Hi,
I have had a number of problems all week and thanks to the guys here i have been able to sort most of them out. With a failing laptop I have managed to back up most of my files in order to reinstall windows (no alternative).

I purchased this laptop in june of last year legally from a large distribution chain in Australia. I have a toshiba satellite a300 psag4a 02600m and am travelling in the uk... When I came travelling i thought to pack my toshiba recovery disk, just in case. However, now I am about to do a full repair/reinstall/whatever, I've noticed that the OS that came installed on my laptop is Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit, while my toshiba recovery disk (only for sale with a new toshiba satellite a300 blah blah) is Windows home premium 64bit...

Will this even work?
I dont mind formating and reinstalling manually, but surely a recovery disk wont do this? Its a 2 disk set and it says it contains software as well..

Im at a bit of a loss, should I run the disk?

"MistaVistaFowla" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
> I have had a number of problems all week and thanks to the guys here i
> have been able to sort most of them out. With a failing laptop I have
> managed to back up most of my files in order to reinstall windows (no
> alternative).
>
> I purchased this laptop in june of last year legally from a large
> distribution chain in Australia. I have a toshiba satellite a300 psag4a
> 02600m and am travelling in the uk... When I came travelling i thought
> to pack my toshiba recovery disk, just in case. However, now I am about
> to do a full repair/reinstall/whatever, I've noticed that the OS that
> came installed on my laptop is Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit, while
> my toshiba recovery disk (only for sale with a new toshiba satellite
> a300 blah blah) is Windows home premium 64bit...
>
> Will this even work?
> I dont mind formating and reinstalling manually, but surely a recovery
> disk wont do this? Its a 2 disk set and it says it contains software as
> well..
>
> Im at a bit of a loss, should I run the disk?
>
>
> --
> MistaVistaFowla

Formatting and re-installing is what a recovery disk does best..


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