VLite and pre-installed Vista

[kes]

I received my Acer pre-installed with Vista Business without a CD or DVD however.

(According to Acer, there is a 'hidden partition' with the factory image of the Vista installation files somewhere on my portable).

QUESTION - Can i use vLite without a Vista installation CD i.e. using the 'image' in the hidden partition of my portable?

Thanks for any pointers

kes

[oskingen]

It is not recommended.

[deathman20]

You might beable to make a workable ISO from that drive and then you can play with it but I wouldn't touch that drive in general. Who knows what could be screwed up if you touch it expecially if you need a reinstall. Those "extra partitions" on drives hold some information that is even critical to the operation of the OS. Seen a few HP's like that, which I though was the oddest thing but it insures as well its not easily going to be ripped off probably.

More of an annoyance factor I say, you get a 160Gig drive and you already have 4-5Gig partition which basically is un-usable.