Insert windows installation disc

4ndroid

Hi my computer bricked up the other day. Windows wont boot.

Says the problem is File: scsiport.sys Status: 0xc000000f

File is missing or corrupt. My computer is out of warranty running on vista. Could I get the installation disc from manufacturer or do currys, pcworld, etc. stock it? Had a quick google and only see win7 so if anyone knows that would be great.

The computer says insert disc and select repair computer. If I used a win7 disc do u think it would work or not to repair the file or would it want to install win7 and I lose everything on the hard drive?

Any advice would be great,cheers

yoyo

4ndroid wrote: »

Hi my computer bricked up the other day. Windows wont boot.

Says the problem is File: scsiport.sys Status: 0xc000000f

File is missing or corrupt. My computer is out of warranty running on vista. Could I get the installation disc from manufacturer or do currys, pcworld, etc. stock it? Had a quick google and only see win7 so if anyone knows that would be great.

The computer says insert disc and select repair computer. If I used a win7 disc do u think it would work or not to repair the file or would it want to install win7 and I lose everything on the hard drive?

Any advice would be great,cheers

What brand of computer is it? Generally there is a hidden partition you can access to repair Windows, tell me the computer model and I can help further, usually when the machine is booting there is a press FXX key for recovery/restore machine

Nick

4ndroid

yoyo wrote: »

What brand of computer is it? Generally there is a hidden partition you can access to repair Windows, tell me the computer model and I can help further, usually when the machine is booting there is a press FXX key for recovery/restore machine

Nick

Hey thanks, its a sony vaio vgc-js2e

yoyo

4ndroid wrote: »

Hey thanks, its a sony vaio vgc-js2e

Try pressing the [F10] key when the machine turns on (you see the Vaio logo), I'm just guessing, Sony are useless at providing online documentation, at this logo screen where it says press [FXX] key to enter setup, look for another option there for recovery, press the key multiple times btw

Nick

4ndroid

I gave that a shot but i dont want to lose whats on the hardrive. Guess ill just pick up the OS disc and hopefully it doesnt delete the hard drive but im not holdin my breath. Thanks for the advice anyway.

You could use an linux live cd, which is an OS.

Then connect an external hard drive, and copy over the 'users' folder to it.

Then perform a factory reset.

starlit

Have you a product key sometimes if you don't that can determine if windows is installed successfully or not.