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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: SIPI2007 on June 11, 2009, 05:04:46 PM

Title: Need help with vista
Post by: SIPI2007 on June 11, 2009, 05:04:46 PM

I need your help here..

I have a gateway laptop with Vista OS...

when it boots up it comes up "Windows Boot Manager"

asking for windows installation disc but it did not come with the laptop.

how can I fix that problem?


thanks guys

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: Mulreay on June 11, 2009, 05:11:42 PM

So when you got the laptop it had no Windows OS on it?

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: SIPI2007 on June 11, 2009, 05:14:39 PM

umm the laptop came with vista already on it.

everything was all ready to go when I bought it.

no package of CD's or anything like that

thank you

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: Mulreay on June 11, 2009, 05:16:56 PM

Are you under Warranty?

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: SIPI2007 on June 11, 2009, 05:20:15 PM

yeppers I called them and they said that warrenty doe's not cover OS problems only hardware.. go figure eh

anything else?

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: Mulreay on June 11, 2009, 05:27:56 PM

Who is the company you asked about the Warranty because that seems slightly not....  right.

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: SIPI2007 on June 11, 2009, 05:34:56 PM

i called the company that I bought it off from

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: Mulreay on June 11, 2009, 05:43:09 PM

'ok thats me done.

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: BC_Programmer on June 11, 2009, 06:04:22 PM

Does this company happen to have a name?

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: Broni on June 11, 2009, 08:26:23 PM

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they said that warrenty doe's not cover OS problems only hardware

Never heard of such a thing... ??? ???

Title: Re: Need help with vista
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on June 12, 2009, 05:16:13 AM

Tell 'em it's a hardware fault - the hard drive's fried.