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Tried to Restore to Factory Defaults, But Hardware Won't Allow It
Hello again SevenForums. A few weeks ago I came to you guys with what was apparently a BSOD issue concerning a laptop I own. Well, shortly after my last post in that thread (linked below) I handed the laptop to a friend who said he would be able to fix it in a snap.
He apparently tried to restore everything to factory defaults, which would've been okay with me, except that when it booted up again, it said something to the tune of the hardware being incompatible. Now, when it's booted up, it simply says that the installation cannot be completed, and to restart the process. Sadly, my friend had no idea how to do this, and neither do I.
Rebooting has caused no change, and while it is still possible to get to the boot menu, all of the options (safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, start windows normally) lead to the setup screen, where I'm presented with the prompt to restart the installation process.
( https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...-anything.html ) Here's the link to the prior thread. I don't know enough to say if it's at all relevant, but on the off-chance, there it is.