My laptop went dolally a few weeks ago and I have now tried to fix it. Nothing would work so I finally managed to re-install Vista. However, after the install, I got to choose the language, keyboard etc etc, setup a new user id and choose a background and then.......
All I get now is (This is how it reads on screen)
Booting 'Windows Vista'
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 Lane'
Boot failed! Press any key to enter command line.
it then displays the following
GRUB4DOS 0.4.3 2007-03-13, Memory: 639K / 1011M, 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 device/filename. ESC at any time exits. }
grub>
I did a search on google for the error which seemed to suggest putting the bootmgr into uppercase. I tried this and it did not work. When pressing ESC it takes me to a screen where it has 3 options,
Windows Vista
Windows NT/2000/XP
Enter Command Line
Underneath these it has options as follows; Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, or 'c' for a command line.
I edited the windows vista as i said before with bootmgr in uppercase, but it neither save it or worked.
I am hoping you guys have a solution to this. I cannot even get back to the CD drive to re-install Vista. If you do know what to do, please could you list it step by step as I am fairly unaware of the internal working of the OS system.
Thank You
Simon