Comments on: 0×8004240f Windows Vista Error: Complete Solution

By: Atabek

Atabek — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:30:04 +0000

The dell comps usually come with 3 partitions. Delete one of them i.e dell media direct before installing win vista in your desired partition. then make as big partitions aa you like. Gl all

By: Makem Hate

Makem Hate — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:33:20 +0000

thank you main literally 5 min and it was installing the os with no error…..i wish all posts were this helpful.

By: Paulo

Paulo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:40 +0000

Geez!

thank you so much for this hints…I had the same problem and now it’ finally solved!
i was scared i would lose my laptop… xD

i did the same thing until the part where you delete the 10GB partition…then i restarted my computer and windows opened! =DDDDDD

I’m so happy!!!
thank you very much!! =D

By: Matjaz

Matjaz — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:54:06 +0000

I like to give you a solution how to access your data on a hard disk, after having problems to start OS. The easiest way is to download Hiren´s boot CD, which has some very useful tools. It might help.
I had the same problem on my Dell laptop as mentioned in the forum.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:18:41 +0000

i have the same problem but after i partitioned my disk (during installation) i hit the “next” button and got the massage “windows is unable to find volume that meets its criteria for installation”.

please help .

mike

By: Atul J G

Atul J G — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:18:58 +0000

I made the same mistake dude. That too on my friends computer. He’s pi**ed off with me now. Hope this solution works for me. You rock!

By: Pavan Kumar

Pavan Kumar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:04:28 +0000

@ Norman,

Thanks a lot for heads up. I hope someone will find it helpful and that’s why, I have made your comment bold . The problem with both of us is, we simply eat up the entire disk which is a problem for users who have used the system for a long time and stored important data on it.

By: Norman

Norman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:45:38 +0000

SIMPLEST SOLUTION !!!

I appreciate the original author for his work but I’m found what I believe is the simplest
solution. If anyone has this issue and they have a Windows XP installation CD lying around
use it to delete and recreate the partition.

Here’s what I did.

A: Start a Fresh Installation using Windows XP CD
B: Delete existing factory partitions.
C: Recreate the partition(s) of whatever size you desire – no limitations.
D: Take out the Windows XP CD
E: Start the Vista / Windows 7 installation with thier respective CD.

That’s it. Worked fine for me. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501

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By: Pavan Kumar

Pavan Kumar — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:49:40 +0000

@ SaintX

Here I have shared the solution which I found while fixing my laptop problem. I think you should discuss such critical issues in forums where most of the people are doing exactly related stuffs. As in your case data is important and also the expert advice. You may reference them to this article to give in depth explanation.

Here are few recommendations:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/