Well it looks like I'll be resting well tonight without Vista causing restless nights. After a brief reinstallation using the original Dell Operating System Disk and Driver Installation Disk, the troubled Dell XPS 420 is alive once again. Now the only thing left to do is let Vista download it's updates and patches. And restore the backups from their My Documents folders (pictures and office documents). Otherwise, it is ready to go home, and I am ready to look forward to a videogame filled Saturday.
So quick wrd of advice, always backup your computer regardless what the OS is. And if you are faced with the dreaded Vista bootloop and don't have backups; I suggest:
1- Use another computer to download and burn a Live Linux CD (try Ubuntu).
2- Boot the Live Linux Cd and attach an extrrnal hard drive, flash drive, etc.
3- Mount the computer's C: drive and backup all known user made file (pictures, music, video, etc.).
4- Proceed with a reload of the operating system (if you have tried everything else).
In attempt to avoid using the factory restore disks (mostly due to not having them available), I have essentially wasted several evenings worth of work this week for what could have been an hour and a half reinstall. Just saying!
So quick wrd of advice, always backup your computer regardless what the OS is. And if you are faced with the dreaded Vista bootloop and don't have backups; I suggest:
1- Use another computer to download and burn a Live Linux CD (try Ubuntu).
2- Boot the Live Linux Cd and attach an extrrnal hard drive, flash drive, etc.
3- Mount the computer's C: drive and backup all known user made file (pictures, music, video, etc.).
4- Proceed with a reload of the operating system (if you have tried everything else).
In attempt to avoid using the factory restore disks (mostly due to not having them available), I have essentially wasted several evenings worth of work this week for what could have been an hour and a half reinstall. Just saying!
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