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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #60 - April 08, 2009, 11:15 AM
    It didnt work from last known either.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #61 - April 08, 2009, 11:19 AM
    I think you have a corrupt start up driver, your back to the CD approach I am afraid..
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #62 - April 08, 2009, 11:22 AM
    I dont have a disc. Where can i buy what i need?
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #63 - April 08, 2009, 11:24 AM
    Quote from: BerberElla on April 08, 2009, 11:22 AM
    I dont have a disc. Where can i buy what i need?

    The shop you bought the thing from should be able to give you a disc cheap. You've already paid for the license so a lot of shops over here will do that for you. Should be the same in the UK.

    I got an XP installation disc for $5.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #64 - April 08, 2009, 11:25 AM
    You dont have to buy it, there are other options..
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #65 - April 08, 2009, 11:26 AM
    Yeah I know, but a cheap legit disc for a few quid is worth having if you can get it.

    If the buggers want serious money that's different.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #66 - April 08, 2009, 11:34 AM
    What say we get her set up on Ubuntu for a laugh?
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #67 - April 08, 2009, 11:34 AM
    My brother and his mates have even less undertanding of pc's and discs needed for sorting them so how else could i get one? Can you believe i am still on hold
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #68 - April 08, 2009, 11:36 AM
    Quote from: BerberElla on April 08, 2009, 11:34 AM
    My brother and his mates have even less undertanding of pc's and discs needed for sorting them so how else could i get one? Can you believe i am still on hold


    I can post one to you if you want, you can just give address of a post office, and I can post it there you can collect it if you want.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #69 - April 08, 2009, 12:29 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on April 08, 2009, 10:57 AM
    Im on the f8 page. I have the option to:

    -start in safe mode.

    -safe mode with networking

    -safe mode with command prompt.

    -enable boot logging

    -enable low res video

    -last known good configuration (advanced)

    -directory services restore mode



    -debugging mode

    -disable automatic restart on system failure

    -disable driver signature enforcement

    -start windows normally.

    and im still on hold on the phone lol what shoul i attempt?


    On my computer "Repair your computer" option is at the top. Not sure why you don't have that option. And most new computers have vista preinstalled. You should find the option to reinstall it by hitting one of the F keys.

    Repair your computer
    Safe mode
    Safe mode with networking
    Safe mode with command prompt
    Enable boot logging
    Enable low resolution video (640 ? 480)
    Last Known Good Configuration (advanced)
    Directory services restore mode
    Debugging mode
    Disable automatic restart on system failure
    Disable Driver Signature Enforcement
    Start Windows normally

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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #70 - April 08, 2009, 01:00 PM
    Sorry i should have mentioned that it did have repair computer at the top but that too leads to the blue page . I was about to go to an internet cafe and download the recovery disks from an address given to me by the computer manufacturer. I will have to pay. Hope its not too much money
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #71 - April 08, 2009, 01:09 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on April 08, 2009, 01:00 PM
    Sorry i should have mentioned that it did have repair computer at the top but that too leads to the blue page . I was about to go to an internet cafe and download the recovery disks from an address given to me by the computer manufacturer. I will have to pay. Hope its not too much money

    Why dont you just accept Tuts kind offer?
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #72 - April 08, 2009, 01:10 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on April 08, 2009, 11:34 AM
    What say we get her set up on Ubuntu for a laugh?

    That's evil! We should do it! Tongue
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #73 - April 08, 2009, 01:45 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on April 08, 2009, 01:00 PM
    Sorry i should have mentioned that it did have repair computer at the top but that too leads to the blue page . I was about to go to an internet cafe and download the recovery disks from an address given to me by the computer manufacturer. I will have to pay. Hope its not too much money


    Are you sure vista isn't preinstalled?
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #74 - April 08, 2009, 02:04 PM
    I checked your Make and model number and it seems you have to buy it from them.

    If you know anyone who uses bittorrents then you can download HP vista recovery CD

    there is a HP OEM DISC on thepiratebay.org
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #75 - April 08, 2009, 03:21 PM
    I just came back from the internet cafe. The place where i can download it doesnt take my card and i dont have a visa or mastercard. This is bollocks Cry . I have no idea what to do now. Dont have computer literate friends on the outside either.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #76 - April 08, 2009, 03:23 PM
    So why dont you accept Tuts kind offer?
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #77 - April 08, 2009, 03:28 PM
    I will pm him for more details since i dont give out my home address
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #78 - April 08, 2009, 03:28 PM
    Can't you get a computer shop to download it for you, and just pay them?
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #79 - April 08, 2009, 04:52 PM
    Im not sure. Its worth a try. I will ask at the pc shop tomorrow. Maybe this is all related to me breaking a mirror yesterday. My pc broke today. The online store doesnt take my card and i burnt my leg on the oven door. 7 years of this will drive me mad.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #80 - April 08, 2009, 08:54 PM
    Bleh. Don't start with that rubbish or you'll put yourself in a tailspin.  parrot

    Have you tried asking the shop you bought the thing from. That's what I did when I wanted a disc. Because they have a stack of them lying around anyway, and because they can easily burn a new one on a blank disc for stuff all, and because they know you have already purchased a legit license from them they will often let you have a physical disc straight in your hand for very little cost. The license is what costs money. The discs themselves are almost worthless.

    This is by far the easiest way of sorting an installation if they will do this. If they are going to be assholes about it then yeah, someone will hook you up with a disc. No problem.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #81 - April 08, 2009, 09:02 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on April 08, 2009, 01:10 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on April 08, 2009, 11:34 AM
    What say we get her set up on Ubuntu for a laugh?

    That's evil! We should do it! Tongue

    I'm going to get Ubuntu actually. It's getting really good and I have the space for a dual boot with no worries and Ubuntu comes pre-configured for setting up a dual boot with Windows anyway, so I can easily run both XP and Ubuntu. I'll give Ubuntu a good flogging and see how it goes. 
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #82 - April 08, 2009, 10:33 PM
    Ok the disk should be sent out tomorrow. I thought i had to download it but apparantly it gets sent. Will keep you updated
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #83 - April 08, 2009, 10:47 PM
    Yeah well it would make more sense, maybe you should move to Leeds. Then it would be more better I could come round as the repairman and we can have fantasy sex, or I could just come round.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #84 - April 08, 2009, 10:51 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on April 08, 2009, 10:33 PM
    Ok the disk should be sent out tomorrow. I thought i had to download it but apparantly it gets sent. Will keep you updated.

    Cool. Just be aware that reinstalling your operating system will completely wipe your C drive. That means any content that is not backed up to another drive will be permanently lost. No file recovery program will be able to get it back.

    If there is any critical content on your C drive you will need to extract it before reinstalling the OS.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #85 - April 09, 2009, 12:42 AM
    How can i do that os?

    lol tut i knew you would be thinking of that. When i told my brother i was getting advice from my people on the internet he suggested i invite you over (he doesnt know you live far) and i laughed and replied you'd be more interested in me in heels dominating the hell out of you because i know how your mind works Tongue
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #86 - April 09, 2009, 12:46 AM
    Yeah well that's the tricky bit, innit. How many drives have you got?

    ETA: Actually I'm not sure how you'd do it. Gonna have to ask around a bit. If you have an extra drive or two you could install to one of those and then try hauling out the contents of C, but there's probably a better way of doing it.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #87 - April 09, 2009, 02:26 AM
    Ok, did some asking around and pulling stuff out of C drive is going to be a pain and would probably cost you a bit too. Since reinstalling the OS will wipe C drive and since it may be a hardware problem anyway the consensus is that you should take the thing into your pooter shop and get it tested.

    If it is a memory chip or power supply that got fried by a power surge then they can be replaced without reinstalling the OS, which means you'd be back in business without any loss of data, and they'll need to be done anyway.

    If the pooter itself is fine and it's the OS that needs fixing then you're basically looking at losing everything you had on your C drive, unless you get some clever bastards to do some fancy recovery trickery which will probably set you back around 100 quid.

    If you have all of C drive backed up to another drive then no problem.
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #88 - April 09, 2009, 01:59 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on April 09, 2009, 12:46 AM
    Yeah well that's the tricky bit, innit. How many drives have you got?

    ETA: Actually I'm not sure how you'd do it. Gonna have to ask around a bit. If you have an extra drive or two you could install to one of those and then try hauling out the contents of C, but there's probably a better way of doing it.


    She can install on a partition. Or if she has more then one drive she can install on another drive, or she can even make a USB housing and make an external USB hard-drive... But that might be a little too complex for her. In any case, depending on her BIOS and Hard rive, she might not be able to partition until she reformats, but if this is a pre-bundled install, then it is more then likely her drive will already be partitioned so the only thing she needs to do is installed on the "recovery"  partition, and boot from that partition which will when logged in give her access to her "C drive" - the failed paration, she only either extract the stuff she needs or, she could try to repair it, by copying her windows folder (from her working OP) and pasting it to her corrupted one and replacing all files and then try booting from the original.

    @ Berbs lol, @ your brother, but if I did live near you I could fix it for you, you know being an overclocker and someone who builds his own computers. Yeah as long as I could keep my consantration on fixing then computer then you in your high heels and risque dress.   
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  • Re: Urgent pc help :'(
     Reply #89 - April 09, 2009, 02:09 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on April 09, 2009, 02:26 AM
    Ok, did some asking around and pulling stuff out of C drive is going to be a pain and would probably cost you a bit too. Since reinstalling the OS will wipe C drive and since it may be a hardware problem anyway the consensus is that you should take the thing into your pooter shop and get it tested.

    If it is a memory chip or power supply that got fried by a power surge then they can be replaced without reinstalling the OS, which means you'd be back in business without any loss of data, and they'll need to be done anyway.

    If the pooter itself is fine and it's the OS that needs fixing then you're basically looking at losing everything you had on your C drive, unless you get some clever bastards to do some fancy recovery trickery which will probably set you back around 100 quid.

    If you have all of C drive backed up to another drive then no problem.


    OS, this is not a hardrive failure her hardrive is fine, if her hardrive was fucked then it would not even get past the first boot screen it would say "hardrive not found" also, since this is a pre-installed OP she bought it is more then likely it has a partition on C drive... So she can install ontop of her recovery partition which might be named "E Drive" and keep her "C drive" intact. All she has to do is format the recovery partition and install onto there, and she should be good as Larry unless it is a graphics card failure, which I suspect it might be. Taking it to a computer shop I would not trust them, it might be a minor issue and they could charge her loads of money as she is not an expert on computers. The only time I go to a computer shop is, when it is a hardrive failure.  As it very hard to fix, as the drive is not spinning up. But really now I keep a solid-state drive, for backup, mainly for music, and porn.   
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