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Where can I get windows Vista setup.

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    Amar Chaudhary
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    My laptop-DELL- stopped booting last Friday- they diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive ;P. Now I am here with an empty system, I have a vista CD but it got corrupted. I have the key but not able to find a legal link to download vista to install. If required I may include URGENT PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ;P :laugh:

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      My laptop-DELL- stopped booting last Friday- they diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive ;P. Now I am here with an empty system, I have a vista CD but it got corrupted. I have the key but not able to find a legal link to download vista to install. If required I may include URGENT PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ;P :laugh:

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      For few things you have to put effort in search for rest all there is a google[^]

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        My laptop-DELL- stopped booting last Friday- they diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive ;P. Now I am here with an empty system, I have a vista CD but it got corrupted. I have the key but not able to find a legal link to download vista to install. If required I may include URGENT PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ;P :laugh:

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        leppie
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        Amar Chaudhary wrote:

        hey diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive Poke tongue

        They should have put the recovery data somewhere on the harddrive. Most laptops, you can simply enter this from the BIOS.

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        • A Amar Chaudhary

          My laptop-DELL- stopped booting last Friday- they diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive ;P. Now I am here with an empty system, I have a vista CD but it got corrupted. I have the key but not able to find a legal link to download vista to install. If required I may include URGENT PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ;P :laugh:

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          Lost User
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          As long as your product key is legal, it doesn't matter whether the download is legal or not.

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            As long as your product key is legal, it doesn't matter whether the download is legal or not.

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            Dan Neely
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            Except that when security researchers have checked in the past a large fraction of of Warezdows images available for download over P2P had malware pre-installed. :doh: Also, at least with XP (not sure about newer versions) that's not entirely true. OEM product keys won't work validate with standard OS images or vice versa. IIRC similar fun is to be found with MSDN vs Upgrade vs Retail as well.

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              Except that when security researchers have checked in the past a large fraction of of Warezdows images available for download over P2P had malware pre-installed. :doh: Also, at least with XP (not sure about newer versions) that's not entirely true. OEM product keys won't work validate with standard OS images or vice versa. IIRC similar fun is to be found with MSDN vs Upgrade vs Retail as well.

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              If you search hard enough, you can find a copy of exactly the version you need - with a correct hash value (which is not really a guarantee, but it comes close).

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                If you search hard enough, you can find a copy of exactly the version you need - with a correct hash value (which is not really a guarantee, but it comes close).

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                Dan Neely
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                harold aptroot wrote:

                If you search hard enough, you can find a copy of exactly the version you need

                For mainstream versions at least; II(vaguely)RC some OEMs tweak the images in breaking ways for every minor revision of a computer they put out. If only a few hundred to a thousand people have the computer with the image you need it could very well not exist anywhere in warezland.

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                with a correct hash value (which is not really a guarantee, but it comes close).

                True as afar as it goes, but once you get away from mainstream images how do you know the source you have for the hash is legit?

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                  harold aptroot wrote:

                  If you search hard enough, you can find a copy of exactly the version you need

                  For mainstream versions at least; II(vaguely)RC some OEMs tweak the images in breaking ways for every minor revision of a computer they put out. If only a few hundred to a thousand people have the computer with the image you need it could very well not exist anywhere in warezland.

                  harold aptroot wrote:

                  with a correct hash value (which is not really a guarantee, but it comes close).

                  True as afar as it goes, but once you get away from mainstream images how do you know the source you have for the hash is legit?

                  3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                  Well then you might have a little problem and you may need an illegal key as well :)

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                  • A Amar Chaudhary

                    My laptop-DELL- stopped booting last Friday- they diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive ;P. Now I am here with an empty system, I have a vista CD but it got corrupted. I have the key but not able to find a legal link to download vista to install. If required I may include URGENT PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ;P :laugh:

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                    Why not just ask Dell?

                    It's time for a new signature.

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                      Why not just ask Dell?

                      It's time for a new signature.

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                      Dan Neely
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                      They probably charge $20ish for the disks. X|

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                        For few things you have to put effort in search for rest all there is a google[^]

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                        Amar Chaudhary
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                        That didn't helped - I tried that before but it point only to pirated versions. I don't know why finding pirated version is easier than looking for genuine one ;P

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                          They probably charge $20ish for the disks. X|

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                          Amar Chaudhary
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                          and a 15 day delivery frame :zzz:

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                            Amar Chaudhary wrote:

                            hey diagnosed problems and changed Motherboard, ram and hard drive Poke tongue

                            They should have put the recovery data somewhere on the harddrive. Most laptops, you can simply enter this from the BIOS.

                            xacc.ide
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                            Amar Chaudhary
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                            its a brand new hard drive they supplied so no chance - looks like I have to install the windows server 2008 on that.

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                              Well then you might have a little problem and you may need an illegal key as well :)

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                              Amar Chaudhary
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                              ;P :laugh:

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                                and a 15 day delivery frame :zzz:

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                                eeeew. In this day and age you'd think they'd offer a download service as well as shipping media.

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