crashed Toshiba laptop w/Vista, how to re-install?

Hey Rick,

The one I am using to try and install is actually an OEM.

Is the one in the laptop retail?

Beats me....

Gordon

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uXdE7nrdJHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
The person that owns the laptop needs to contact the manufacturer about
obtaining recovery media. The Product Key provided will likely only work
with OEM media, not retail disks.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Gordon J. Rattray" <gords@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:e%23CTPIrdJHA.4528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi there,

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop here and it had been dropped on the floor
and the hard drive is toast.

I put another hard drive in it and I went and tried to use a Vista Ultimate
DVD to install, it failed the keycode that's on the laptop. Then I tried
Vista Home Premium, which is the one in the laptop....that also failed the
keycode.

When they came out with Vista, I was under the impression that all Vista
DVDs were the same and the editions would depend on the keycode.

The person who owns this laptop did not make a recovery DVD.

How to go about installing Vista on this laptop using the laptops key code?

Thanks,

Gordon

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:38:20 -0800, "Gordon J. Rattray"
<gords@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Hey Rick,
>
>The one I am using to try and install is actually an OEM.

I think Rick meant BRANDED OEM.

>Is the one in the laptop retail?
>
>Beats me....
>
>Gordon
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uXdE7nrdJHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The person that owns the laptop needs to contact the manufacturer about
> obtaining recovery media. The Product Key provided will likely only work
> with OEM media, not retail disks.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Gordon J. Rattray" <gords@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:e%23CTPIrdJHA.4528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi there,
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop here and it had been dropped on the floor
> and the hard drive is toast.
>
> I put another hard drive in it and I went and tried to use a Vista Ultimate
> DVD to install, it failed the keycode that's on the laptop. Then I tried
> Vista Home Premium, which is the one in the laptop....that also failed the
> keycode.
>
> When they came out with Vista, I was under the impression that all Vista
> DVDs were the same and the editions would depend on the keycode.
>
> The person who owns this laptop did not make a recovery DVD.
>
> How to go about installing Vista on this laptop using the laptops key code?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon

I was just mulling the possibilities and another guy I know has the exact same laptop.

So, I could clone that disk over to the new hard disk for the laptop I'm trying to get going and make a recovery disk.

Or would a recover disk from that second identical laptop work?

Thanks,

Gordon

"Rob Talley" <rjtalley@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:rfetm458qhe88jqphfir3040l65rvjcnj6@4ax.com...
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:38:20 -0800, "Gordon J. Rattray"
<gords@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Hey Rick,
>
>The one I am using to try and install is actually an OEM.

I think Rick meant BRANDED OEM.

>Is the one in the laptop retail?
>
>Beats me....
>
>Gordon
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uXdE7nrdJHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The person that owns the laptop needs to contact the manufacturer about
> obtaining recovery media. The Product Key provided will likely only work
> with OEM media, not retail disks.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Gordon J. Rattray" <gords@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:e%23CTPIrdJHA.4528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi there,
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop here and it had been dropped on the floor
> and the hard drive is toast.
>
> I put another hard drive in it and I went and tried to use a Vista Ultimate
> DVD to install, it failed the keycode that's on the laptop. Then I tried
> Vista Home Premium, which is the one in the laptop....that also failed the
> keycode.
>
> When they came out with Vista, I was under the impression that all Vista
> DVDs were the same and the editions would depend on the keycode.
>
> The person who owns this laptop did not make a recovery DVD.
>
> How to go about installing Vista on this laptop using the laptops key code?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:09:43 -0800, "Gordon J. Rattray"
<gords@shaw.ca> wrote:

>I was just mulling the possibilities and another guy I know has the exact same laptop.
>
>So, I could clone that disk over to the new hard disk for the laptop I'm trying to get going and make a recovery disk.
>
>Or would a recover disk from that second identical laptop work?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gordon

It "should" work IF the two computers are THE EXACT SAME MAKE AND
MODEL. Same goes for making a clone of the other computer's system
disk and then installing the cloned drive into your machine.

> "Rob Talley" <rjtalley@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:rfetm458qhe88jqphfir3040l65rvjcnj6@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:38:20 -0800, "Gordon J. Rattray"
> <gords@shaw.ca> wrote:
>

> >Hey Rick,
> >
> >The one I am using to try and install is actually an OEM.

>
> I think Rick meant BRANDED OEM.
>

> >Is the one in the laptop retail?
> >
> >Beats me....
> >
> >Gordon
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uXdE7nrdJHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > The person that owns the laptop needs to contact the manufacturer about
> > obtaining recovery media. The Product Key provided will likely only work
> > with OEM media, not retail disks.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >
> > "Gordon J. Rattray" <gords@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > news:e%23CTPIrdJHA.4528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop here and it had been dropped on the floor
> > and the hard drive is toast.
> >
> > I put another hard drive in it and I went and tried to use a Vista Ultimate
> > DVD to install, it failed the keycode that's on the laptop. Then I tried
> > Vista Home Premium, which is the one in the laptop....that also failed the
> > keycode.
> >
> > When they came out with Vista, I was under the impression that all Vista
> > DVDs were the same and the editions would depend on the keycode.
> >
> > The person who owns this laptop did not make a recovery DVD.
> >
> > How to go about installing Vista on this laptop using the laptops key code?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gordon

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:09:43 -0800, "Gordon J. Rattray"
<gords@shaw.ca> wrote:

>I was just mulling the possibilities and another guy I know has the exact same laptop.
>
>So, I could clone that disk over to the new hard disk for the laptop I'm trying to get going and make a recovery disk.
>
>Or would a recover disk from that second identical laptop work?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gordon

FYI - Toshiba recovery CD's/DVD's are a fully automated install.
There's no entering the product key or much of anything else.

If I were you, I would try to get one from Toshiba or if the friend
has the EXACT same model and sub model (part #) that might work. If
you go the "clone" route, it might work, but you need to use something
that will build a bootable disk like Acronis True Image.

How big was the original hard drive? If you installed a bigger size hard drive.. Vista might complain about the hardware change and you will have to contact Microsoft and get a different product key to activate it. I would think that installing a new HDD and nothing else wouldn't be a major hardware change tho.

Did you use the Vista installation DVD that came with the Toshiba laptop? Might want to give Toshiba Support a holler and see if you can get a recovery DVD for your particular laptop. normally its a OEM install on laptops.
I
And you are right about the different flavors of Vista on the installation dvd.... For example: I recently upgraded my laptop from XP to Vista Home Premium. (OEM DVD).
During the 30 day period I could check out the other Vista choices if I wanted to. But my product key was only valid for Home Premium.
"Gordon J. Rattray" <gords@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:e%23CTPIrdJHA.4528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi there,

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop here and it had been dropped on the floor and the hard drive is toast.

I put another hard drive in it and I went and tried to use a Vista Ultimate DVD to install, it failed the keycode that's on the laptop. Then I tried Vista Home Premium, which is the one in the laptop....that also failed the keycode.

When they came out with Vista, I was under the impression that all Vista DVDs were the same and the editions would depend on the keycode.

The person who owns this laptop did not make a recovery DVD.

How to go about installing Vista on this laptop using the laptops key code?

Thanks,

Gordon

"Gordon J. Rattray" wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop here and it had been dropped on the floor and the hard drive is toast.
>
> I put another hard drive in it and I went and tried to use a Vista Ultimate DVD to install, it failed the keycode that's on the laptop. Then I tried Vista Home Premium, which is the one in the laptop....that also failed the keycode.
>
> When they came out with Vista, I was under the impression that all Vista DVDs were the same and the editions would depend on the keycode.
>
> The person who owns this laptop did not make a recovery DVD.
>
> How to go about installing Vista on this laptop using the laptops key code?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon

Hello Gordon,
Get a hold of Toshiba Support. They should be able to sell you the "RESTORE"
disks for the laptop..