Booting Problem related to Windows not genuine error

Let me see if this helps:

A couple of weeks ago I turned on the laptop and it showed that dreadful crash blue screen so I restarted and it started loading the desktop but instead of showing the desktop it showed a black screen that in the corner it said Vista Error: Build 6000 This copy of windows is not genuine. I could still enter in safe mode but after that I did the thing that prodigy suggested and when I rebooted here's what it says up to now:
Can not boot up windows. It is possible that this was caused by a change of hardware or software recently. To fix this problem:
1: insert the installation disk and reboot the system
2: choose the language settings and then click "next"
3: click on "repair the system"

If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for help.

Status: 0xc0000001
Information: Unexpected error.

If I press enter it takes me to another screen: there I can only click my windows type: windows vista and press enter and it takes me too the screen where I can choose to go in safe mode but if I do it starts the loop again with the error and everything. I don't know what to do at this point.

GreenDay987 said:

Let me see if this helps:

A couple of weeks ago I turned on the laptop and it showed that dreadful crash blue screen so I restarted and it started loading the desktop but instead of showing the desktop it showed a black screen that in the corner it said Vista Error: Build 6000 This copy of windows is not genuine. I could still enter in safe mode but after that I did the thing that prodigy suggested and when I rebooted here's what it says up to now:
Can not boot up windows. It is possible that this was caused by a change of hardware or software recently. To fix this problem:
1: insert the installation disk and reboot the system
2: choose the language settings and then click "next"
3: click on "repair the system"

If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for help.

Status: 0xc0000001
Information: Unexpected error.

If I press enter it takes me to another screen: there I can only click my windows type: windows vista and press enter and it takes me too the screen where I can choose to go in safe mode but if I do it starts the loop again with the error and everything. I don't know what to do at this point.

Oh and i have a question.... my uncle has a Windows 7 installation CD, if i put it in when i get his error, will i be able to fix it like that by just installing 7?

prodigy8901 said:

it means a lot that you replied to my post, i was hoping it helped someone! Glad i could help, and good job finding the rest of the solution. have fun with windows 7!

Helped me too! Many many THANKS for posting the solution, Prodigy!!!

prodigy8901 said:

Hey guys,

New to this forum, only joined to tell you guys a possible solution. I've been trying to tackle this problem for about 2 hours and I was very happy when i successfully changed drive letters to fix the "not genuine" problem. Follow these steps:

1. Boot windows in safe mode
2. After loading, there should be a blank screen with no desktop, press ctrl+alt+del
3. Click Start Task Manager
4. Click File then Run
5. type regedit.exe then press enter
6. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
7. Try to remember your old working drive letter, mine was drive D, and windows changed its drive letter to C. So i swapped the D and C paths in the registry; now windows knows to access the correct drive to boot.
8. To swap drives, find the drive letter you want changed, it should look something like "\DosDevices\C:" where "C" is the drive letter you need swapped.
9. Right click on the key and rename it to a drive letter that is not in use, for example, I renamed mine to "\DosDevices\Z:" This will free up the letter that you need swapped.
10. Right click on the other key and rename it to the first key's letter, for example, if i wanted the D drive swapped with C, I would now rename "\DosDevices\D:" to "\DosDevices\C:".
11. Now rename "\DosDevices\Z:" (Which was previously "\DosDevices\C:") to "\DosDevices\D:"
12. The drive letters are now successfully swapped, close regedit and reboot, tell me if it worked!!

Hopefully my directions are clear enough for you guys, I understand the frustration!

Thanks so much you saved me hours of greef