[Murray S.]

Did you download the 32 or 64 bit version?

Murray

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this happened to me before and it killed my computer, run a system restore to fix it. i fixed it before like it when it happened the first time

[XxDarkSatoshixX]

this happened to me before and it killed my computer, run a system restore to fix it. i fixed it before like it when it happened the first time

[Graem]

I downloaded the 32 bit version, and i really dont want to do a system restore since I got some important files on that computer, and im trying to fix it, or at least get the files beofre I do a system restore.

[XxDarkSatoshixX]

like what kinds of important files?

[Graem]

Like important text files, picture and some videos

[Eclipsed]

System restore doesn't affect your personal files, restoring from a backup does. If you perform a system restore it will only change the system files or installed program files. Text documents, pictures and movies will be safe.

[Graem]

Well I dotn have the actual system restore, I only got the restore option thats on the computer, but no worries now since I just got Ubuntu and it works, all I need is to figure out how to access my files and I can do system restore.

[XxDarkSatoshixX]

wow my answer worked and yes the guy is right it will not destroy those kinds of files, unless u choose to(for my computer).

[Graem]

My computer still does not work! I did the system restore and all I would get is a black screen! It does the boot up proccess well but than after that all it shows is black. I tried the recovery disk but it says that I got a camera or something pluged into it. So it cant do a repair, please help guys, I cant buy another laptop since I dont got much money please help!

[Eclipsed]

The only thing that I could think of is finding a vista ISO burning it to a disk and then reinstalling using the serial number on the bottom of the computer.
You could buy vista if you had to.

[Graem]

Well since I got dail-up I might have to buy it, or better I could downgarde it to a xp or windows 7 , though is there any other solutions?

[Eclipsed]

Not from the way the current situation sounds. You will have to reformat or buy an OS. Even though it seems a disgrace to buy something that you already own.

[Graem]

I see, though I did some search on the net and I learned that the reason I'm having this problem is because vista is not compatible with the hardware im using vista+lenovo=death. That would make sense why it would be doing something like this, since this isint the first time my computer went down on me, cause everytime my computer would not boot up, I usually use the system restore lenovo put into the computer and it would work well(that happen twice) put the third didint go well than I thought it would be .

[TheWhiteRose000]

well its not that have you tried going into your bio's settings and changing how the hard drive is being read?

If its IDE change it to AHCI
If you installed in on AHCI you can't run it on IDE without installing the drivers.
same concept in reverse.


Try Setting it to AHCI and installing the OS again.
It should work then.

=D

[Graem]

I kinda suck at that can you please tell me how to do that, since I realy dont want to make it worse.

Edited by Graem, 04 September 2009 - 08:11 AM.