First off, my laptop was running so slowly it froze every 10 minutes, and I could do anything, even connect to the internet. I think the problem was me changin some automatic applications to disabled, and shutting off a few start up programs. So i take off the battery (the power button and sleepbutton did nothing) and put it back on and start the computer. It wouldnt start at all, something about an error that it couldnt find windows. So i was like, fine, clean reinstall, no big deal. Now I Cannot install Vista Business (which is what it initially had on it) or Vista Home (from my home PC) because it says it could not assign a drive letter to a partition on disk0. The specified partition does not exist on the target disk. The error occured while preparing the partition selected for installation. Error code: 0x80300002.

Any help on how to reinstall or just fix my laptop?

Sounds to me like you need to just wipe the drive. When you try to install windows, do you get to the formating part of it before the error?

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Intel E4500 Dual Core ~2.2ghz
Radeon 2400PRO ~525Mhz w/ 512mb
Triboot Xp, Vista, and Ubuntu WD 250g

Have you checked that your hard drive is correctly connected?

JAM

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Since the original post, I have formatted the drive. It is connected properly, but i still have a problem. It wont let me install on the wiped drive because it says windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its installation criteria.

UPDATE: The drive is okay to install on, but it says it cannot partition it, error code 0x80010105. Any help with this one?

UPDATE2: The new error code is 0x80042453. Im not sure why it gave me th first error code to begin with...

hmmm...Are you doing the quick format option or a full format? You can also try using a different format software. If you go to a computer shop they usually will format for free.

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Intel E4500 Dual Core ~2.2ghz
Radeon 2400PRO ~525Mhz w/ 512mb
Triboot Xp, Vista, and Ubuntu WD 250g

Ok heres what its doing now. It cannot find the hard drive at all. Neither can my BIOS. Is my HD destroyed? I didnt even do anything and have only had the laptop for like 7 months.

Did the laptop come shipped with Vista? Your drive might be in "Native SATA Mode", which is sometimes adjustable in the BIOS - it needs to be off.
What make and model is the laptop? If you have only had it for 7 months you should be able to get it repaired under warranty if the hardware is failing.

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