Vista wont start after i enter password

Discussion in 'Software' started by Jenny66, Jul 8, 2009.

  1. Jenny66

    Jenny66 Private E-2

    :cry First to all the serious Geeks here..i'm sorry, yes, i should have left well enough alone but i didnt so here i am on my knees Doritos in hand begging for your help.. ok, here it is... Toshiba laptop(owned by a friend) installed with Vista Home PREMIUM-forgotten admin password-used Vista Home BASIC recovery disk from another laptop to 'return to out of box state' YAY! worked! BUT...no vga driver,no fingerprint scanner,etc etc. ah well, suffer in you jocks girl..it works,sorta except now its saying its not a genuine copy of windows..i tried the recovery disk again but now it wants the product key from the other laptop which i cant get hold of right now, (owned by me) Anyway now it wont even startup so i cant change the boot sequence to cd boot to use repair disks etc...can you help?? Please...:-o
     
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Call Toshiba, tell them you need a recovery disk for the laptop that is now unbootable. The windows serial should be on a tag on the bottom of the notebook. The recovery disk is not free but at least your friend will have the correct recovery CD with all the proper drivers for the laptop.

    I've also seen this site mentioned as a place to buy recovery CDs.
    http://www.digitalmedia-labs.com/
     

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