Hello,

I have a laptop with a license for Vista Premium Home Edition. My hard
drive failed before I burned the recovery discs. Toshiba will not send
recovery discs.

Do I need to buy a Vista license, or can I get an install and use my
existing license?



Thanks,

"TMacKay" <TMacKay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a laptop with a license for Vista Premium Home Edition. My hard
> drive failed before I burned the recovery discs. Toshiba will not send
> recovery discs.
>
> Do I need to buy a Vista license, or can I get an install and use my
> existing license?
>
> Thanks,

Since one of the first things that should be done when you get a computer
with a recovery partition like the Toshiba's is to burn the recovery DVD/CD
the machine should still be relatively new. Therefore it should be under
warranty. Therefore Toshiba should fix the problem (replace the hard drive
with a like unit with full OS installed,) granted you may have to send the
laptop to them. Explore warranty details.

Now if the machine is out of warranty....

You don't need to buy a license, but you will need to have the OEM Product
Key
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.com


"TMacKay" <TMacKay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:15AC09F5-5FFE-4E1D-AE95-55BAD2E37E52@xxxxxx

> Hello,
>
> I have a laptop with a license for Vista Premium Home Edition. My hard
> drive failed before I burned the recovery discs. Toshiba will not send
> recovery discs.
>
> Do I need to buy a Vista license, or can I get an install and use my
> existing license?
>
> Thanks,