Vista would not boot after reinstallation

Friends,

My friend recently bought a Dell Inspirion 1545 recently.However, due to a lot of virus infestation, he wanted to reinstall Vista OS on it.Since he did not know how to do it,he gave it to me.I installed the CD in the drive and clicked on clean installation.Now, it does not boot.I tried all I could, it still would not.

It says Status 0Xc000000f

On one of the error scans, it says error code 4400:011A

It cannot boot, does not repair.I tried to rebuild the boot in the command prompt, it still does not boot.

I gratefully appreciate any help.Thank you in advance.

Best-
Locksley.

 

Go here and start reading from step 3
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?docid=336966
You should be using the restore CD supplied with the Dell because there is probably a hidden partition on the hd with the drivers/programs/information about the Inspiron 1545.

 

Hi, thank you for trying to help.I tried the link, it does not work.I tried it says "Boot manager" missing or corrupt.I tried rebuilding it with command prompt,still it does not work.Does not recognise installation.

Beats me.Appreciate any help.Thank you.

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Locksley

 

Link worked here. Could try installing again, or contact Dell and let them know what you situation is, may be a faulty installation disk. Decent install guide here:
http://www.tweakhound.com/vista/installguide.htm

 

Here's is what the page shows for using the Dell restore CD