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Originally Posted by sybadm Coolman, Thanks for your response. I really tried these options by confirgring boot options and pressing key to boot from DVD, it actually loads the os from DVD but as I said it gets stuck at "Microsoft Corporation". I assume by that you mean it gets stuck at "Microsoft ...

Hi Ulf, welcome to NST. You'll need to find a friend/acquaintance with a Vista DVD if you want a no-cost option. If you can find one and borrow it, just do a clean install of Vista to the new HDD quoting your daughter's Vista key not the one on the DVD. If you can't do that, your next cheapest option will be to get a set of recovery media from Sony, appropriate for your daughter's PC model...

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Hi ane, welcome to NST. To ensure that you burned the disk correctly, please verify that you followed these steps: Download the NST disk torrent. Install a torrent client (such as BitTorrent or uTorrent), if one's not already installed. Run the torrent client, and "add" the torrent you just downloaded, and have it download the actual .iso file. Burn the resulting .iso file (after ...

Hi Erik, welcome to NST Try hitting "esc" when you see the Asus splash screen, then it should allow you to access the recovery media in your CD/DVD drive.

What happens if you say "No" to the Do you want to keep the VAIO Value-added Contents as part of the Recovery drive? ? Try looking over these links .

Hi Ben, welcome to NST. Our recovery ISOs are a tiny subset of a Vista/W7 DVD. They contain no installation files. They cannot be used to install, reinstall or repair a broken OS. They're provided to enable you to fix the boot process, initiate a system restore, or open a command prompt, when the OEM built-in recovery environment isn't accessible. They can't replace your OEM recovery ...

Hi, You could try running Startup Repair more than once. Sometimes it takes multiple times to fix a problem.

Get our recovery disc , boot from it, and select system restore from the recovery menu you get after selecting "Repair my computer".

Paul, you may need to contact Toshiba on this one and have 'em send out a recovery kit. Product key or no product key its usually not a good idea to use some copy you found off the net.