had probs with dell inspiron 1520, vista has been uninstalled and xp now installed, need to know how to find vista on my laptop and reinstall it,I do not have operrating system cd, or this would not be a problem, any help would be appreciated.Les

Les, February 2009

as long as you have a coa code for vista you can borrow a copy from anyone, just put your genuine code in, as all vista's will confirm the codes on the net.
Terry Sim

Terry Sim, February 2009

You have two possibilities...
1. they may have a restore function key that should show up after you power up the machine. There's the common F2 for setup F12 for boot options.
2. You can acquire the install cd/dvd from Dell (May cost you, tho not sure how much.)
If you computer has a Vista COA sticker on it, you can install it from another vista cd/dvd and enter your COA key when it asks for it.

There may be other ways of doing this but these are the first that come to mind right now.

cayodread, February 2009