HP Vista Home Basic help required !!

GunJack

Guys,

a bit stuck with this one....

does anyone have a HP vista home basic .iso or alternately a HP vista h/b volume license key I could "borrow" for a lappy I've got in.

It's a genuine HP install hence wanting to keep it legit on the new hdd (only need it coz old hdd is totally burgered so can't even extract key off it

Hanx in advance

TakeThis

GunJack wrote: »

Guys,

a bit stuck with this one....

does anyone have a HP vista home basic .iso or alternately a HP vista h/b volume license key I could "borrow" for a lappy I've got in.

It's a genuine HP install hence wanting to keep it legit on the new hdd (only need it coz old hdd is totally burgered so can't even extract key off it

Hanx in advance

I'll send it via PM, after I get the answers to a couple of questions from you.

Hammyman

All versions of Vista are on one disc and what gets installed is determined by the product key you enter so you only need to find a Vista disc from anywhere.

TakeThis

Hammyman wrote: »

All versions of Vista are on one disc and what gets installed is determined by the product key you enter so you only need to find a Vista disc from anywhere.

Perhaps you missed his penultimate line...

GunJack

Guys, I've got an all-in-one vista installation disk, but it's one of the 'OEMAct' COA's on the base of the lappy which don't work properly with it. As you know, this key is different from the actual installed key from the factory, hence needing a HP disk. As stated above, the hdd has died totally, so not even the option of reading the installed key (which, incidentally, usually do work with my install disk:mad: )

FYI, the lappy is legit, belongs to a guy I've known and worked with for many years, so know it's not like it's been nicked or owt.

Anything else ???

RussJK

GunJack wrote: »

Guys, I've got an all-in-one vista installation disk, but it's one of the 'OEMAct' COA's on the base of the lappy which don't work properly with it. As you know, this key is different from the actual installed key from the factory, hence needing a HP disk. As stated above, the hdd has died totally, so not even the option of reading the installed key (which, incidentally, usually do work with my install disk:mad: )

FYI, the lappy is legit, belongs to a guy I've known and worked with for many years, so know it's not like it's been nicked or owt.

Anything else ???

Can't you just use one of the OEM keys?
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/2581-Vista-OEM-SLP-keys

GunJack

^^^ oOO you little beaut !! Knew I'd forgotten something, have used a couple of these before....but I've been sooo harassed lately

chodjade

have you not got the sticker with the product key stuck to the bottom of the laptop

GunJack

chodjade wrote: »

have you not got the sticker with the product key stuck to the bottom of the laptop

of course, but as stated they are different to the original factory install key, and the OEMAct keys do not like my all-in-one vista install disk...you can usually change the key TO that one after installation, but not actually install with it

TakeThis

GunJack wrote: »

of course, but as stated they are different to the original factory install key, and the OEMAct keys do not like my all-in-one vista install disk...you can usually change the key TO that one after installation, but not actually install with it

You do know that it won't work with the 'OEM' key alone, don't you?
Perhaps your all-in-one disc has some 'extras'.

GunJack

TakeThis wrote: »

You do know that it won't work with the 'OEM' key alone, don't you?
Perhaps your all-in-one disc has some 'extras'.

it is possible...I got it from a friendly microsoft engineer a few years ago now, and it's only the OEMAct keys it struggles with...