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    Major problem with windows Please Help

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by deeppowder, Jun 29, 2008.

  1. deeppowder

    deeppowder Notebook Consultant

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    Ok
    last night i was using my new to me 5793, i screwed up vista. Now my computer will not allow me into windows(it will on safe mode) I did two things that might have caused this(pretty sure its the second)
    First- I installed a new updated driver for my touch pad. seemed to work with no problems.
    2. I then installed the sp1 update ( http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...952709-x86.msu) when I finished installing it it asked me to restart my computer. I did so and when it rebooted it gave me an error that the a new harware or software was installe and is not allowing vista to start. When I rebooted again it told me to reboot with my vista disk in the drive and have vista fix the problem. I did so but it said it was a start up issue and vista could not fix it.
    any sugestions on how to fix this would be great.
    Thanks mike
     
    deeppowder, Jun 29, 2008
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  2. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    sent you pm's check them and give me a call.
     
    zfactor, Jun 29, 2008
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Hmm.... if it crashed (like a random restart or BSOD), you might want to do a CHKDSK C: /F in command prompt (Run as Administrator).
     
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    we talked he had to reinstall vista .. still not sure what caused the error but he could no longer even boot it up it just said failure due to hardware change.. he's installing it now.. i wish i knew what the issue was..
     
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    I remember "failure due to hardware change" is also a BSOD message.
     
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    yeah but it was stuck in a boot loop. even using the vista disc it didnt help. seems to be all good now.
     
    zfactor, Jun 29, 2008
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