Nova

Nova

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  • mel
    sounds promising.. i should have said you wanted to go custom... what it should do now is wipe everything thats on it and install vista over the top... just hopefully it doesnt have the password still set up but i dont think it will
    mel
    cool - you should be sweet now, providing there's nothing else wrong with it.. just follow through the next steps, enter the key on the case and you should be set.. it'll take about half hour to an hour
    mel
    see how you go with that, but if it doesnt work, restart, hit f12 and you'll be able to change it to boot directly from the disk.. i typed f1 before, not f12 - whoops :P
    mel
    or if its boot manager are you able to tab across to a setting to change it from disk (not sure what that'll say), but it'll have options you can change to CD Rom
    mel
    yep, but it had hardware probs... ok.. turn off puter.. leave disk in... turn on whilst holding down the f1 key and tell me what you see
    mel
    do you see a black screen with lots of computer things or the startup for windows? (we've got a satellite here :) )
    mel
    ok.. you probably need to change it so that you can boot from the disk when it starts up.. what is the brand of your lappy? you usually need to hit f1 so it goes into bios, but tell me the brand and i'll tell you what to do
    Nova
    It no worky, got into setup something or other but it is still doing the same thing. I might just have to take it to compu nerd and find out. Boooo
    mel
    hold down the power key for about 10 seconds so it powers down... turn it on, put the disk in and see if it runs, you should get an option to do a clean install which should wipe everything and reload vista..

    if its a software problem then the new disk will fix it.. if its a hardware problem then you're kinda screwed....
    mel
    glad the curry plant made it ok :) vista should be fine.. let me know if you have any dramas :)
    mel
    no worries - glad it made it there overnight!! how did the plant survive? ok? the disk was through work.. i tried loading it onto an old laptop that had died so it didnt work.. if you need a hand installing it let me know :D
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