reinstalling vista
reinstalling vista
My hard drive went down on my old laptop so i replaced it with a spare one with no OS installed....i have a OS disc from my dell laptop...now....i have set the BIOS to boot from the disc,set the language,clicked next and it said it is installing windows....it has copyied windows files,expanded files,installed features,installed updates....now it seems to be stuck on completing instalation then after a while the screen goes blank with only the mouse pointer left,when i touch the the mouse pad it doesn't change and nothing seems to be happening.....am i being impatient?....how long does it usually take to install??
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Re: reinstalling vista
eh!!!!! i aint got a clue wot ya on about sorry.
missing the noise, not the vibes. However never say never!
Re: reinstalling vista
This is one for Virt to answer. But I would first check that the operating system is compatable with the machine and has enough RAM.
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Re: reinstalling vista
At that point Window$ is looking for specific hardware drivers for your machine. They will be on your PC's recovery disks if you have them but most likely on a hidden partition on the original HDD. You'll probably have to contact the manufacturer and have them ship the appropriate disks or find someone with the same machine and generate your own.
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