If he has no recovery disk then the vista operating system should be on a
hidden partition on the hard drive. Check the user manual to see how this is
accessed. With some it can be access prior to windows actually booting, i.e.
in the old dos type environment. You may need to reimage the drive from that
hidden image.
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Windows - Shell/User
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"Superputer" <Superputer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64316420-7A63-49B7-B3BD-BE528485C515@microsoft.com...
> Hi Guys, Joe from Oz here a newbie. Customer brought a new laptop with
> Vista
> basic, tried to install XP as dual boot, then deleted the XP partition in
> XP.
> Thought Vista will still boot. Obvious it doesn't and no recovery disc,
> have
> Vista serial, what do I do? Thank you in anticipation!
>
> "Tom" wrote:
>
>> Does the Vista DVD have the equivalent of a Windows XP "Repair Install" ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Tom
>>
>>
>>