Hard Drive Error in Vista

I have a new Gateway Laptop which someone decided to try and put Linux
on. It would not run it so now they bring it to me to put Vista back on.
They did not of course create restore disk before wiping vista.

When tying to retstore from another restore set I get this error.

"Fail to get disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"

Can anyone tell me how to get vista to see the drive again so it will
load?

Thanks in advance.


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philo;1083608 Wrote:
> "jamesp412" <> wrote in
> message
> news:...
> >
> > I have a new Gateway Laptop which someone decided to try and put
> Linux
> > on. It would not run it so now they bring it to me to put Vista back
> on.
> > They did not of course create restore disk before wiping vista.
> >
> > When tying to retstore from another restore set I get this error.
> >
> > "Fail to get disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to get vista to see the drive again so it will
> > load?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
>
>
>
> First off, you cannot use a system restore image from another
> machine,,,
> the hardware would be different.
> the system would probably not bootup
> and even if it did, you'd not be able to activate it.
>
> Best to contact Gateway and you can probably get a restore DVD from
> them

I have new Vista media and I know how to get the drivers. i just need
to know how to fix the drive so the Vista media will see it. Which
currently it does not.

As far as activating all it takes is a call to MS.


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"jamesp412" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> philo;1083608 Wrote:
>> "jamesp412" <> wrote in
>> message
>> news:...
>> >
>> > I have a new Gateway Laptop which someone decided to try and put
>> Linux
>> > on. It would not run it so now they bring it to me to put Vista back
>> on.
>> > They did not of course create restore disk before wiping vista.
>> >
>> > When tying to retstore from another restore set I get this error.
>> >
>> > "Fail to get disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me how to get vista to see the drive again so it will
>> > load?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> First off, you cannot use a system restore image from another
>> machine,,,
>> the hardware would be different.
>> the system would probably not bootup
>> and even if it did, you'd not be able to activate it.
>>
>> Best to contact Gateway and you can probably get a restore DVD from
>> them
>
> I have new Vista media and I know how to get the drivers. i just need
> to know how to fix the drive so the Vista media will see it. Which
> currently it does not.
>
> As far as activating all it takes is a call to MS.
>
I would delete whatever partitions there are on it right now, create a new
MBR, and create new Vista partitions. Then you can install Vista normally.
I think you can do all this from Vista command line mode setup, but I don't
remember the syntax. DOS Fdisk would also do the trick. There is nothing
wrong with the disk; it just doesn't like Linux partition types.

Cheers,

Earle

In article <>,
jamesp412 <> wrote:
>
>I have new Vista media and I know how to get the drivers. i just need
>to know how to fix the drive so the Vista media will see it. Which
>currently it does not.
>

You need to remove the linux partition with fdisk. Boot a DOS
disk with fdisk on it, boot a linux cdrom and use that fdisk, or boot
any XP install disc and let it go all the way through formatting the
file system then stop it.

Are you saying that you are using a Vista DVD and it doesn't see the drive
when you get to the install section? You would need drivers in this case.
If you see the drive, use advanced and delete whatever you have on the
drive, create the new partition and format it (only quick format is
available).
Don't use any prior products to create and format the partition you plan to
install Vista on as none of them has the proper NTFS format.

"jamesp412" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> philo;1083608 Wrote:
>> "jamesp412" <> wrote in
>> message
>> news:...
>> >
>> > I have a new Gateway Laptop which someone decided to try and put
>> Linux
>> > on. It would not run it so now they bring it to me to put Vista back
>> on.
>> > They did not of course create restore disk before wiping vista.
>> >
>> > When tying to retstore from another restore set I get this error.
>> >
>> > "Fail to get disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me how to get vista to see the drive again so it will
>> > load?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> First off, you cannot use a system restore image from another
>> machine,,,
>> the hardware would be different.
>> the system would probably not bootup
>> and even if it did, you'd not be able to activate it.
>>
>> Best to contact Gateway and you can probably get a restore DVD from
>> them
>
> I have new Vista media and I know how to get the drivers. i just need
> to know how to fix the drive so the Vista media will see it. Which
> currently it does not.
>
> As far as activating all it takes is a call to MS.
>
>
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>

This might be useful as a place to start.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247804
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Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"jamesp412" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I have a new Gateway Laptop which someone decided to try and put Linux
> on. It would not run it so now they bring it to me to put Vista back on.
> They did not of course create restore disk before wiping vista.
>
> When tying to retstore from another restore set I get this error.
>
> "Fail to get disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get vista to see the drive again so it will
> load?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> jamesp412
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Tom Ferguson;1083720 Wrote:
> This might be useful as a place to start.
> 'How to Remove Linux and Install Windows on Your Computer'
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247804)
> --
>
> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
>
>
> "jamesp412" <> wrote in
> message
> news:...
> >
> > I have a new Gateway Laptop which someone decided to try and put
> Linux
> > on. It would not run it so now they bring it to me to put Vista back
> on.
> > They did not of course create restore disk before wiping vista.
> >
> > When tying to retstore from another restore set I get this error.
> >
> > "Fail to get disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to get vista to see the drive again so it will
> > load?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >

Thanks for All the input.

John and Tom "hit it on the head". For my situation I know that will,
these will work.

I will update when done.

Thanks.


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