Re: reinstalling os after hard drive failure. new hard drive is smaller

Hi:

If you can read all 25 characters of the Vista product key on the PC's case, you can make your own Vista installation media for free.

Click on the link below and then click on the Windows Reinstallation Guide pdf link.

The info you need to know is on pages 302 - 305.

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