or else you will DIE Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) hi so while i wait for my macbook to be repaired, i decided i could try and fix my old Advent 7108 laptop in the mean time. i just want to start it from scratch. reformat the whole thing. it doesnt work anyways, let me tell you what happens: 1. turn it on, takes about a minute to get to the WINDOWS XP screen 2. after the XP screen, i get a blue screen. "Please wait while Windows prepares to start.....". this goes on for about 1 minute. 3. black screen with cursor, and a popup appears. it says the application (lsass.exe) failed to initialize properly. click ok to terminate this application. 4. i click ok, black screen. nothing happens. the end before all of this, i tried doing a system recovery with the recovery files disk, but some other application ended up missing so that failed. i'm currently re-downloading a windows XP SP3 ISO, and just want to know what i do. how do i completly wipe this bitch clean and start again. can i even do so? it's no biggie if i cant do anything about it, it would just be handy i guess to have a spare (windows) laptop if ever i need one. thank you Edited January 9, 2010 by or else you will DIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Write XP to a CD/DVD. When your laptop is starting up press F11 (or it might b something else - it'l say on the bootup screen) and change it to boot from te DVD drive. Install it. Make sure you do fresh install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
or else you will DIE Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) wow...that was a thousand times easier than i expected it to be. i've had a busted computer sitting around for 3 years when it was *that* simple to fix it? anyway thanks a bunch man alright now onto step 2... getting the internet to work i tried connecting using ethernet, but i still couldnt get on the internet. under Device Manager, there is "Ethernet Controller" with a yellow question mark and it tells me the drivers for the device aren't installed. im guessing this is the problem? what drivers do i need to get, and where do i find them? i did a google but only found people linking to http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads but i don't know what i need to download? there is also this: http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx?ID={e138e30e-92a4-4215-8165-2d176ee989da}&CatID={27aeb102-61a7-48e3-bc5d-5160ea1858e0} but it doesnt seem to have the ethernet driver oh and here are the specs for the computer if needed: http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7108.htm Edited January 10, 2010 by or else you will DIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 there is also this: http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx?ID={e138e30e-92a4-4215-8165-2d176ee989da}&CatID={27aeb102-61a7-48e3-bc5d-5160ea1858e0} but it doesnt seem to have the ethernet driver It does, the ethernet is "Realtek 8139 / 810x (onboard) " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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