Hello,
I am confused about the title of this thread. Your computer can't find any of the HDDs or bootable devices? how is this a Vista Activation issue when the OS isn't even running? (And, on a side note, how will the OS Recovery disk do any good if the computer, itself, can not see any devices to boot from)?
As for a Class Action Suit...Please contact Microsoft Legal, not Microsoft Support. That is not the type of issue I deal in. In fact, Since you made no mention of a suit in any of your posts, I can only assume it was meant to be provocative and I am removing it from the title.
I apologize for sounding confrontational, but if you look at any of my posts, you would know that I am the first one to admit that Vista has some problems. But I take exception to fact that whenever Anything bad happens with a computer (regardless of how unrelated to the OS, the issue may be)...It has to be the OS's fault. And while I can't speak to the Activation issues, that you describe, without seeing a Diagnostic Report, the fact that your current issue is apparently Hardware Based (and the fact that Windows (XP and Vista) will require re-activation when hardware is changed) it is not out of the question that the hardware issues, that lead up to your current situation, may have caused the Activation issues, as well.
Since your current issue is happening while the OS is not even running, there is nothing that I can do to help and, as such, I will be closing this thread as Aswered. But, going forward, If your current issue turns out not to be Hardware Based and the OS Recovery disk does, in fact, get your computer up and running and if you are still having an Activation or Validation related issue, please create a new thread, follow Carey's instuctions to generate a Diagnostic Report and post the report into the new Thread along with a detailed description of the Activation or Validation issue.
Thank you,
Darin Smith
WGA Forum Manager
