having issues installing Win vista on my laptop

2009-06-16 11:27:46

#1

lxcpikiman: imbad @ bf2; +70|6858|Toronto-Canada

my sister screw up my laptop a few days ago, I cant be bothered looking into it so i just thought i would reformat it

I proceeded to install win vista x64 on it and everything went nice until the point of the last reboot, i get this message

booting "windows Vista"

acpi
vista loader 2.1.2

ACPI: reclaim memorry not found!
done!
fallback 1
find --set-root /bootmgr

error 17: file not found
booting windows NT/2000/XP

fallback 2
find --set-root /ntldr

error 17: file not found
booting 'enter Command line'

boot failed! press any key to enter command line

I have also not format the partition since we didn't back up our files, we have some important files in my laptop that my sister needs for college.
but i doubt this is the problem.

this my laptop spec"
manufacturer: Acer aspire 5920G
CPU: intel core 2 duo T5750 2.0Ghz
GPU:8600GS 256MB
HDD: 250 GB
RAM 3 GB
i would really appreciated your help guys

2009-06-16 11:31:09

#2

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

im shite at tech, but i dont think that you can install an OS without formatting the drive /making a partition.

idk

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2009-06-16 11:34:12

#3

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6860|Seattle

Did you boot from the CD or did you install while the old OS was running? Was this an upgrade or re-install?

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2009-06-16 11:38:40

#4

lxcpikiman: imbad @ bf2; +70|6858|Toronto-Canada

i did it on BIOS, like it supposed to be, well that's how i learned to do it, i have install Os several times already and this is the first time this sht happened

the previous Os version that my laptop had was windows vista home premium, and i bet it was 32 bit version but i only have the ultimate 64 bit version.
will that help fix my problem?

2009-06-16 11:41:06

#5

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6830|NYC / Hamburg

boot into a linux live CD
backup data
format disk
install vista

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2009-06-16 11:52:52

#6

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6860|Seattle

I agree with max here, you're going to want to figure out a way to back up your data before going any further. Whether it be by slaving it to another machine, or booting to another OS...

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2009-06-16 12:11:53