Restore the vista and if that fails you have a warranty issue to tackle.
I doubt it's the BIOS.
Bob
Hi guys,
Well it happened, i was foolish enough to buy a laptop from PC world with the dreaded vista pre-installed.
I promptly went out and bought XP home, wiped the laptop from all signs of vista, and all installed ok.
A few days later after multiple hours of trouble free computing, i get a BsoD, followed quickly by constant rebooting. When it trys to load windows it says the system folder is corrupt.
So, i try a repair. But this time when i try to install XP it hangs on the 'setup is loading windows' screen, then reboots and starts all over again.
So, i go to PC world and they inform me that the BIOS in my new laptop has to be downgraded to accept the XP installation. Now, i can do this task, but i cant find the right BIOS files for the job.
My BIOS version is Phoenix 1.11, but those muppets at PC world couldnt tell me which BIOS i need to allow the XP install. And i'm not paying them

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