Lost retail Windows DVD

[suklee]

I bought Vista Home Premium when it first came out but I now want to reinstall the OS onto an SSD. Problem is, I can't find the DVD. I do still have the original activation key - is there a way to still find a copy of the DVD?

 

[Charlie98]

There are ISO's available online, just do a search. I think Vista Forums has a how-to...

 

[suklee]

Thanks Charlie (again!). Will have another look around. I 'found' a so called retail ISO on a certain web site, but I had trouble getting it onto a USB stick. I may just burn it to a DVD and hope that works better.

BTW, now that my 2500k is working again, it's gonna get donated to work once the 4790k comes out :biggrin:

 

[Charlie98]

Thanks Charlie (again!). Will have another look around. I 'found' a so called retail ISO on a certain web site, but I had trouble getting it onto a USB stick. I may just burn it to a DVD and hope that works better.

BTW, now that my 2500k is working again, it's gonna get donated to work once the 4790k comes out :biggrin:

Stop it... you are making my 2500 feel old!

I had an Acer rebuild that had a funky copy of Vista Home Entertainment OS (or something like that...) and I posted in the FS/FT thread about a disk. One of the other AT members loaned me his disk for the cost of postage. That's actually where I found out about the downloadable ISOs, too, but if it doesn't work, there are other options.

Good luck!

 

[suklee]

A couple kind souls PM'd me with some help, one person even sent me a direct download link (looked like it was hosted on his own server). Thanks guys :thumbsup:

PS. I'm gonna get the MSI Z97 Gaming 7 mobo while I wait for the new CPU. Newegg has good reviews on the board and MSI matches my video card. And honestly, the door hanger was the decider