Vista not booting up?

• Mar 18, 2009

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MatthewHan

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My Acer Aspire (recently bought) is not booting up the vista os. It goes to a black screen with a white dash/underscore flashing on the bottom. I do not have a vista disc, so what can i do?????

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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Deeeeejayyyyy

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try re-pluging in hard drive, cd drive, etc cords

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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fauxbias

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Your problem is Vista

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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DavidL

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If you recently purchased the PC, take it back where you bought it. It should be under warranty.

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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uyhtru

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call them the number should be on the card im me on aim
uyhtru100

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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ChefJesseJ

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huh

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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MreBiologist

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yep

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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lovy_rulez

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try switching it off from the switch try restarting it 3-4 times if it still not works then u hav to install new windows

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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Miagi99

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The flashing dash usually means the hard drive is not connected or the hard drive is not set to boot in bios or the operating system is corrupt and needs to be re-installed or the hard drive is bad and needs to be changed. Good luck.

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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MarcoJ

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if you dont wanna take it back...

hold the power button untill it is off
afterwards, reboot it and choose safe mode
when you reboot it you will know what i am talking about

then use the help manager to do a system restore