[inukkaz]

So im booting a windows vista disc on my brothers laptop from a friend since my normal disc broke im borrowing a friends its like a burnt dvd? So i finish and it come up as

acpi
Vista Loader 2.1.2

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.

im kinda computer illiterate but im trying my best to help how do i fix this?

[madmatt2006]

Hello inukkaz On the laptop has it been set to boot off the DVD drive. It would normally say press any key to boot from DVD/CD or similar when you turn it on with the windows DVD in the DVD drive

[inukkaz]

like i reboot my pc and then it ust comes up lie that even if i have the disk in and ya it was from the dvd drive

[inukkaz]

it says like booting grub or something

[inukkaz]

i press enter and it comes up with

GRUB4DOS 0.4.3 2007-03-13, Memory:631k / 445m, codeend: 0x3D7BC

[minimal bash-like line editing is supported. for the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. anywhere else tab lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ESC at any time exits.]

[madmatt2006]

sounds like the copy maybe a bad burn and not working properly can you borrow a original copy of windows?

[madmatt2006]

what brand and model is the laptop? some have a copy of windows on them to reinstall

[inukkaz]

acer 3100
aspire BL51 amd mobile sempron

[inukkaz]

no i cant im 2 hours away from home lol

[noop]

Are you trying to dual boot with a Linux distribution and Windows Vista?

[inukkaz]

nope just windows

[noop]

After reading more about Vista Loader 2.1.2, this is a tool used to crack / bypass activation methods in Vista.

We do not support such tools on this forum.
noop

[inukkaz]

so its illegal copy how do i get a legal one?

[madmatt2006]

Here is the standard Acer Recovery Instructions this will wipe the PC like new

1. Power on the machine
2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the “Alt” key and press the “F10” key simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery
3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click “Restore to Factory Default Settings”
4. Click “OK” to continue
5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the data on the C: drive and restore a fully functional factory image (approximately 10 minutes).
6. Once eRecovery has run, press “OK” to reboot unit

[noop]

inukkaz, on 15 February 2010 - 04:37 AM, said:

so its illegal copy how do i get a legal one?

The CD you have is not supported by Microsoft nor is made by Microsoft. To fix the error, you will need to buy a legal license to windows vista and activate it by booting into Windows Vista, right click on My Computer, Properties, and hit activate at the bottom of the screen.

You can also follow madmatt's suggestion above.

[inukkaz]

i tryed the alt f10 and it keeps going there

[madmatt2006]

to the same thing?

acpi
Vista Loader 2.1.2

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.

did you take out that vista DVD?

[inukkaz]

ya i guess it messed it up?

[madmatt2006]

just to be clear it is doing this without the Vista disk in?

[inukkaz]

yes with and without