First of all, thanks for all the useful info on your website..
I'm having an issue with my HP dv9000z laptop which has a Windows Vista 32 bit OS.
My laptop won't boot in normal or safe mode so I've downloaded the Vista 32-bit recovery disk. The .iso file downloaded fine and I burned it with Imgburn onto a DVD and it booted fine on the laptop.
I chose the 'repair your computer' option which brought me to the list of recovery options. Now this is where I'm not sure I made the right choice. I decided to start at the top and chose 'startup repair'. The thing is its still going 14 hours later. I tried to cancel out of it but it tells me I can't cancel it while its running. Problem is I don't know if its ever going to stop. Should I just power down the laptop and start again picking another option under 'System Recovery Options'? If so which is the correct recovery option to choose?
Also, just to note when I access the System recovery options page...where it says 'select an operating system to repair and click next. Only Vista operation systems are listed and can be repaired'....my options here are just BLANK. There's no operating system listed? Could this be part of the problem as to why the startup repair seems to be just hanging?
Anyway any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm having an issue with my HP dv9000z laptop which has a Windows Vista 32 bit OS.
My laptop won't boot in normal or safe mode so I've downloaded the Vista 32-bit recovery disk. The .iso file downloaded fine and I burned it with Imgburn onto a DVD and it booted fine on the laptop.
I chose the 'repair your computer' option which brought me to the list of recovery options. Now this is where I'm not sure I made the right choice. I decided to start at the top and chose 'startup repair'. The thing is its still going 14 hours later. I tried to cancel out of it but it tells me I can't cancel it while its running. Problem is I don't know if its ever going to stop. Should I just power down the laptop and start again picking another option under 'System Recovery Options'? If so which is the correct recovery option to choose?
Also, just to note when I access the System recovery options page...where it says 'select an operating system to repair and click next. Only Vista operation systems are listed and can be repaired'....my options here are just BLANK. There's no operating system listed? Could this be part of the problem as to why the startup repair seems to be just hanging?
Anyway any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!