plz help I cant solve this...?

Question

so i am fixing my friends Sony Vaio vpcee32fx laptop.
he accidentally wiped the HDD (smart right?)
it has been nothing but a nightmare i have tried installing windows 7 ult., and windows xp, and linux mint
with windows ult. it says can not boot from cd error: code 5
widows XP says no HDD found or a blue screen error ( bios finds the hdd btw)
linux mint 14 worked.... but he doesn't want mint....

i have tried my own hdd with windows on it, it wont boot it starts loading for 2 seconds then crashes
i looked on sonys website with no luck for any resolution
i will update the question if you need more info

i am out of ideas... any help plz...

Answer 1

Here is the thing about Hard Drives carrying Windows as the OS. When you take that Hard Drive out of the computer and put it into another computer, the OS commits suicide in a sense and becomes unusable. You can still use it. But only after you wipe it. Also, always wipe a hard drive before you change operating systems. Here is a problem I have noticed with installing linux on a hard drive. After you decide you don't want Linux anymore and you want to go back to Windows, it always sends up an error code. This is because Linux leaves traces of files on the hard drive which conflict with the Windows Setup Files. The only way to combat this is to wipe the hard drive completely again.



http://www.disk-wiper.com/

You can find it for free of course if you look around but I am not about to post any links because that constitutes fraud on YA.



So, wipe the hard drive again and then try installing Windows XP



"Bios finds the HDD". So obviously it isn't a hard drive failure. It sounds as if the program you were previously using did not wipe the hard drive effectively or something.



I have experienced what you are talking about before with my Dell D610. I installed Ubuntu on it but didn't like it because it didn't recognize the WLAN card so I ended up trying to put WIndows XP back on it. It wouldn't do it though. I kept getting this error message when it came time for Setup. So I though about it a little while and I decided to wipe the hard drive in order to get rid of the traces of Ubuntu that were left on there. It ended up working correctly.



Another very important thing to account for. When installing Windows XP on any machine that is mean't for Vista or 7 always remember to go into BIOS and switch the RAID settings. I don't know what the options are. But play around with it a little [best way to learn



let me check my Acer for options...i'll be back



Ok. My Acer is a Vista machine that is running XP. In order for this to be possible I had to switch the "SATA Mode": from "IDE AHCI" to "IDE native"



Here is how I get to there: PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility>Main>SATA Mode>IDE native or IDE AHCI. I chose IDE native. After which it the computer let me install Windows XP with no problem.



If it is possible to load sony drivers before the OS installation then try that. If your Sony Vaio laptop is new than there is a good chance that there may not be SATA settings.



http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/281815-32-vaio-ahci-mode-option-bios



Based on what I am reading it sounds as if changes to SATA setting are done automatically.



Read through it though.

Answer 2

Subtract 12 from all sides x^2-x-12=zero now you must to find the roots you need to in finding two numbers that multiply to make a -12 and add to make a -1 go by way of the causes of 12 the correct answers are -four and 3 so you will have (x-four)(x+3) the sort of has to equal zero x-four=0, x=4 x+three=0, x=-3 the solutions are -three,4

Answer 3

You could try something like virtual box. i,m not sure which virtual OS work on Linux, but that way u get windows on, and then you can get rid of Linux. Have u tried booting from USB key? there are ways around it.

Is your windows disk OK?