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Old 11-29-2008, 06:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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get error after boot up

hey guys i need a bit of help i recently bought a laptop from a friend it was supposed to have windows vista premium on it but he had it formated to XP so i got a disk what had windows vista home premium i installed over XP but now when i boot it up it shows the asus splash screen then the load bar then i get a grey screen with a big red error in it i took it to a computer shop they wouldnt tell me what the problem was but they did want 130 pounds to fix it i dont have that money before christmas so any help would be so much appreciated thanks.
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Old 11-29-2008, 07:07 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: get error after boot up

if the vista disk is a recovery disk that came with the laptop and your friend formatted the drive,he has probably wiped the restore partion the disk works in conjuction with to restore the computer
what brand and model laptop is it
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hi its a asus Z53s on vista home premium
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: get error after boot up

bookmark this page you may need it later on
http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=pt-pt
what type of vista disk came with it,try booting from it in another computer and see if it is bootable,as i don't know what type of disk asus supplies
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:05 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: get error after boot up

any help please sorry for double post

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Old 11-29-2008, 08:07 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: get error after boot up

um he didnt give me any disk when i bought it the disk I git is a windiws vista ultimate disk none bootable

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Old 11-29-2008, 08:18 AM   #7 (permalink)
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put the disk in and boot tapping F9 and see if it goes into recovery mode
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:23 AM   #8 (permalink)
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no m8 dont work
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:29 AM   #9 (permalink)
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i think you are going to need a retail vista disk and do a clean install
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:34 AM   #10 (permalink)
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bah ok they cost a fortune lol thanks for all your info m8
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Old 11-29-2008, 07:53 PM   #11 (permalink)
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if you bought it from him with vista ask him to supply the disk
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