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can't boot windows vista home basic
Jim Fisher spama...@bellsouth.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "msnews.microsoft.com" <jjy@adelphia_darwin.com> wrote in message > 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 I'm unable start my operating

Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,
This 8 meg of unallocated space is quickly filled and the installer places the remainder of the code on the disk chosen by the user for the Vista install. The Vista install completes and the user removes the DVD. Upon startup, the user finds that Vista will not boot. Vista is looking for the boot code on the drive

Unable to boot from Vista DVD to repair installation
It sounds like you are hitting the common problem of trying to install Vista onto a hard drive without the proper drivers. Many programs - including Vista Setup - can USE a hard drive, but cannot BOOT FROM that hard drive without installing drivers. When we boot from the Vista DVD and run Setup, we don't need the

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is miss
I am still confused as to whether you can boot to Windows or not. At any rate, Dell is the only OEM I know of that has resisted MSFT's bullying greedy pressure and ships an actual Vista DVD when they and MSFT profit greatly by selling you a computer. MSFT's sales for Vista are far and away dominated by OEM

Dual Boot XP Pro and Vista
In the end I want to be able to boot straight into Vista, re-format the old XP drive and use it as a second storage drive. Any help appreciated Martyn Unplug the XP drive and then try! If the PC won't boot, you may find that you can recover the Vista installation using the Vista DVD. (Using Booitng I have two

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
Install Vista using EITHER 3A or 3B: 3A: Boot from the Vista DVD and run Setup. 3B: Boot into WinXP, then insert the Vista DVD and run Setup from inside WinXP. Vista Setup has different rules: When we boot from the Vista DVD to run Setup (3A, above), Vista's Boot Volume is assigned Drive C:, even if it is the

Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install?
Paul "Trond Ruud" wrote: 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 but that only ends with the Safe Mode

Dual boot installation/activation
It has been tested for XP Pro 64 bit and Vista Ultimate 64 bit. It has not been tested with update-only media (CD or DVD) or with other OS versions. I have not detected any reason why it will not work with Vista and other older Windows OS. The Vista boot method has changed. A new boot loader has been introduced.

Replace boot HD and Restore comp with Retail Ultimate
Neerav Kothari x...@pqr.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup hello. i just burnt a dvd of windows vista. the contents of the original vista dvd were stored in a folder and i burnt all those contents directly to the dvd, it has the boot folder. now in xp when i insert the dvd the vista installition

Boot Requires Vista DVD
MikeTB Mik...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general I recently did a fresh install of Vista Ultimate. When I boot the PC, it gives me a "non system disk" message when the Vista dvd is not in the drive. Once I put the dvd in, the pc will continue to boot properly.

Vista on same PC different drive dual boot
Copy files from Vista DVD to hard drive and reattempt upgrade (failed) 4. Boot from Vista DVD and attempt repair operation (aborted, after I got stuck on "searching for problems" screen for over an hour with no CPU activity. Answers to Potential Questions: 1. Although I get my dual boot OS selection screen prior to

boot stuck on black screen with cursor pointer/Try 10 Repair O
Win2K and WinXP probably will agree that C: is the System Partition and, in your computer, it also is the Boot Volume for Win2K. Vista made some changes in how it assigns drive letters, depending on HOW you install it. If you boot into WinXP or Win2K, then insert the Vista DVD and run Vista Setup from there,

How to make system boot drive (removing dualboot setup)
Mick Murphy MickMur...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup To boot it from the DVD you have to change the Boot Menu in BIOS to make the CD/DVD drive 1st in the Boot Order, save the changes, and reboot then with the disk in the drive.. Then do a Startup Repair That involves

dual boot xp and vista...with vista recovery dvd
My 1.5 yrs old Dell Dimension 9100 with two SATA disks: Disk 00 has one primary partition and an ext partition Disk 01 has an ext partition only I have installed Vista RTM several times without the 8 MB issue when using the Vista DVD boot method to install Vista. I have installed the various versions of Vista on 56

delete xp in dual boot
Also I cannot remember in the first time when I installed Vista not sure I use Win98 startup disk to boot into DOS then run setup.exe from the Vista DVD. Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install Vista. I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD into the drive

How do I clear the dual boot screen on a system that is no ...
Boot Vista DVD. Pick I: Vista error "drive does not meet requirements". Google. Some posts say Vista requires an active partition. Boot from Acronis boot Download all the vista drivers I can find from support.dell.co.uk. Boot Vista DVD, install SATA drivers, setup does not recognize my vista drivers, continue.

Vista will not boot - work around
John John audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca microsoft public windowsxp general Boot to your Windows XP installation. Insert your Vista DVD in the DVD drive. At a Command Prompt issue the following command: D:\boot\bootsect /nt52 c: Where D: is the drive letter for the DVD drive. The same can be done without the Vista DVD by

chkdsk error
Richard Urban richardurbanREMOVET...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general If he were booting from the Vista DVD he would not see the safe mode menu. Therefore, he is NOT booting from the DVD. The comment from PaulB prevails. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email,

VIsta DVD Boot stops just before language selection screen
SO now I want to remove the xp drive all together from the machine. when I power on, and the machine only reports 1 drive and it is the default drive to boot from, so all ok. but when it goes to boot, it reports disk read error. I did a boot from the vista dvd and tried a repair but the repair program found no

CD/DVD drive - Can ONLY boot to Vista
Rich R...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I have to install a driver first from a bootable floppy?