Reinstall Vista on Laptop

[Spetsnaz201]

I have a Toshiba Laptop that originally had xp. I got the free vista upgrade disk and installed it. For some reason I am having slowdowns. I just want to do a clean reinstall of vista. How would I do this. I have heard I will have problems with the serial key because microsoft doesnt allow it to be reinstalled. Also how would I actually go about doing a clean reinstall. I know how to do it on a desktop but never done it on a laptop. Thanks

[133]

its the same procedure and it should be able to be reinstalled. though if it is an upgrade disc you might need to have xp installed first.

[DeaconFrost]

It's no different than installing any other Windows version. back your data up, wipe the drive clean and boot from the disc. If it is an Upgrade disc, you can still do a clean install...just follow the instructions in the sticky.