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(Vanity) My laptop died, need cheap OS
geronl
Posted on 09/05/2012 9:02:46 AM PDT by GeronL
My Toshiba Satellite L305 has crapped out. It did not come with the reinstallation disk. I can get a new hard drive but I need an O/S. It is too old to run Windows 7, which I can't really afford.
Does anyone know where I can buy a Windows Vista Home Premium (or sumtin') disk or product key for a good price?
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: computerhelp; geeksquad; linux
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To: Sloth
"This is the first time I’ve ever heard someone expressing a desire for Vista."LOL - You got that right!
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posted on
09/05/2012 10:44:10 AM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: brandon24; trussell
82
posted on
09/05/2012 10:47:35 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
Yes. Some Toshiba’s, however, will require a Toshiba reinstall disk. Call them and request them. Give them your model # and ser. # from the bottom of the laptop.
Also be sure to enable the firewall and install an AV before you let the install (or anything else) connect to the internet. I like to install the service packs before that too. Just select the register later option in the setup.
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posted on
09/05/2012 10:49:17 AM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: Sloth
84
posted on
09/05/2012 10:49:33 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
85
posted on
09/05/2012 10:52:18 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
At this point it looks like I am getting a new ‘clean’ hard drive, I will keep the old one though. I will try see if I can recover the data from the old HD. I will install some type of Linux on the new one while I am also trying to see if I can get the product key/OEM key.
*takes a breath*
What a mess. lol.
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posted on
09/05/2012 10:54:06 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Be Free
+1 on Ubuntu Linux.I actually run
Kubuntu from a flash drive. Same thing only different.
87
posted on
09/05/2012 10:56:02 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: GeronL
You can check
here, by plugging in the serial, to see if they have the reinstall disc. Then, I would suggest calling them to see if they might supply them at little or no cost.
88
posted on
09/05/2012 11:05:36 AM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: PeaceBeWithYou
thanks, right now though -it’s in the “shop”. I will check it out when I get it back
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posted on
09/05/2012 11:15:35 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Sloth; Slump Tester
90
posted on
09/05/2012 11:19:51 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
91
posted on
09/05/2012 11:26:16 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
They said I should upgrade but I said no, no, no
..
never mind
92
posted on
09/05/2012 11:29:44 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
Download Xubuntu Linux.
Works great on laptops, low resource tolerant.
93
posted on
09/05/2012 11:43:11 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: GeronL
I’d install Ubuntu, as its easier than windows to install. If you need windows, and when you actually find some cheap copies, you can run windows inside of Ubuntu, in a program called Virtualbox, again, easy to setup and get running. You will be surprised how easy Ubuntu is to setup and get you online.
I am an IT professional, mostly, and have been playing the game for decades, and its my opinion that Ubuntu is the easiest OS to setup for people who don’t know much about computers.
To: GeronL
There is a version of Ubuntu that you can run off of a flash drive, which are about 5 bucks. Ubuntu is free, so I don’t know what’s holding you back at this point.
To: krogers58
I hope I can figure it out. I have the ISO on USB card, I don’t know how I can get a blank hard drive to read it though.
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posted on
09/05/2012 12:05:19 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: krogers58
The laptop is still at the shop awaiting pickup. heh
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posted on
09/05/2012 12:05:37 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
98
posted on
09/05/2012 12:32:35 PM PDT
by
Lees Swrd
("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
To: brivette
also wanted to say when you bootup a live
linux disc if you can see your drive you maybe able to copy your files and move them to a flash drive...usually C drive is your Windows partition.
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posted on
09/05/2012 12:38:12 PM PDT
by
Lees Swrd
("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
To: Lees Swrd
100
posted on
09/05/2012 12:44:54 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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