tried it so i took it to the shop and they couldn't get my hard drive as it
was all corrupted and they reinstalled windows vista 3 times and it still
wouldnt work so it had to be replaced
"Carlos" wrote:
> Catie,
> You may find a solution in either of these two options:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940765
> or
> http://www.maximumpcguides.com/rever...windows-vista/
>
> Carlos
>
> "Catie McNelly" wrote:
>
> > i have tried pressing F8 and i get safe mode and all the usual ones but i
> > dont get the system restore option is there any other way you can restore it
> > or anything else i can do
> >
> > "Carlos" wrote:
> >
> > > Catie,
> > > Go to the same screen you chose "Safe Mode" as a startup option, and choose
> > > System Restore.
> > > Try to restore your laptop to a prior (pre-catastrophe) restore point.
> > > You may have not - consciously - installed new drivers but a recent
> > > automatic update might have screwed things up.
> > > I am also assuming that you know how to press F8 during startup in order to
> > > access the boot options.
> > > Best of luck.
> > >
> > > Carlos
> > >
> > > "Catie McNelly" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, i have vista premium and its been working great until yesterday when a
> > > > message appeared saying 'windows explorer has stopped working' and you
> > > > probably know the rest, so i restarted my laptop and now i cant log on at
> > > > all, the log on screen appears but when i click my user name the screen says
> > > > please wait and take at least 10 mins for it too go and then it either
> > > > reboots itself or just reloads the log on screen, i have gone in to safe mode
> > > > and that still wont work and i havnt recently installed any new drivers