Ok, I'm in desperate need of good advise.
My HP-G60 laptop with Vista Home Premium will not boot.
I've tried the following:
- Press F8, select Safe Mode, system stops at black blank screen
- Press F8, select Safe Mode with networking, system stops at black blank screen
etc.
- Basically Press F8, select anything, system eventually stops at black blank screen
I never make it to the login screen
- Attempted recovery with F10, ends at BLUE blank screen with mouse cursor active.
- Attempted recovery with Recovery Disk that I burned when I first got the computer, ends at same blue blank screen as trying to recover without the Recovery Disk.
Now, if I create an Unbuntu 10.04 boot disk according to the blog instructions, I can navigate the folders and copy most of my data to my WD Passport. Although some files seem to be partially fried and it gives me an error about file cannot be spliced (or something similar).
Side note: I think the blog post for the Ubuntu file recovery method must be an older version because 10.04 auto-detected my hard drive and Passport without the need for fdisk -l and the other prompt level commands. Which was way less confusing then the blog instructions.
Anyway, bottom line is I have no idea what to do now. Do I try to repair something with Ubuntu? If so, how?
As much as I hate Windows, I need to get my Vista Premium up and running again because of the software I need to use for my work (otherwise I would have pressed the install Ubuntu button).![Angry :angry: :angry:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thanks,
Hal
My HP-G60 laptop with Vista Home Premium will not boot.
I've tried the following:
- Press F8, select Safe Mode, system stops at black blank screen
- Press F8, select Safe Mode with networking, system stops at black blank screen
etc.
- Basically Press F8, select anything, system eventually stops at black blank screen
I never make it to the login screen
- Attempted recovery with F10, ends at BLUE blank screen with mouse cursor active.
- Attempted recovery with Recovery Disk that I burned when I first got the computer, ends at same blue blank screen as trying to recover without the Recovery Disk.
Now, if I create an Unbuntu 10.04 boot disk according to the blog instructions, I can navigate the folders and copy most of my data to my WD Passport. Although some files seem to be partially fried and it gives me an error about file cannot be spliced (or something similar).
Side note: I think the blog post for the Ubuntu file recovery method must be an older version because 10.04 auto-detected my hard drive and Passport without the need for fdisk -l and the other prompt level commands. Which was way less confusing then the blog instructions.
Anyway, bottom line is I have no idea what to do now. Do I try to repair something with Ubuntu? If so, how?
As much as I hate Windows, I need to get my Vista Premium up and running again because of the software I need to use for my work (otherwise I would have pressed the install Ubuntu button).
Thanks,
Hal