Recent content by codypurdue

Hey im also having the same problem as the OP but I'm not getting a new laptop. The only way i can even post this is using an ubuntu live cd! I can't reinstall windows 7 because i only have an upgrade from vista to 7. I also have a S.M.A.R.T. failure on my harddisk but from what I've read that...

I'm having the same problem and when i try to do a restore(which is nearly impossible to get to) it says: "This request could not be performed due to an I/O device error (error: 0x8007045d). I've ran multiple memory diagnostics and gotten no errors. I also can't boot up windows 7 because the...