tiberyus
March 9th, 2009, 07:09 PM
Okay, the way it works is this:
I've had This Compaq shipped with Vista pre-installed. Also, there was PRESARIO_RP Partition, to recover the disk in case of some failure.
I installed Ubuntu, dual-boot, enjoyed it a lot, and now I've came into a problem.
My Vista is crashing!
I would just recover it to factory settings, but I'm afraid that would format the entire disk, and not just the Vista partition, and I certainly don't want that!
Moreover, I was hoping it was possible to install it such a way that I can just Virtual Machine my Vista, instead of Dual-Booting. But how in the hell am I supposed to tell my Presario_RP Recovery manager thing to do that?
While browsing for answers on the internet, I found this - http://www.davescomputertips.com/articles/vista/clean_vista_install_without_activation.php - article on how to install Vista without all the useless programs that are attached to it. I didn't read it thoroughly, but it might have something to do illegal. Advice would be helpful.
On the other hand, I might just install something like Windows XP, using some ripped version from Piratebay or something. I guess I'm just afraid that drivers, etc. won't work in that case.
Any ideas/comments/suggestions - more than welcome.
~ Tibby
I've had This Compaq shipped with Vista pre-installed. Also, there was PRESARIO_RP Partition, to recover the disk in case of some failure.
I installed Ubuntu, dual-boot, enjoyed it a lot, and now I've came into a problem.
My Vista is crashing!
I would just recover it to factory settings, but I'm afraid that would format the entire disk, and not just the Vista partition, and I certainly don't want that!
Moreover, I was hoping it was possible to install it such a way that I can just Virtual Machine my Vista, instead of Dual-Booting. But how in the hell am I supposed to tell my Presario_RP Recovery manager thing to do that?
While browsing for answers on the internet, I found this - http://www.davescomputertips.com/articles/vista/clean_vista_install_without_activation.php - article on how to install Vista without all the useless programs that are attached to it. I didn't read it thoroughly, but it might have something to do illegal. Advice would be helpful.
On the other hand, I might just install something like Windows XP, using some ripped version from Piratebay or something. I guess I'm just afraid that drivers, etc. won't work in that case.
Any ideas/comments/suggestions - more than welcome.
~ Tibby