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Originally Posted by fryc86  I think the major problem, whatever it was, is fixed. I went into Gparted and formated the drive to ntfs. Then I reinstalled and everything went smoothly. I'm now in the process of setting up my programs, connecting to the internet, etc. A couple more questions right now:
1.) During the installation I was never once asked for the product key. Is there a way to do this once Vista is already installed, either within the OS or on the internet? I don't want to have to go through the process all over again once the trial period runs out.
2.) Do I need to install McAfee? I used a couple of other virus/spam killer programs that were free and downloadable and worked better than McAfee did (which seemed to scan for hours upon hours and never coming up with any of the problems that the other free ones found. I probably won't pay for the full version. I've seen on here other suggestions for free programs that I might try instead.
And Makaveli thanks a lot for all the help. |
1.) Right click Computer and select Properties. This will bring up your system properties screen. Scroll that window down and you will see the Activation part where it should say something about 3 days to activate. Since it is OEM you should not have to enter your serial. It comes already added into the disc. So just click the links to activate your Vista OS. If not you will lose cotrol of it in a few days.
2.) No McAffee. If you can not affored NOD32 right now go wth AVG or Avast. Both are free and good.
If you can not activate your OS via the internet there is a number to call. It is toll free. Just use that to activate your Vista install. This happens from time to time. Just tell them your hard drive crashed.
Glad it was just something as simple as a format issue. Glad you got it resolved with GParted. Glad i was able to help. Enjoy. Come back again if you need any more help.