outlander83
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ok this is what happened
1. bought PC with vista on it, hated it.
2. went to killdisk.com to get rid of vista.
3. erased entire hard drive with bootable kill disk.
4. partitioned drive with easeus bootable disk. (C:ntfs-70gb, D:fat32-5gb, E:ntfs-500+gb)
5. tried to install xp but got the stop 0x0000007b error screen.
6. tried going back to vista which seemed to install fine but after first restart it hangs on the “press any key to boot from cd” screen (unless you press a key and then it just installs the first step of vista again.)
7. tried installing ubuntu and it works. It can see the partitions but says unable to mount location (internal error: no mount object for mounted volume).
8. download the ultimate boot disk and ran a few hard disk checks, all came back fine. But in computer specs the hard drive is “unrecognized” while everything else shows type, size, manufacturer etc.
9. on vista install disk went to repair screen, it finds the installation, press system repair which tells me there is no problem.
10. run windows memory diagnostic tool which again hangs on the “press any key to boot from cd” screen (unless you press a key and then it just installs the first step of vista again.).
11. pretty much out of ideas at this point.
12. through google I though it might be the master boot record, without knowing what that really is I went about repairing it.
13. found a lot about FDISK /mbr and FIXMBR but not a clue what to do with it (or even if it would work.)
14. try the FDISK/mbr on the command prompt on the vista recovery options but it just says not recognized as an internal or external command etc.
15. then I give up and pray the gods of the forums can help me.
Computer specs.
Medion akoya 3300
Amd 2.8ghz dual processor
4 gb ram
Western digital hard drive (600gb)
1. bought PC with vista on it, hated it.
2. went to killdisk.com to get rid of vista.
3. erased entire hard drive with bootable kill disk.
4. partitioned drive with easeus bootable disk. (C:ntfs-70gb, D:fat32-5gb, E:ntfs-500+gb)
5. tried to install xp but got the stop 0x0000007b error screen.
6. tried going back to vista which seemed to install fine but after first restart it hangs on the “press any key to boot from cd” screen (unless you press a key and then it just installs the first step of vista again.)
7. tried installing ubuntu and it works. It can see the partitions but says unable to mount location (internal error: no mount object for mounted volume).
8. download the ultimate boot disk and ran a few hard disk checks, all came back fine. But in computer specs the hard drive is “unrecognized” while everything else shows type, size, manufacturer etc.
9. on vista install disk went to repair screen, it finds the installation, press system repair which tells me there is no problem.
10. run windows memory diagnostic tool which again hangs on the “press any key to boot from cd” screen (unless you press a key and then it just installs the first step of vista again.).
11. pretty much out of ideas at this point.
12. through google I though it might be the master boot record, without knowing what that really is I went about repairing it.
13. found a lot about FDISK /mbr and FIXMBR but not a clue what to do with it (or even if it would work.)
14. try the FDISK/mbr on the command prompt on the vista recovery options but it just says not recognized as an internal or external command etc.
15. then I give up and pray the gods of the forums can help me.
Computer specs.
Medion akoya 3300
Amd 2.8ghz dual processor
4 gb ram
Western digital hard drive (600gb)