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bacasper · Joined: 26 Mar 2007

My notebook only runs Vista in Korean, and Samsung says English is not available for my Premium K version, and Microsoft (Korea) says I must purchase Vista from scratch in English ($200+ US).

Does anyone know how I can change my Vista into English without the exorbitant ripoff?

Jeff's Cigarettes · Joined: 27 Mar 2007

tORRENTS.

bacasper · Joined: 26 Mar 2007

If I dl the torrent, do I have to burn it to a CD/DVD in order to install it? I don't have a burner.

Jeff's Cigarettes · Joined: 27 Mar 2007

You must know someone who does or perhaps u could do it at work. You will probably need a larger than normal sized dvd as some DL's for Vista ultimate are quite large. Just choose "all files" when prompted and burn it at a slow speed.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Vista Ultimate can easily be downloaded and burned on one DVD-r. It's only about 3.4GB.

If it's bigger than 3.4GB then the guy who made the torrent has added other content like Dreamscene videos, wallpapers, utilities etc....You don't need all that stuff.

asparker · Joined: 13 Apr 2005

If you've got a big enough USB thumb drive, you can copy the contents of the Vista DVD to it, set your BIOS to boot from the USB drive and and it should work just fine. I did it on an Eee PC with no optical drive and it worked great, maybe even faster than a normal DVD install would have been.

Here's how:
http://blogs.msdn.com/dglover/archive/2008/09/11/creating-a-bootable-usb-windows-vista-drive.aspx

As far as I know, Vista Ultimate is the only version that lets you install different languages packs. You have to log off and re-log on every time you want change but it's still kind of nice.

Beeyee · Joined: 29 May 2007

Search for Vista Lite on the torrent networks. You can get Vista onto a 700mb CD, cutting all the crap out.

bacasper · Joined: 26 Mar 2007

asparker · Joined: 13 Apr 2005

Jeff's Cigarettes · Joined: 27 Mar 2007

Mine is Vista Ultimate X64, the files came out to 4.73 or slightly larger than your regular disc so I used a double layered disc. It's a great os and I'm glad I burned it as I have it available in case I ever need it again. Going on 2 yrs now and no problems w/ it. Passes muster every update.

EzeWong · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul

asparker · Joined: 13 Apr 2005

rabies.kills · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Location: Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Seoul

back when i was considering buying a Korean Vista laptop, i found some websites that showed how it wasn't too difficult to actually just switch the language of the OS. you need a copy of the English vista so you can copy and paste some files and there are some other steps, but it didn't require a complete reinstall (which unless you can reinstall with the manufacturer's disc that has all the drivers can be a pain in the ass).

you might look into it. just google "change vista language korean english" or something.

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

On a related note, what is the disadvantages of running a Korean version of Vista? I mean, if one can understand the language (or at the least get the gist of it) then are there other factors to be considered? AFAIK you can still install and run any Western programs/games, correct?

cmr · Joined: 22 Mar 2006

I have Toshiba laptop bought in Korea with a Korean version of Vista Home Premium... I switched it to English without a single problem and so can anyone else.

Search Dave's in the technology forum and you will find the web site URL. I changed mine 8 or 9 months ago and everything has been working perfectly "in English" ever since. I don't remember the web site, but I found it here because I wanted to do just what you're trying to do now.

You will go to the website, download an application and Microsoft Vista language packs, so you can get your Vista in any language available. Since you will be using Microsoft language packs, everything will be flawless.