Hi,
If you never received a Disk when you purchased it, you would have a Recovery Partition to reinstall the Operating System from.
With a HP Compaq, you press F11 at Boot to start the Recovery Process back to Factory Settings.
Read this information:
'Recover Windows Vista Operating System Using HP Recovery'
Some manufacturers no longer have Vista Recovery Disks available.
If that happens, you may have to try this instead:
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You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, that contains the files for the various Vista Editions (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) to be installed. The Product Key on your Computer / Laptop case determines which Edition is installed.
Other Manufacturers' Recovery DVDs are not to be used for the above purpose.
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And you need to know the 'bit' version for Vista, as 32bit and 64bit Editions come on different DVDs
Here is how to do a clean install of Vista, using a Microsoft Vista DVD:
'How to Do a Clean Install and Setup with a Full Version of Vista'
And phone Activation may be required when using the above clean install Method.
'How to Activate Vista Normally and by Phone Activation'
Cheers.