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Unable to boot into Vista

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  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
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    Laura_Browne wrote: »
    Oh its ok, was being a dunce, i have to write the entire zipped file right? Sorry.
    It is an .iso file - it's probably just been associated with WinZip or something.
  • Laura_Browne
    Laura_Browne Posts: 141 Forumite
    Thanks. I'm on the repair screen now and there are no drivers. When I click load drivers it takes me to a Sources folder. Do I chose something from here?

    Thanks
  • stilltheone
    stilltheone Posts: 2,131 Forumite
    Laura_Browne wrote: »
    Thanks. I'm on the repair screen now and there are no drivers. When I click load drivers it takes me to a Sources folder. Do I chose something from here?

    Thanks

    Just ignore Load Drivers and choose 'Next'.
  • Laura_Browne
    Laura_Browne Posts: 141 Forumite
    Ok It did the startup repair and found nothing. When I click to do a system restore it says : to perform offline system restore you must specify the windows installation you want to restore.

    But when I click OK it doesn't give me any more options.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    most laptops have a factory restore partition, check the manual
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  • stilltheone
    stilltheone Posts: 2,131 Forumite
    Laura_Browne wrote: »
    Ok It did the startup repair and found nothing. When I click to do a system restore it says : to perform offline system restore you must specify the windows installation you want to restore.

    But when I click OK it doesn't give me any more options.

    You were supposed to have clicked 'Cancel' at the point of being offered 'System Restore'. It is written in the instructions.

    Perhaps try again. Keep an eye on those instructions. :)
  • Laura_Browne
    Laura_Browne Posts: 141 Forumite
    stilltheone wrote: »
    You were supposed to have clicked 'Cancel' at the point of being offered 'System Restore'. It is written in the instructions.

    Perhaps try again. Keep an eye on those instructions. :)

    Nuh. Start up repair said it couldn't fix my computer as it couldn't find the hard drive. So I thought system restore would be the next logical step. Advice?
  • Laz123
    Laz123 Posts: 1,742 Forumite
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    What's the make of the pc?

    I could be wrong but it sounds like the boot sector has become corrupt because it's not being seen, and you may need to follow specific instructions over a period of time on to fix it.
  • Laura_Browne
    Laura_Browne Posts: 141 Forumite
    Aha I should have said. Its an Acer Asipre M3641.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    If you don't need any data, try factory restore

    http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireE360/AspireE360faq40.shtml
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