Someone help me please

Mister Man

Ok guys

so i messed up my pc today,
i said i was going to instal XP (pirate) on my pc because i was sick of vista, so i downloaded it, put it on a cd, installed it (its a trial version with a crack folder i havnt used the crack yet because i cant find it) amd now i cant use my internet because i use a small usb pen for wifi which i nned drivers for, (posting this off a ipod) so now i dont want xp because need the internet for 1000s of things, so any help at all would be nice, i. Mean any help, a full restore isnt a option of vista because i dont know wjere my disk is, and i also deleted the xp from the disk (but could maybe find it by serching it on xp
help is need asap guys i must get my vista back up and running as xp is a load of ****

Thanks for any help guys

Overheal

Cant really help you there. Both because its an illegal copy, and because being illegal, it could very well just be a poor crackjob. We cant support it. Youll have to find some way to get the driver and put up with XP, now.

All I can say is when youre going to do anything this insane, its typically a good idea to measure twice and cut once.

Biggins

Do you still have the ability to reboot, press f8 (till a menu appears) and select/go into the system restore/factory setup settings?

Overheal

unless you wiped the recovery partition that should get you back to vista proper.

yoyo

You could always buy Windows 7 now as you "hate" vista? Thats if you cant find your Vista disc of course, cant really help you with pirated OSes on here as has been mentioned, and its pointless buying XP over 7 nowadays, Windows 7 will be allot less headache to upgrade to than downgrading to XP, as most Vista drivers will work fine on 7, and 7 has a very good driver detection built into windows update,

Nick

wolfric

You could try a new copy of windows 7 or xp from the... internet ;)

I'd say you just got a bad crack like the first guy said

yoyo

wolfric wrote: »

You could try a new copy of windows 7 or xp from the... internet ;)

I'd say you just got a bad crack like the first guy said

I wouldnt advise this, don't think its allowed to on here either . If OP struggled with a cracked release previous, its probably best off he gets Windows 7 from microsoft, afaik the home versions are reasonably priced

Nick

wolfric

i suppose as the above poster said, if you don't want to get your hands dirty again you could always reinstall vista. Most people keep their disks and the cd key should be on your computer on a shiney sticker

Mister Man

Ji guys, just want to clear it up with you that it was a trial version of xp which had a crack folder with it which i couldnt even find after booting, i will try hitting F8 when botting in a few mins, i am not planing on getting Windows 7 as i jelust dont have the cash right now for it

any help would be great guys

Just to clear it, its a trial version XP im running not a cracked one

Mister Man

Also i dont have the re instal vista disk, but i have the vista key sticker on my PC

Biggins

If you really want Vista back, your should be able to F8 your system, get into the hidden menu system and select the restore my factory setup selection in there.

Restart The computer,
Press F8 Rapidly (to bring up menu)
Click Restore System (the top one)
Wait to load,

(a)Click Command Prompt,
Type “Restore” (without Quotes),
Press Y,

or..

(b) Find the complete system restore GUI (graphic user interface - graphic method basically) of doing the same thing.

Go with the steps with either methods chosen

What make is the PC by the way?

Mister Man

Hi

when i hit F8 on re boot nothing happend, it had a small option saying f12 which asked me to boot from CD-room or hard disk, when i hit hard disk it gives me a 2 options and a bunch of random letters and numbers (cant remember it but i think they where full words) but thats all there was

the computer is a acer M1610 small home computer very straigh forward

Biggins

Mister Man wrote: »

Hi

when i hit F8 on re boot nothing happend, it had a small option saying f12 which asked me to boot from CD-room or hard disk, when i hit hard disk it gives me a 2 options and a bunch of random letters and numbers (cant remember it but i think they where full words) but thats all there was

the computer is a acer M1610 small home computer very straigh forward

After reboot - keep pressing that F8 button fast repeatedly till a possible menu appears.
If that still fails, try Alt + F10.

Have a look at this page: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-2040-acer-pc-restore-to-factory-settings#restore-system-from-backup-user

It might help.
If not, get back to us.

wolfric

wolfric wrote: »

Most people keep their disks

Mister Man wrote: »

Also i dont have the re instal vista disk, but i have the vista key sticker on my PC

Ask someone else for theirs

Overheal

wolfric wrote: »

You could try a new copy of windows 7 or xp from the... internet ;)

I'd say you just got a bad crack like the first guy said

Like a rhino in a crystal shop.

Mister Man

Lol ive always liked that saying

wolfric

Overheal wrote: »

Like a rhino in a crystal shop.

why...exactly? For all intended purposes of this board and it's rules, fine you shouldn't download illegally but why assume that downloaded versions are bad?