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Failed to Nobulate
Error message when trying to use system recovery from F8
Received a new factory imaged hard drive v with vista and media direct. However I can not access the recovery console by booting to F8
I can see the option to repair but when I try to enter it I get a error FAILED to Nobulate.
I can not get to the recovery option screen to restore.
Please help
Message Edited by victorian1 on 12-31-2007 09:44 PM
victorian1
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Posted December 29th, 2007 16:00
Need helpE1505 Vista 100 gb hard drive.Dell made me do a complete reinstall of media direct and vista. Now I can no longer access the windows recovery utility by using f8 (option is not there.) Only way to get to it is using the OEM disc. Once I did this it messed up the 'D' drive partition (which was that location of the recovery system)Moved it after 'C' drive which is the OS and left D with no empty.(Refer to Windows RE Note for correct location of the recovery partiton.)So becuase dell could not fix this and i want to access this vista feature without having to carry the oem dik with me dell sent me a new hard driveNew factory imaged hard drive :Disk Managment configuartion is47 mb Healthy EISA10 GB NSTF this was the recovery partition D Drive81.1 GB NTSF C; drive2.0 GB (Media DIrect)Installed new drive and it auto loaded , but when I checked to make sure all was working correctly I still find that I can not access the vista recovery console. This is when I get the Nobulate Failed error.I can see within windows that the D drive has the pc tools,. Dell factory image and image x. I just can't access them from boot menu.Computer less than 8 months old and I want it back the way it was factory shipped to me.I have been dealing with dell for three weeks and no luck thus far.
Message Edited by victorian1 on 12-31-2007 09:43 PM- You need to contact Dell again and let them know about the HD they sent you. Let them know that you get an error message when trying to access the F8 factory restore image. You could try booting from your Vista DVD and do a repair first.Roger1955------------------------XPS 410 Windows Vista Home Premium
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Thanks,I have contacted them and everytime I have to go through the whole problem and they can't seem to put me in contact with someone that can fix the issue. This is a new computer and I am at a loss.Laptop was acting funny (always had it's little glitches since birth) so I did the PC restore and got this "failed to nobulate" I ordered the CD for Vista (that did not come with the laptop). The warrantee ran out last July 08 so I'm stuck waiting for the disk. Any help on this? I see it's here a lot! This laptop does come with a recover partition D: that I have no clue to use.
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