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September 07, 2008  
Subject: Need to reinstall Vista
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Date: 5/10/2008 8:41:53 AM
From: "Paul Phillips" [Email Address Protection]

Hi. My Vista OS was preinstalled on my laptop. I made the mistake of not
making an initial copy of the OS on CDs, but I'm told I can reinstall a
default copy from a hidden partition. How do I actually do this? What's it
called?

Thanks.



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Subject: Re: Need to reinstall Vista
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Date: 5/10/2008 8:53:22 AM
From: "Ken Blake, MVP" [Email Address Protection]

On Sat, 10 May 2008 16:41:53 +0100, "Paul Phillips" <pfphillips
19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi. My Vista OS was preinstalled on my laptop. I made the mistake of not
> making an initial copy of the OS on CDs, but I'm told I can reinstall a
> default copy from a hidden partition. How do I actually do this? What's it
> called?


You *may* be able to do this. It depends on your vendor and how they
configured your computer. In other words, this is not a Windows Vista
feature, but one supplied by some vendors.

Contact your vendor (or your manual, if you have one) for more
information.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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