Hello!
I have read a several postings here that relate to my problem but I cant find the correct answer to my problem:
I have purchased a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate operating system from a guy over the internet. He said that it had originally Vista Business installed on it and that I could restore it back to out of box Vista Business.
I tried the restart and press “0” instructions which had worked on my other Toshiba laptops before but it didn’t work. (also ctrl & “0”) The restoration didn’t work.
I then used the pidgen key checker online and found out that the current Windows 7 Ultimate is an illegal version, which is no problem for me since I don’t want it anyway.
I am unable to tell wether this fake Win7 is an upgrade or a complete version.
Question: Do I need to know this, I don’t want to upgrade, I only want to restore to out of box OS)
I also checked the product key which is on the sticker at the bottom of my laptop and it seems genuine: “Windows Vista Business – OEM: SLP”.
Question: What does SLP mean?
Since I don’t have a CD with the original operating system could you please help me to either
- find my OS on the (maybe) still available hidden partition on the hard drive
or
- how to get hold of the original operating system. I am not sure wether the original drivers that are related to the Toshiba hardware are still on my hard drive.
I would just love to go online somewhere at Toshiba or Microsoft, tell them my genuine Product Key and order or download a reinstallation cd but I have no clue how to do this…:-(
I have another Laptop with genuine OS and I can use this to safely download clean Software/OS
Sorry for the long text, I don’t have a lot of computer knowledge and thanks for your help!
I have read a several postings here that relate to my problem but I cant find the correct answer to my problem:
I have purchased a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate operating system from a guy over the internet. He said that it had originally Vista Business installed on it and that I could restore it back to out of box Vista Business.
I tried the restart and press “0” instructions which had worked on my other Toshiba laptops before but it didn’t work. (also ctrl & “0”) The restoration didn’t work.
I then used the pidgen key checker online and found out that the current Windows 7 Ultimate is an illegal version, which is no problem for me since I don’t want it anyway.
I am unable to tell wether this fake Win7 is an upgrade or a complete version.
Question: Do I need to know this, I don’t want to upgrade, I only want to restore to out of box OS)
I also checked the product key which is on the sticker at the bottom of my laptop and it seems genuine: “Windows Vista Business – OEM: SLP”.
Question: What does SLP mean?
Since I don’t have a CD with the original operating system could you please help me to either
- find my OS on the (maybe) still available hidden partition on the hard drive
or
- how to get hold of the original operating system. I am not sure wether the original drivers that are related to the Toshiba hardware are still on my hard drive.
I would just love to go online somewhere at Toshiba or Microsoft, tell them my genuine Product Key and order or download a reinstallation cd but I have no clue how to do this…:-(
I have another Laptop with genuine OS and I can use this to safely download clean Software/OS
Sorry for the long text, I don’t have a lot of computer knowledge and thanks for your help!