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Grant1872x   10-14-2008 at 06:31:57 PM

Hi all, Had to reinstall Vista (new HDD) and I am getting problems with the install after it all completes I get a few different errors (I have tried it 3x now and i'm giving up!) Look below:

At the end where it's finishing up I get this...
"Windows could not set the offline locale information. Error code: 0x80FF0000"

also I get an error that says Windows cannot boot or something and "...any changes that were made to your computer in the installation process will not be saved." I also get BOOTMGR IS MISSING push CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart your computer... :cry:

I have also tried XP, Linux Ubuntu with failure too, for unknown reasons (But this Vista disk is genuine :ange:) and installed on my sisters PC with no problems!


What has happened!!!!!???? :pfff:

Specs:
Packard Bell: MC 1538
CPU: Intel P4 3.06Ghz (MNF In: 2005)
RAM: 2.5GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
Motherboard: Gigabyte (Sunshine or sumthin )

Any help will be appreciated greatly, Thanks very much for reading and for applying your knowledge (in advance! :kaola: ) :)

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bobbknight   10-14-2008 at 07:03:51 PM
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Bad hard drive (new) or knocked a connector lose.

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daft   10-14-2008 at 07:10:51 PM
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just had this problem myself, but with xp only, the hdd is bad. sorry mate

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Jim_L9   10-14-2008 at 07:21:38 PM
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Did you try to activate the same copy of Vista on two machines?

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megamanx00   10-14-2008 at 07:22:54 PM
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Make sure you run the memtest utility on the Ubuntu CD to ensure that the memory is good. Can you boot into the live environment on the Ubuntu CD? If it's a Hard Drive problem you may want to try a factory format on it and see what happens.

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dokk2   10-14-2008 at 07:29:20 PM
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download the seagate diagnostics,write zeros?? to the whole hdd try again to install if no go rma the sucker,i had a wd hdd that did the same thing could not get an os on it no matter what,finally had to rma it.:)

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Grant1872x   10-15-2008 at 11:47:57 PM
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Yeh... what's RMA? I bought this of eBay and the man said it was a pull from a computer... It was also advertised as 250GB but I get just less than 230GB...?
I also installed 2GB of RAM from a seller on eBay, it's unbranded (but I got it for about 19quid!)

I have successfully installed Vista and I now get alot of crashes from Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer after some time, I have had only one hang (mouse not moving) upon startup and I am starting to get quite annoyed and I feel hopeless. My last resort is going into the city to find some good computer techs. I don't have the equipment i'm only 14...

Anyone.....? I may go to into Glasgow with my mum to take this PC for analyze tomorrow so I will keep refreshing for answers... Thanks!
Thanks so far guys...

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