Windows Vista Installation

Clarifications

or call who you bought the laptop from. You made a mistake when you closed the lid. You will need waranty work.

Do you get anything on the screen? I am assuming that it just stops at a certain point? If so, it sounds like you corrupted the install. Normally when you close the lid on a laptop it goes into a sleep mode, but during the install it must have either shutdown or got hung up somehow. If you have recovery dvd's use them to reinstall the os from scratch. Else, contact the mfr of the laptop for assistance. They should be able to walk you through their specific recovery steps.

If it is not doing anything please post back.

This means that you need to give the required information when you first start the system like your Name The Product Key and whatever else is asked for before you can get into Windows.

If you failed to correctly finish this process it's possible that Windows Security has come into Play and is insisting that you have a Pirate Copy of Windows Installed and has shut it down.

The solution here is to either Rebuild the System from scratch by using the Reinstall Option provided or ring the Makers Technical Support in your area for a solution that involved reinstalling the OS & everything else from scratch.

Because I don't support Vista in any way Shape or Form I'm not exactly sure what is involved here but at a guess I think it involves totally removing the Existing OS and reinstalling to a Blank HDD.

Vista is fairly aggressive in protecting M$ Copyright and needs to be treated gently.

Col