Canowyrms Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 here is his problem from his words:"i shut my laptop off for a few hours and i booted it back up and it says that its missing the file "vgaoem.fon", so i copied the file fron the win xp home cd like it says to do from the microsoft website, i rebooted it and its sayin the same thing"Hes running XP Home on a SATA drive in his laptop.He has checked to make sure the file is still in the drive and it is.Any help guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realest101 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 yeah i think he needs to wipe the drive and reformat.....I had a similar problebm with my windows where it was saying it was missing parts of the boot.ini file.......i tried that and the same thing happened so i reformatted and now it doesnt come up anymore.....have him try doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canowyrms Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 he says he cant reformat cause its a sata drive or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 ((I thought only Full formats screwed up a sata drive... not quick ones)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iliya Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 I have problems with my windows some times to so im just formating the comp and installing the windows again. Every half a year im formating my comp and thats realy enoying and thats why my next notebook will be Mac (I hate windows and some times i use Linux). My edvise to every one is if you have enought money buy only Mac :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlackSails Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 he says he cant reformat cause its a sata drive or something((I thought only Full formats screwed up a sata drive... not quick ones))I've never seen an SATA get screwed up by a format, and I've never seen anyone not be able to reformat an SATA properly.There shouldn't be a reason why he can't reformat, and he could always slave his hard drive off of yours or someone else's computer to get any information he wants to save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted April 27, 2006 Administrator Share Posted April 27, 2006 You can format SATA drives with no problems, your freind should know the facts before making comments.You MAY need to obtain the drivers for the drive if you are wishing to reinstall the operating system. A repair installation may be the best option in this case. When it asks you to load "raid/ scsi drivers", do that, then locate the SATA drivers you obtained earlier and continue as per usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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