (like most I have had before). None of the paperwork ever said to burn my own DVD, and when the recovery partition failed, I was told I was out of luck. Luckily for me, when I asked for a supervisor I got them and I had a DVD shipped to me for my laptop (Vista Home Premium).
If you go to HP and explain the same sort of thing, you should be able to get a disk sent to you. This is if you need to do a complete restore though, that way its back to HP's core install.
if you DO need the HP dvd:
If you really need to, you could probably get HP to send you a backup disk. I have an HP laptop and the hard drive failed on it. At the time it was believed to be a software problem, hard drive passed the hard drive tests? So I was told to restore it, I could not restore Vista because the recovery partition was corrupted. I was informed by the HP help desk that I should have created my own backup disk. I had just assumed that I had a disk already that was shipped with the PC (like most I have had before). None of the paperwork ever said to burn my own DVD, and when the recovery partition failed, I was told I was out of luck. Luckily for me, when I asked for a supervisor I got them and I had a DVD shipped to me for my laptop (Vista Home Premium).
If you go to HP and explain the same sort of thing, you should be able to get a disk sent to you. This is if you need to do a complete restore though, that way its back to HP's core install.
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