My laptop's Vista install is borked and now it won't start up. How can I salvage my data?
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posted by ludwig_van
on Mar 15, 2010 -
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How do I migrate my boot drive from a traditional hard drive to a *smaller* SSD drive?
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posted by notsnot
on Jan 5, 2010 -
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I would like to make a custom boot disc that is very simple to the user. All it would do is restore an image from 6 DVDs to a hard drive. The only options I would like the user to see is:
1) format drive
2) restore drive
3) exit
I would like to create this menu and all sub menus that I see fit.
I have seen UBCD but it is too complicated for the people I know. I would like to use Driveimage XML and have it read the discs one at a time to restore the drive.
Any suggestions?
posted by CodeMonkey
on Nov 30, 2009 -
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My brand new Core i7 computer will not boot from the DVD Drive to install Vista - please help me tell my bios what they need to know to make this thing boot! (screen shots included inside, along with full details)
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posted by adi
on Dec 10, 2008 -
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How to dual boot vista/ubuntu hardy heron and get everything set up. More details Inside. Starting to pull hair out :(
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posted by thesonofmorgoth
on May 24, 2008 -
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After receiving
mixed advice three months ago, I bought an HP Pavilion Elite m9150f running Vista Home Premium. Except for being a little slow to boot into Windows, I've been happy with Vista ... until last night, when Vista Service Pack 1 installed "successfully". I dutifully rebooted and now it won't boot into Windows at all. I've tried system restore from two restore points. Neither works, although I do get a helpful message stating that "a recent upgrade" may be causing problems.
The computer can boot into Fedora 8, so it's not hosed, but I've run through my limited bag of Windows tricks. Any suggestions?
posted by lukemeister
on Mar 20, 2008 -
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I tried to install Vista but the install failed. Now when my PC boots I have to jump through some hoops to get it working. Help!
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posted by lemonfridge
on Sep 17, 2007 -
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About an hour ago, I told Windows Vista to hibernate. Now, when I try to boot, I get a "Windows failed to start" error. Apparently, winload.exe is either missing or corrupt. According to the error, I need to use my installation disc to fix this. Unfortunately, I won't have access to a Vista install disc until next week. Is there *any* other way to fix this, or am I just screwed?
posted by punishinglemur
on May 10, 2007 -
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I’ve got a new 400gb drive heading my way, plus a free copy of Vista. What is the best way to rebuild my system, with XP, Vista sharing files etc. with maybe a little Ubuntu thrown in? There’s
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posted by nazca
on Dec 18, 2006 -
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