Vista Destroyed my HP laptop!

shanu_neophyte · 05-16-2008, 02:01 PM

Hey people, this is what you should first know:

1)I have a 1gb ram,120 gb dual core 1.73 Ghz processor, HP Pavillion dv2000 laptop. It came with Windows Vista Home Premium.

2) A month back, I installed Windows Vista Extreme(The patched version of Vista Ultimate with SP1.) It was running fine and all.

3)Last night i was notified of low disk space in my C:/ drive. So i clicked on it to "free disk space" !

4)After analyzing, it showed that"per system error queued files were 107 gb!! ) I thought it was a joke, and i decided to delete all the files.

5)Then as i saw i really saw around 20 gb of free disk space!! I was amazed. But to my surprise it deleted many other files in C:/!!!

Movies...Gone! Music...Gone! But the agony didn`t stop here

6)When i reboot now , it shows :

FILE: \Boot\BCD

Status: oxcoooooof

Info: an error occured while attempting to reading boot configuration data.

7) Now! I am stuck in a different country altogether for next three months! And yes, i don`t have a recovery disk

8)Pressing F8 doesn`t work

9)I have a XP bootable but that fails to recognise my hard disk!!

Please help! What to do???? I am even prepared to work on DOS, but that harddisk has some information i need...

elf · 05-16-2008, 06:57 PM

That can happen when using an illegal copy of windows. You never know if you are getting a full product or one riddled with viruses and spyware.

dai · 05-16-2008, 07:29 PM

you chose to change your leagal install for an illeagal one
your choice now you have to live with it
we cannot offer help under the forum rules with illeagal software
thread edited and closed

05-16-2008, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
shanu_neophyte Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	Vista Destroyed my HP laptop! Hey people, this is what you should first know: 1)I have a 1gb ram,120 gb dual core 1.73 Ghz processor, HP Pavillion dv2000 laptop. It came with Windows Vista Home Premium. 2) A month back, I installed Windows Vista Extreme(The patched version of Vista Ultimate with SP1.) It was running fine and all. 3)Last night i was notified of low disk space in my C:/ drive. So i clicked on it to "free disk space" ! 4)After analyzing, it showed that"per system error queued files were 107 gb!! ) I thought it was a joke, and i decided to delete all the files. 5)Then as i saw i really saw around 20 gb of free disk space!! I was amazed. But to my surprise it deleted many other files in C:/!!! Movies...Gone! Music...Gone! But the agony didn`t stop here 6)When i reboot now , it shows : FILE: \Boot\BCD Status: oxcoooooof Info: an error occured while attempting to reading boot configuration data. 7) Now! I am stuck in a different country altogether for next three months! And yes, i don`t have a recovery disk 8)Pressing F8 doesn`t work 9)I have a XP bootable but that fails to recognise my hard disk!! Please help! What to do???? I am even prepared to work on DOS, but that harddisk has some information i need...

05-16-2008, 06:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,035 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	Re: Vista Destroyed my HP laptop! That can happen when using an illegal copy of windows. You never know if you are getting a full product or one riddled with viruses and spyware. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

05-16-2008, 07:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,487 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Vista Destroyed my HP laptop! you chose to change your leagal install for an illeagal one your choice now you have to live with it we cannot offer help under the forum rules with illeagal software thread edited and closed __________________