Vista ERROR!!!

[steflcfc]

Hi All
I have been given a mates Compaq Presario C700 to try and fix
I run start up chack mode and everything Passed (CPU test, Memory test and Primary Hard Drive Self Test)

I get this message on start up:

File: \windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.

He never created any back up disks when he first purchased the Laptop

How do I go about fixing this problem.

I didnt know if to load up my Vista Installation Disk onto his computer to try and fix the problem.

Any help is very welcome
Thanks for your time reading
Stef

 

[recsec406]

Stef,

You can reload you instellation disc's but it will wipe out all data from the memory, look up "vista recovery disks", go to neo down loads, burn a recovery disc, and load that in, it should restore vista, and save his data. If that doesn't work, reload with your disks. Hope it works, bye for now. Duncan.

 

[steflcfc]

Hi Duncan

You can reload you instellation disc's but it will wipe out all data from the memory, look up "vista recovery disks", go to neo down loads, burn a recovery disc, and load that in, it should restore vista, and save his data. If that doesn't work, reload with your disks. Hope it works, bye for now. Duncan.

I have tried this option but when i try to do the "start-up repair"
it says it cannot repair this computer automatically
then when i look at the problem code...it passes the first few tests, then at the ROOT test it says no OS files on disk.

My Installation disk is for a Dell PC...will this make any difference or not??

Apart from that i didnt know if to upload Ubuntu so he has a operating system on it??

Thanks Stef