• Repairing a System by installing a new OS from a disk
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Apologies for the long thread title. Basically my old Acer laptop, for whatever reason, refuses to start. It's running Windows Vista, and when I turn it on, the "Configuring Updates" screen appears as if I've just restarted the PC after installing updates. However, when the progress gets to 100% (which it jumps straight to from 0% after about 10 minutes), the computer restarts and shows the same screen. It will do this indefinitely until I intervene and turn it off. Startup repair doesn't work (it was "Attempting Repair" for about six hours today) and system restore isn't even available, so I'm left with two options: -Perform a full system wipe, losing all my data -Re-install Vista, losing all my data However, another option crossed my mind: If I were to install [i]another[/i] OS (for example Hexxeh's ChromiumOS) from a disc, would I be able to start the computer and not lose all my files? If it worked, all I would want to do is transfer the files I want to keep onto my external hard-drive and do a system wipe anyway. So would this idea work? Oh and if anyone has any suggestions as to how to solve the infinite updating thing in the first place, feel free to post them too. :smile:
Yep
So I could install the OS and keep all of my documents/photos/etc? Sweet, thanks.
Just install it onto another partition.
How can I partition my hard drive when I can't access it?
[QUOTE=CoolCorky;22806532]How can I partition my hard drive when I can't access it?[/QUOTE] When you insert the new OS disk it should have a disk partitioner on it, that should run when you try to install it.
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