Try to reinstall Vista on laptop

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• When you try to reinstall Vista the following message is displayed: must remove the power cell.

  Try to reinstall Vista via the Vista installation disc.  However, the following message appears: must remove the power cell.  What is a power cell and what is the solution for a re - install?

  Thank you

  Rick

  Hi Rick,

  1. you are trying to boot from the disc or start on the desktop to start the installation?

  If you don't have any concerns of data, you can continue the installation without removing the program.

  If you have any concerns of data, then try to remove the PowerShell and run the install. Also perform a backup of important data before reinstalling Windows Vista.

  Refer to Microsoft KB article for more information:

  You cannot pass a Windows operating system when you have Windows PowerShell 1.0 installed

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950376/en-us

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Need to reinstall Vista OEM laptop computer, but does not have install media

  I already have the serial number of my windows that was on my laptop and now I need to install it on the same laptop. but I don't have the windows CD. So, I have to download it. but I can't find any valid and functional link to be on microsoft or any other Web site. is there anywhere to download?

  * original title - where can I download a windows vista Enterprise edition? *

  Hello

  There is no available free and legal Vista download

  Here are the different ways to reinstall vista:

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F10 or F11 or Alt + F10, 0 at startup to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a microsoft dvd vista

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  Save all data, because it will be lost, do the above

• Try to reinstall Vista

  I'm working on a Windows Vista-based computer. I run chkdsk on it and she stopped at 65% made in step 5. I tried to reinstall Vista using the original dvd and it stops at the installation screen how to complete and will not end. I tried reformatting the drive but he never made the installation. You have any suggestions for me to try next?

  Access the Web Hard Drive from the manufacturer site.

  They normally have the Diagnostic software that you can download.

  Then test the hard drive for problems.

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Get the Error Message When you try to reinstall Vista: Windows cannot open the required file: E:\Sources\install.wim

  I'm trying to reinstall windows vista for the following reasons:

  1. I have SQL Server 2008 installed on my computer.  I deleted some files a long time ago and it screwed something and I couldn't reinstall.
  2. I had partitioned my hard drive for vista half and half SuSE and I deleted who and when I did, I think I deleted another partition - my recovery partition (E:\?).
  3. I need to clean my laptop.

  When I try to start the installation of a disk and I put in my product key, I get the following error:

  Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\install.wim.  The file does not exist.  Make suure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.  Error code: 0 x 80070002.

  Let me know if you have any ideas how I can fix it.  My next step was to recreate this E directory and download the install.wim file and re start the installation.  I could not find the file install.wim well.

  Rob

  Hi Rob,

  I checked the link you provided.  What you downloaded was just the Vista recovery environment.  You cannot actually re - install Vista with that and if you blew your recovery partition unfortunately you may be out of luck.  You blew your partition containing Vista runs so the SFC will be of no help either.  I wish I had better news for you, but I don't see any way o get on without a Vista DVD.  I have good news for you if.  When you get your HP drive if you have problems with the installation, we will be able to help you with that.

  Take care and let us know if you need assistance when the disc arrives. Locutys of Borg

  Resistance is futile

  If you don't succeed the first time skydiving probably isn't for you!

• Try to reinstall vista OS on dell Vistro 330 desktop computer.

  The PC stopped seeing my connection to the local network. While he was trying to reconnect, somehow my user name and passdword has changed. I ONLY DID NOT go to the users and change the name of the administrator or the password.

  I decided to reinstall the operating system after that I realized I could connect is no longer at the start.

  Asked to enter the name and the psssword on the reinstall from the Dell reinstallation cd. I think that I made my mistake when I put a disc of the operating system Windows XP in the cd drive to boot from.

  The system is supposed to be Vista with XP option.

  All I get is "press any key" to start the cd player, then a white screen. With F8, and then select any desired startup (safe mode, etc.) Sometimes I get the screen with windows 32 messages system and then stops at the end and does nothing, or I get a blank screen.

  I ran diagnostics from the system start and everything is back as norma. (memory, hardware, etc.).

  What can I do now?

  Thank you.

  I continued to try. I just got a message for the second time during my attempts. The pc went to a screen "Windows Boot Manager" and a message to insert the disc of resettlement and finally arrive at the 'repair '. Status 0xc000000f. Locked screen. 'Enter' will continue not and ESC. do not leave the screen. Should turn off.

  The PC stopped seeing my connection to the local network. While he was trying to reconnect, somehow my user name and passdword has changed. I ONLY DID NOT go to the users and change the name of the administrator or the password.

  I decided to reinstall the operating system after that I realized I could connect is no longer at the start.

  Asked to enter the name and the psssword on the reinstall from the Dell reinstallation cd. I think that I made my mistake when I put a disc of the operating system Windows XP in the cd drive to boot from.

  The system is supposed to be Vista with XP option.

  All I get is "press any key" to start the cd player, then a white screen. With F8, and then select any desired startup (safe mode, etc.) Sometimes I get the screen with windows 32 messages system and then stops at the end and does nothing, or I get a blank screen.

  I ran diagnostics from the system start and everything is back as norma. (memory, hardware, etc.).

  What can I do now?

  Thank you.

  I continued to try. I just got a message for the second time during my attempts. The pc went to a screen "Windows Boot Manager" and a message to insert the disc of resettlement and finally arrive at the 'repair '. Status 0xc000000f. Locked screen. 'Enter' will continue not and ESC. do not leave the screen. Should turn off.

  Hey billybob123

  as you have problems with the dell recovery process, you will have to contact dell directly or ask their support forums

  Dell support

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DellCare/contact_technical_support?c=us&CS=19&l=en&s=DHS

  Dell support forums

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/default.aspx

  Walter, the time zone traveller

• When I try to reinstall vista family premium, to create more than one partition is greyed out.

  I installed a new 500 GB HD in my notebook and want to partition into two equal parts, one for the OS and the other for stuff.  After formatting the only options available are to a single partition.

  Hi Jesse,.

  Are you booting from the disk and do the installation?

  If you are, then you will need to click on advanced options to get the options to make changes on the HARD disk.

  Now if you have a partition created aldready it give you an option to create a new partition.

  What you need to do is to delete the existing partition and THEN ONLY it will give you the opportunity to create a new partition of the size of your favorite.

  Aldready you could have a partition created and it has no more space available on the disk, the create partition option will greayed out.

  Hope that helps.

  PS Deleting the existing partition wil clear all data and installed programs. So please be sure that you have all important data backed up.

• Problem reinstalling Vista which ended upward, with a lot of partitions.

  I tried to reinstall Vista on my laptop... Don't know not what went wrong but I'm done with a large number of partitions and not Vista... have since managed to delete everything except the necessary partition and install Linux, but whenever I try to reinstall Vista, me either to get a facility but Vista starts or a BSOD...

  For the moment, I have 2 Partitions set aside for Vista or XP, and I think that 3 for Linux...  I NEED a Windows system for work...
  I have the original disc of Vista that came with my laptop... and also an Original XP Pro drive... but none of them will not install correctly... The two APPEAR to install... but when I reboot... I get messages a BSOD or error... something on the Partition not found...
  HELP PLEASE.
  Thanking you in advance for any help.
  Rick

  Hello
  You use Ubuntu? I see a few issues similar to that leading to the Ubuntu forums. I would consider posting your question there if that's the case for you.

• computer crash; Reinstall vista without an installation disk.

  so, I got windows vista already installed on my computer when I bought it. my computer recently crashed and I had to get everything removed from my computer. now, try to reinstall vista and I have no cd to install it again. I have the key that I need on a sticker on my computer, but need help to find how to reinstall vista without the disc! Help!

  How to get Vista recovery Media and/or to use the Vista recovery Partition on your computer.

  There is no Vista free download legal available.

  Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a recovery disk/s Vista set.

  Normally, they do this for a cost of $ small.

  In addition, ask them if you have a recovery Partition on your computer/laptop to restore it to factory settings.

  See if a manual provided with the computer or go to the manufacturer's website, email or you can call for information on how to make a recovery.

  Normally, you have to press F10 or F11 at startup to start the recovery process...

  Another way I've seen on some models is press F8 and go to a list of startup options, and launch a recovery of standards of plant with it, by selecting the repair option.

  Ask them if you can also make recovery disk/s for the recovery Partition in case of a system Crash or hard drive failure.

  They will tell you how to do this.

  Every computer manufacturer has their way of doing recovery disk/s.

  Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, etc).
  A good Vista DVD contains all versions of Vista.
  The product key determines which version of Vista is installed.

  There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

  If install a cleaning is required with a good DVD of Vista (not HP, Dell recovery disks):

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/918884

  MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

  http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

  A tutorial on the use of a clean install

  http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

  Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

  After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

  Save all data, because it will be lost during a clean installation.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I try to install vista on my laptop but a letter of the key is not visible, all the other parts are very well including the serial code, is there another way to get the key of the other information?

  Taché product key

  Hello

  I try to install vista on my laptop but a letter of the key is not visible, all the other parts are very well including the serial code, is there another way to get the key of the other information? The laptop currently has non-OS I've tried to reinstall.

  Thank you

  Scott

  Product keys are bit-agnostic - they don't care if it's 32-bit or 64-bit.

  However, cannot legally use the recovery disk from one computer to a different constructor machine - as other licenses are not properly paid..

  There is nothing nonetheless to try all possible variations on the absence of character (there are only 25, after all the )

  Other than that, your best option is to contact the manufacturer and order a set of recovery disc for the machine. I do no download available for Vista with SP2 - but you can download Vista with SP1 and create the disc.

  http://www.heidoc.NET/Joomla/technology-science/Microsoft/57-Windows-Vista-direct-download-links

• How can I reinstall vista on my laptop without a disc.

  How can I reinstall vista on my laptop without a disc. I have an acer aspire 4520 and INF files are missing, umbrella I don't have a disk to reinstall. without these files, I can't update any driver...

  Hello

  You can reinstall vista without a drive on an Acer if you never received a disc when you bought

  try to press Alt + F10 at the Acer splash screen after power on to start the relocation process

  Here are the different ways to reinstall vista;

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Reinstall vista again HARD drive now PC don't can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop

  Duplicate info wire - running kill disk, vista disappeared and my laptop does not see my dvd/cd drive and I can't reinstall vista OS because of this problem

  Have to reinstall vista on a new HARD drive now PC can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop?

  The DVD player worked before HARD drive went bad now, it won't work.

  And I just replaced the HARD drive, but now cannot load an operating system that he...

  Help, please...

  Hi dynamitenews

   

  1. are you able to boot to the desktop?
  2. what happens when you try to start the computer?

   

  You must have the DVD drive to start the computer using the disk, you cannot use the external hard drive to do the same thing.

  Also I suggest you to make sure you have defined the start as CD/DVD-Rom as the first choice option in the BIOS. See below the help link-
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/BIOS-frequently-asked-questions

  If nothing is done, then you can contact the manufacturer support for assistance on setting up the correct boot sequence and check.
  
  BIOS WARNING-
  Change (CMOS) BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

   

  I hope this helps.

• When I try to reinstall Windows XP on my Toshiba laptop, it works until I reboot. Then it says nvrd32.sys not found: press any key to continue.

  original title: NVRD32. SYS ERROR

  When I try to reinstall Windows XP SP3 on my Toshiba laptop, it works until the first reboot. When I boot on CD it comes up saying nvrd32.sys is not found: press any key to continue. When I press a key it is said: the Installer failed. Press a key to restart your computer.

  So, I don't know what to do. I tried searching on google and found a set, but talk of computer that I couldn't begin to understand. Basically, what I consider somewhere or can I fix it myself? I just paid for a new disk of Windows XP SP3, so I'm not looking forward to having to pay someone to use it.

  Hello

  ·         Windows XP came preinstalled on your laptop?

  ·         If so, you have a recovery partition?

  ·         Where did you buy the disc of Windows XP SP3 for?

  nvrd32.sys file is a chipset driver and must be installed via floppy F6 during initial installation.

  Method 1: To do this, follow these steps.

  a. you can download the chipset drivers from Toshiba Web site and copy it to a floppy drive.

  b. press F6 at the start of the installation of Windows XP.

  c. follow the on-screen instructions to install the drivers for the chipset.

  Method 2: You can contact Toshiba to restore to factory on the laptop.

• I need to reinstall Vista on my laptop on a drive, have questions.

  I have a backup disk & need to reinstall Vista.  Clean up some stuff on my laptop before I do it & if sowhat to do?  Thank you.

  Hello

  Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.
  If the backup disk is created using any built-in utility (recovery disk), you can use the disk to restore PC to factory default state. If you intend to restore the PC using the disk, the disk may completely format the hard disk and to restore. But, you can start the recovery process from the PC, without the need to restore disc, because the PC contains a separate recovery partition. You can begin the process of recovery of the partition of hard drive also. Consult the manual of the PC user for more information.

• My laptop had a virus and I reinstalled Vista and I lost my key product, is anyway that I can get it back?

  My cell phone was registered to me, please advise.

  My cell phone was registered to me, please advise.

  Hey beccalrprice

  Reinstall vista wiped the referance to your your operating system initially installed product key

  Look on the underside of the case of laptop for a sticker with 25 numbers numbers that are divided into groups of 5 letters or contact the manufacturer of the laptop

  Walter, the time zone traveller