Unable to boot into Vista

Laura_Browne

stilltheone wrote: »

Have already seen that.

yp. thats why im hoping he had given me an old one, and that this one (when the old ancient downloads it will be better.)

Soon im being dragged out (family on good friday an all) but i likely be up late tonight again like last night if youre a night owl/timezone variant. I appriciate it. (have about 1 hr 40 mins. should be enough to get ubuntu and try it at the least.)

after that, if you tell me how to use Hirens boot cd, ill do that. at this point just want the data safe, if i cant fix the pc....bleh but i can get a new one if i gotta.


P.S- that instructions says to burn Hiren to a DVD, i burnt to CD, do i have to do it again???

stilltheone

Girlfriend hasn't arrived, so I'm ok for the mo.... though getting hungry. No, it's only 400MB or so, so should be ok.

Laura_Browne

stilltheone wrote: »

Girlfriend hasn't arrived, so I'm ok for the mo.... though getting hungry. No, it's only 400MB or so, so should be ok.

Cool. Im off out for dinner too (tho still have to do my hair *oh noes what a tragedy hahahahah*

Im happy for any help. Later (or tomorrow whenever) we can try Hiren if Ubuntu doesnt work this time.

says it has 20 minutes left O_O

Laura_Browne

ok, also, burn to cd for ubuntu is cool yeah?

(and out of curiousity are you one of those super smart tech kids) ^__^ (i so wish i was one of those haha)

stilltheone

Laura_Browne wrote: »

ok, also, burn to cd for ubuntu is cool yeah?

(and out of curiousity are you one of those super smart tech kids) ^__^ (i so wish i was one of those haha)

CD is fine.

No, there are huge holes in my knowledge.

Last resort, refer to the link in post #76. Alternative is a caddy for £10.95.

Laura_Browne

quick check before i burn it, files inside the iso are: (cos i dont wanna get that cannot find live file error thing again)
.disk , boot, casper, dists, install, isolinum, pics, pool, pressed, and autorun file, md5sum notepad, a readme, ubuntu (tho it says this file is 0kb) usb-creator and something with a multicoloured icon called wubi

think this was what was on the last one O_O but will go try it.

aaah so youre still a kid with more knowledge that us older folk haha!

stilltheone

Girlfriend has arrived...

Laura_Browne

Ok have a good day ^_^ talk later (and that ubuntu disc has same issue lol)

Laters

stilltheone

Run the Memory Test..

Have you tried the Last Known Good Configuration

You should also check to see if ACER eRecovery will actually work. Refer to post #76. Just see if the eRecovery screen appears. If it doesn't, the only option will be to use a full install disc(unless you made Recovery Discs).

We could use HBD to repair the SAFEBOOT(that is why it is going to the Other User window) option via the Registry, but that means I'll have to go through the tools in order to write you a tutorial.

Perhaps we should move towards the backing up the data. Hope you can access the hard drive via Mini XP.

Have a go with one of the malware scanners on HBD, such as ComboFix.

Laura_Browne

stilltheone wrote: »

Run the Memory Test..

Have you tried the Last Known Good Configuration

You should also check to see if ACER eRecovery will actually work. Refer to post #76. Just see if the eRecovery screen appears. If it doesn't, the only option will be to use a full install disc(unless you made Recovery Discs).

We could use HBD to repair the SAFEBOOT(that is why it is going to the Other User window) option via the Registry, but that means I'll have to go through the tools in order to write you a tutorial.

Perhaps we should move towards the backing up the data. Hope you can access the hard drive via Mini XP.

Have a go with one of the malware scanners on HBD, such as ComboFix.

Ok, im still out (will be home soon) That link you gave to hirens instructions (is it right, not telling you it isnt but i cant seem to find instructions there)

please can we just get my data for now, and figure out what to do to get it working again later?? Im really worried about my data.

Like i say, ill be home soon. and thanks for keeping helping me and not losing patience with my lack of knowldge.

willl post when im home, if you could get me step by step instructions for using the hirens cd i would be most thankful.