Problem installing Vista back on G1S-A1

I decide to try Windows XP on my Asus G1S-A1, and I am really disappointed with the performance. However, day I accidentally deleted the recovery partition on the laptop. Now I can't reinstall Vista with the CD that came with the laptop. The installation gets pretty far, but eventually says "setup could not complete"

Is there anything I can do? Or am I screwed? Thanks.

 

Check out this thread ( click here). I downloaded these files and made my own VISTA install DVD. The key code on the bottom of my ASUS F3Sa worked perfectly. And now I am running a clean copy of VISTA Home Premium.

I hope this works for you. If not, you can always try the disks that came with your notebook. The first time I used mine, I got a similar error. I may have interrupted the driver installation; a black DOS/CMD window was open but nothing was happening in it, so I restarted my notebook. That probably messed up an important driver installation. But after failing once, I tried a second time and the process worked.

Jeremy

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Yes, the recovery disks even prompt you to restart your computer, but it's too early... I'm not sure about the details as I've never recovered Vista on an ASUS computer, but don't the bottom line is: don't believe it every time when it asks you to restart. Doing so will mess up the installation.

PS: You can also get a clean install out of the recovery CDs by not inserting the drivers CD when it asks you to. That might also get you rid of the problem above, BTW.

 

I will try this, thanks.

 

Ok here is the problem. I put in the recovery disk, everything is going well. It loads the files then asks me to put in the driver CD (Can't continue without putting this in) after the files on the driver CD are loaded the screen just goes black.

Eventually I will restart the laptop and it says the Installation couldn't complete. This is all before the steps where you enter your product code.

 

What I suggest then is don't insert the driver CD. You don't need to continue at that point, try to forcefully reboot the computer (from the power button if the start menu isn't there).

Then reboot without any disks in. Vista should boot and you should have a clean install. You can install drivers manually later.

Or you could also try waiting for an hour or two when the screen goes black. But it's really a waste of time, by doing the above you get a clean install AND bypass the problem. (hoping it will work, of course, but there's no reason it shouldn't).