Why do I get the Recovery Manager screen when i boot from one of my Vista CDs?
Why do I get the Recovery Manager screen when i boot from one of my Vista CDs?
I want to install Windows Vista Business on my third partition on my laptop, and have two CDs. When I bought the laptop it came pre-installed with Windows Vista Business. I changed to Windows XP Pro SP3 later and burned two setup-CDs for Windows Vista Business.
Then, I tried to install Windows Vista Business today, but it works from neither of my two burned CDs. When I insert the first CD, I get the message "Windows is loading files..." for a long time, and finally the screen "Recovery Manager" gets displayed and I am asked if I want to reset the operative system to factory settings. The second CD doesn't work at all to boot from, nothing happens when I insert that CD.
Is this correct, can I install from Recovery Manager? Or is something wrong with my CDs?
If I burned the CDs incorrectly, can I download, at no extra cost, a working version of my Windows Vista Business from somewhere?
I want to install Windows Vista Business on my third partition on my laptop, and have two CDs. When I bought the laptop it came pre-installed with Windows Vista Business. I changed to Windows XP Pro SP3 later and burned two setup-CDs for Windows Vista Business.
Then, I tried to install Windows Vista Business today, but it works from neither of my two burned CDs. When I insert the first CD, I get the message "Windows is loading files..." for a long time, and finally the screen "Recovery Manager" gets displayed and I am asked if I want to reset the operative system to factory settings. The second CD doesn't work at all to boot from, nothing happens when I insert that CD.
Is this correct, can I install from Recovery Manager? Or is something wrong with my CDs?
If I burned the CDs incorrectly, can I download, at no extra cost, a working version of my Windows Vista Business from somewhere?
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I received a thorough instruction on how to proceed with my licensed Vista to get a replacement and how to install.
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Or will the license key be somewhere on my laptop (there is an ingravement on the laptop: "Windows Vista TM")?