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Vista DVD boot stuck at loading bar
Google for Complete PC Backup Windows Vista for this and other links. http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Using_Vista_s_Complete_PC_Backup_utility/ 0,139023769,339272295,00.htm Thanks Rock, This is the info I needed. I will try a system boot from the Vista DVD to confirm tomorrow. I guess the boot from

HELP! cannot boot from vista dvd!!!
The correct strategy is to boot from the WinXP CD, as Jawade said, and let it reformat the hard drive and create a partition to install WinXP. Then boot from the Vista DVD-ROM and let it create the dual-boot system as it installs Vista into a different partition. The Golden Rule of dual-booting is to always install

Windows Vista Will NOT Boot: BSOD; PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
If you simply add your new HD after your existing HD, leaving the old HD as the boot device, you can boot into WinXP and use Disk Management to partition and format the second HD. Then insert the Vista DVD and run Setup from there. It will ask where you want to install Vista. Tell it Drive V:, or whatever letter

Unable to boot from Vista DVD to repair installation
The rest of Vista is on my C: drive. I pointed the BIOS at the D: drive as the boot disk and I can now boot without keeping the Vista DVD in the drive. Not perfect, but it works until I can figure how move the bootmgr to C:. I'm really trying to avoid reinstalling all of my software again.

Vista will not boot - seems dead
AJR ajr...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Use Vista's Start-up Repair utility. 1. Boot from Vista DVD 2. Loads files - select English. 3. Select repair option 4. Will search for Vista installation 5. Follow through on prompts 6. May have to do repair function more than once.

Creating dual boot XP
I mean, did you use WinXP or some other tool to partition and format it before you booted from the Vista DVD? Or did you let Vista Setup create and format the partition into which it then installed Vista? and then copied xp from another disc which i disconnected from the computer., thus giving me a dual boot.

still unable to boot from vista dvd
This usually means that you enter bios setup by whatever key or keys (sometimes there is more than one key that will do it for your model--go to pc manufacturer site) and configure CD to be first in the boot order (this will allow you to boot from the Vista DVD as well): See for ref: Access/Enter Motherboard BIOS

Dual boot installation/activation
You would need to boot from some other source to reformat it. If you were to succeed, the reformat would wipe out the startup files for both WinXP and Vista! Then you would need to restore Vista's boot sector, \Boot folder and BCD (Boot Configuration Data), probably by booting from the Vista DVD again and running

Format C:\ Hard Drive
Pete pitsofea...@msn.com microsoft public windows vista general I am not running the Vista DVD from inside of Vista (can't boot Vista!) but from XP. "The poster formerly known as Nina Di Boy" <n...@none.not> wrote in message news:f7leeb$9cb$5@aioe.org... Pete wrote: When I run the install DVD I can only "Check

Changing Dual Boot Priority
Secondly can you show me a study that proves people who use Microsoft products are poorly educated? So far all you have proved is that some poorly educated people use Apple products. Guffaw!! Age means maturity... Vista is just a newborn babe that has to go thru a teething stage and get all the bugs worked out.

Boot from DVD drive
The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy n...@none.not microsoft public windows vista general Pete wrote: I am not running the Vista DVD from inside of Vista (can't boot Vista!) but from XP. Sorry Pete, my mistake. Regardless though, it should work if you boot from the Vista DVD. "The poster formerly known as Nina

Vista dual boot
Rich R...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup The beta version of Vista installed the right SATA driver, but I was installing from an 'IDE' DVD-RW then. The concern is will the SATA DVD-RW drive function before installing the SATA driver from the Vista DVD.

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
Vista is just a newborn babe that has to go thru a teething stage and get all the bugs worked out. I don't disagree with you here, but the question was about legacy code not maturity. Vista will most likely get better as it matures. The reference I was refuting was that OS X was somehow better than Windows because

Vista boot error
Hi Paul, Use these instructions and boot to the Vista DVD and choose Startup Repair rather than System Restore. This should activate the Vista Boot loader. Running System Restore from System Recovery Options: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/recovery.html Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org

Vista boot Stuck on a black screen with a mouse cursor
I purchased and downloaded Vista Home Premium from Microsoft's web site. I chose to use my browsers download. The download came in 3 parts. Boot.wim Install.wim and an exacutable. I burned the 3 files to a DVD-RW but the computer won't boot to it. I ran the executable from my c: drive to install Vista but what if

CD/DVD drive - Can ONLY boot to Vista
Check to make sure that your DVD drive is the 1st boot device. Hope that helps! Jeff "Rich" <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:915EC290-DFC0-40B5-9F8D-2DF58F85A398@microsoft.com... Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I have to install a driver first from a

Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install?
Assuming that the Vista DVD is in the DVD drive named G: you would run the following command at a Command Prompt within XP to restore your normal XP boot screen: G:\BOOT\BOOTSECT /nt52 ALL This should bring you back to pre-Vista mode. I have tried this on my own dual boot Vista & XP installation and it worked.

HELP! cannot boot from vista dvd!!!
If you're getting this error even when trying to boot from the Vista DVD, I suspect the Hard Drive is first in line in the boot sequence and needs to be changed to the DVD drive. This can only be changed in the system BIOS. When the system boots, the first screen usually contains a message to hit a specific key if

Image Windows XP using WDS
MikeTB Mik...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I have it fixed, sort of. The bootmgr is on my D: drive. The rest of Vista is on my C: drive. I pointed the BIOS at the D: drive as the boot disk and I can now boot without keeping the Vista DVD

Undo dual boot?
Trond Ruud tror...@start.no microsoft public windows vista general After trying to install my MSOffice 2000 on my new Vista 64-bits machine, I was rewarded with aa blue screen crash, and both Safe Mode booting and Last Good config booting just end in new blue screen crashes, so I've tried to boot from the Vista DVD