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I'm not sure how your computer works but I had the same problem my laptop came with windows vista but recently I had to restart from scratch I still had windows vista.

you should still have vista

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Q: How do you erase your hard drive I have Windows Vista on a HP laptop. There were no disks or anything vista was already loaded up. I don't want to lose vista I just want to start from scratch.?
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