"Byakko" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> My laptop, running Windows Vista Basic has had its share of blue
> screens, until recently when they started becoming excessively frequent.
> A blue screen would occur every 30 minutes (approx).
>
> A few weeks ago (before the blue screens became prominent) I took it in
> for repairs. I took my laptop to the campus tech department, and they
> couldn't find anything wrong with several hardware checks.
>
> These past two weeks the blue screens were becoming more and more
> numerous until they were garunteed to happen roughly 30 minutes after
> startup.
>
> I ran a chkdsk utility, and it told me there were errors and that it
> couldn't continue. I attempted to use the "restore" feature to set it to
> the 11/25/2009 restore point.
> ..
> Vista effectively imploded. When my laptop booted up it gave me a black
> screen, followed by a window with "This copy of Windows Vista is
> invalid" (I bought my laptop three years ago; it was registered).
> Followed by a request for a product key.
>
> The problem is, I don't have that product key anymore. I also don't
> know if I'd be able to download Windows 7 in Vista's current crippled
> state.
>
> I think Microsoft was offering a $30 discount for Windows 7, as a
> student discount, so I'm going to try to hold off from using my laptop
> until winter break.
> Is there anything I can do to fix this myself without having to pay for
> repairs?
>
Your hard drive is fried and your product key should be on a sticker on the
bottom of the laptop.
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If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
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