No Windows Vista Basic DVD but I do have a Product Key!

Hi

I am using a borrowed Acer E625 eMachine that shipped with Vista Basic. It obviously has a product key underneath but the Vista installation and recovery partitions were both formatted to Linux. This is not satisfactory as the Linux OS is not mature.

There is nowhere I can find a DVD to install from. Acer does not even recognize this machine's SN or SNID as underneath; it probably is too old. Being dependent upon a state disability grant, I cannot afford a Vista CD.

Can I perhaps download it and make my own DVD, then install from there and activate using the actual product key? If so, please share the link with me.

Thanks a million

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laurent_14

Hello WinDroid,

In which country do you live?

You can't download the eRecovery medias.

WinDroid

I am in South Africa and very far from Johannesburg, which makes it rather difficult. Most PC vendors are based there and have unsatisfactory representation elsewhere, as they only depend upon retailers.

In a culture where people just throw things away because it is old, nobody wants to add some effort to anything and courteous service is not their priority.