Hi all,

I have been struggling with my 64 bit Vista for several months. I even partitioned the HD and added boot loader for adding Xp Pro. There are still several conflicts not allowing many programs and funtions to not work properly in XP when loaded.

I want to restore my HD back to original factory specs however the pf11 function doesn't intiate the sequence and therefore bypasses this option on start up. When I try to load the xp install disc from command it states there are 5 critial errors on the HD and breaks the install to provent damage to HD. The system restore in the Os Menu does not have this option to revert back to "store bought status." (Is there a way to initiate this on the system restore partition?)

I am really stuck. I have tried everything here - I essentially want to format the HD and load XP Pro and get rid of vista until they solve some major compatibility issues.

Today my wireless adapter stopped working and there is an error when trying to print. It just never ends...........

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Canman93

If the hard drive is damaged, there's nothing system restore can do. Also You should have got a system restore disk allowing you to restore your system back to "store bought status." If you didn't get one, it "might" have been on a hidden partition on your hard drive. Since "you" partitioned your hard drive, you may have inadvently deleted the partiton containing the restore image. Therefore...

I would highly suggest you talk to the manufacture of the laptop/PC about your problem, and have them replace the hard drive, if that's the problem, or get some advice from them as to your best course of action to your problem.

Sorry, there's just too many variables to your issue, plus the fact that this is a store bought computer.

Thanks - I ran HDD Regenerator; all 26 hours of it, to determine if there was physical damage and there were none - no reported bad sectors whatsoever.

The partition for system restore (D Drive) is still there; I created another 50 gb partition for XP which is now deleted but still allocated so there is the main 700 gb with vista 64, 50 gb unallocated as it has been reformated and another partition for sys restore though you cannot access the folder through "my computer". The initial restore menu through boot up is inaccessible - the pf function doesn't access the menu for restore options.

I now cannot access either computer management or control panel both gone.

Everything is already backed up - I just need to find a way to format HDD

I live in Bermuda so there is no support for my pc here.

I built my last two pcs but the store price for this one was too good too pass up!!

Thanks again for the response.