Windows vista and 7 (see inside)

Mister Man

Ok

Well yesterdayi installed Ubuntu (and messed the laptop up but its fixed now)

now,when i was partitioning my HDD in some software that was recommended to me by a friend i was there was a 14 GB partition before hand, and then another partition saying Windows 7, the 14 GB one didn't have a name, so i left it and installed Ubuntu,when it asked me where to install Unbuntu (along side windows) and it said Windows Vista on the 14GB partition and then Windows 7. So after installing Ubuntu i restarded it and it showed up as 3 diffrent OS's ( Ubuntu, Windows Vista, Windows 7) So i hit into Vista and it did its set up, but before it was done it came up as a big screen saying ERROR with red letter's.

So to wrap it up, is there anyway to unlock Vista

I would guess that Vista was pre installed, and then the locked it and installed Windows7

Thanks for the help:)

Mister Man

Mister Man wrote: »

Ok

Well yesterdayi installed Ubuntu (and messed the laptop up but its fixed now)

now,when i was partitioning my HDD in some software that was recommended to me by a friend i was there was a 14 GB partition before hand, and then another partition saying Windows 7, the 14 GB one didn't have a name, so i left it and installed Ubuntu,when it asked me where to install Unbuntu (along side windows) and it said Windows Vista on the 14GB partition and then Windows 7. So after installing Ubuntu i restarded it and it showed up as 3 diffrent OS's ( Ubuntu, Windows Vista, Windows 7) So i hit into Vista and it did its set up, but before it was done it came up as a big screen saying ERROR with red letter's.

So to wrap it up, is there anyway to unlock Vista

I would guess that Vista was pre installed, and then the locked it and installed Windows7

Thanks for the help:)

Ive no idea what you did or what you are trying to say, sorry! What partition tool did you use? Easiest fix is usually a full format and reinstall.

Fysh

Mister Man wrote: »

Now,when i was partitioning my HDD in some software that was recommended to me by a friend i was there was a 14 GB partition before hand, and then another partition saying Windows 7, the 14 GB one didn't have a name, so i left it and installed Ubuntu,when it asked me where to install Unbuntu (along side windows) and it said Windows Vista on the 14GB partition and then Windows 7.

So after installing Ubuntu i restarded it and it showed up as 3 diffrent OS's ( Ubuntu, Windows Vista, Windows 7)

So i hit into Vista and it did its set up, but before it was done it came up as a big screen saying ERROR with red letter's.

I have no idea what you're trying to explain in that mammoth first sentence. Rather than trying to rescue what looks like a lost cause when it comes to attempting communication, let's back up and start again.

• Is this your laptop?
• If so, did you get it recently or have you had it a while?
• If not, did the owner get it recently or have they had it a while?
• Before you started making a mess with Ubuntu, what operating system/s was/were installed?
• What, if any, set of instructions were you following when you tried to install Ubuntu? Did you deviate from it at any point? If so, how?
• What operating systems are installed and booting correctly now?
• For any non-booting operating systems, have you attempted to repair them using the recovery tools provided with the installation media?

Hopefully the answers to these questions will help build a clearer picture of what you've done to your laptop and thus how it can be undone.

Mister Man

ono the laptops fine, windows 7 and ubuntu boot fine, but in the boot menu theres a option for Vista

i got the laptop a little over a month ago pre installed with win7, im just wondering if theres a way to unlock the origanal vista OS which was on the HDD before windows 7 was installed

Fysh wrote: »

I have no idea what you're trying to explain in that mammoth first sentence. Rather than trying to rescue what looks like a lost cause when it comes to attempting communication, let's back up and start again.

• Is this your laptop?
• If so, did you get it recently or have you had it a while?
• If not, did the owner get it recently or have they had it a while?
• Before you started making a mess with Ubuntu, what operating system/s was/were installed?
• What, if any, set of instructions were you following when you tried to install Ubuntu? Did you deviate from it at any point? If so, how?
• What operating systems are installed and booting correctly now?
• For any non-booting operating systems, have you attempted to repair them using the recovery tools provided with the installation media?

Hopefully the answers to these questions will help build a clearer picture of what you've done to your laptop and thus how it can be undone.

Maybe the 14Gb is an OS recovery partition.

And grub is showing it as Vista.

Capt'n Midnight

Mister Man wrote: »

ono the laptops fine, windows 7 and ubuntu boot fine, but in the boot menu theres a option for Vista

i got the laptop a little over a month ago pre installed with win7, im just wondering if theres a way to unlock the origanal vista OS which was on the HDD before windows 7 was installed

if it came preinstalled with windows 7 then there never was a vista

windows 7 uses the same type of startup that vista used, which is different to xp / 2000 / nt before them

Dravokivich

if you got the laptop new with windows 7, vista should not of been on it.

If you got it secondhand with windows 7 installed over a vista partition, it's very likely what you are seeing as "Vista" is meant to be a "Recovery image".

this is why i hate OEM companys pushing the image onto a hdd... if that goes awol yer buggered...

- Drav!