DRIFT-O-MATIC
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My hard drive crashed. It is in a Compaq Presario SR2150NX PC running Windows Vista Home, which was pre-installed. I don't have any installation disks; but I do have the sticker still on the side of the computer that has the Product Key. The drive won't even start. It's totally dead. If I buy a new hard drive and install it in the machine, will I be able to obtain a replacement software disk from Microsoft for the Vista Home operating system free of charge + shipping, of course, since it was a genuine copy of Vista? I still have the original purchase receipts for the computer, showing the serial number, etc. Sorry, I am not very computer savvy, and don't know how all this stuff works. I sure would appreciate any help in retrieving my Vista.