I lost my dell notebook and bought a HP and it come with DOS.
Can I install Vista that come with Dell?

technically, yes but depends on u r using which type of vista installer provided by ur dell. u can install the vista on ur HP. but that vista mayb will crash since the driver is for Dell system.

for activation of license key, if didnt activate ur vista on ur DELL, it is possible for u to activate.

Do I need to uninstall all the drivers and install HP drivers?

Can I install update?

I know there shouldn't be any prob if u still have the provided vista activation/serial no on ur dell laptop, coz ur just installing vista using the vista dvd supplied by dell and not trying to do a system recovery for a dell lappy..
My vista home premium is actually the original vista i got from buying a laptop from dell, i find it to run a bit sluggish on my laptop soo i just install xp on my lappy while the vista home premium i've installed it on my DIY custom rig..
I've installed and uninstalled it 2 times already n the 1st time it just easy activation thru the net and when i formatted and reinstall vista on my DIY rig for the 2nd time all i have to do is call up microsoft to get the activation key..
There's no difference in installation compared with a retail version just that when u open up system properties after installation there is a dell logo there

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Added on September 30, 2008, 12:01 pmYup u need to install all of the HP drivers later on..

And yess u can still update it, i already install bunch of upgrade since installation.. I was able to even upgrade to service pack 1..
No worries there mate..

This post has been edited by cloudwan: Sep 30 2008, 12:01 PM

[quote=cloudwan,Sep 30 2008, 11:59 AM]
I know there shouldn't be any prob if u still have the provided vista activation/serial no on ur dell laptop, coz ur just installing vista using the vista dvd supplied by dell and not trying to do a system recovery for a dell lappy..
My vista home premium is actually the original vista i got from buying a laptop from dell, i find it to run a bit sluggish on my laptop soo i just install xp on my lappy while the vista home premium i've installed it on my DIY custom rig..
I've installed and uninstalled it 2 times already n the 1st time it just easy activation thru the net and when i formatted and reinstall vista on my DIY rig for the 2nd time all i have to do is call up microsoft to get the activation key..
There's no difference in installation compared with a retail version just that when u open up system properties after installation there is a dell logo there

I have installed Vista on HP. It didnt ask for key and system show activated.

Legally, the Vista for your Dell is OEM version, so it is tied to your Dell notebook, and you are not supposed to install it on your new HP.

How to legalize it?