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Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
DanR d...@sorrynospamme.org microsoft public windows vista general I am trying to remove Vista from a new Dell. The only media that I can boot to in the CD/DVD drive is Vista. XP, Win2K, BartPE all give me STOP blue screen. I have used the Vista DVD to format the Vista partition. So no OS at this point.

How do I clear the dual boot screen on a system that is no ...
If you did complete setup and this is a no boot Vista problem--info on handling that is below: If you have a Vista DVD try Startup Repair. If that doesn't work, try Safe Mode>System Restore from the Recovery Environment, and you always have the F8 advanced options and a repair install (with the DVD) as well.

Problems with a messed up dual boot
Hi, I just received my Vista Business DVD (thanks, Power Together!) and installed Vista on a freshly formatted NTFS partition on my 36GB WD Raptor SATA drive. The install has gone well. However, I cannot boot my computer without the original (won't recognize a backup I made) DVD in the drive on bootup.

Dual Boot on Vista Laptop Revised
Funny thing is Norton Ghost 12 won't boot either. It stops booting exactly at the same point as the Vista DVD. Isn't there a way to format via Save Mode with Can someone of you guys tell me how to format my C:\ drive without booting the Vista installation DVD? I can't boot my Vista DVD because of a software

Vista DVD boot stuck at loading bar
Richard G. Harper rghar...@email.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup It depends on whether or not Vista has a driver for your SATA controller. If it does, it will; 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?

Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install?
msnews.microsoft.com jjy@adelphia_darwin.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi. 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

New Build
How do I know my Vista DVD is or is not bootable? All Vista DVDs are bootable. If you can't boot from yours, either the boot order is not set correctly, 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.

Two problems resulting from failed dual boot install
Repairing with the Vista DVD does not help, I can only run a command line from the Vista DVD repair menu and access the filesystem, but I don't know what to do Thanks, Petr "DannyE" wrote: I upgraded to Vista from XP and everything worked for one month. My kid resetted the PC and since then Vista does not boot.

Multiboot Troubleshooting tips
Since t responses to the windows 98 disc and not to the vista disc, that tells me something is wrong with the vista disc i assume, right? Probably, unless you're attempting to boot a Vista DVD from a CD-Rom drive, or your Vista DVD is a particularly non-standard recovery disc from an OEM. -- Jon.

CD/DVD drive - Can ONLY boot to Vista
My system on the other hand boots fine and is working well except for the System Restore and CD/DVD boot. Here are some specs; Acer Aspire 9525WSMi, 2x160 GB SATA, 2 GB Ram, NVIDiA 512 MB video card. Raid is not enabled. The only real problem is that the Vista installation DVD boots only half way through and same

Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install?
If I understand you correctly though, I need a separate 10GB or so partitioned as the install partition from which Vista will install the operating system on another partition. Is that what you are saying. No. You can start with a virgin hard disk, boot from the Vista DVD-ROM, and let Vista Setup handle everything,

dual boot xp and vista...with vista recovery dvd
Yes, but I have already installed Vista. I installed it, by booting from the Vista DVD, selecting the new hard drive, formatted it from there, and installed Vista onto it. I do not get a boot menu, now that Vista is up and running showing " Older Version of Windows", and " Microsoft Vista" to choose from.

Boot Requires Vista DVD
Chad Harris vistaneedsmuchowork.net microsoft public windows vista general Barrie-- John's not having a bad day. This could simply be clearer. I'm not sure what you're using the Vista DVD to do, assuming that you have a Vista DVD. If you can boot to Windows, why are you trying to "boot from the Vista DVD"?

still unable to boot from vista dvd
"Dizzledorf" wrote: Finally, I disconnected everything save for my primary SATA Raptor drive, ran the Windows repair on that... and now I can finally slip that Vista DVD back in its sleeve. Thanks for the pointers, guys. Moral of the story: only boot & install Vista with your primary drive/partition installed.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Matt M...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "philo" wrote: Try replacing your DVD drive I have 2 different dvd drives in my computer. both are capable to read and write just fine. its also possible to boot from both of those drives. just not from the original vista dvd

Vista boot error
If you have a Vista DVD, and your cabling is correct and your bios setup boot order is correct, you should then see a screen that says "loading files" and then after 2-3 minutes you will see the language choices for Vista setup>click next and in the lower left hand corner will be the Recovery hyperlink.

Boot Requires Vista DVD
Steve, Not sure why those files aren't there, you could try running this at a cmd prompt: WDSUTIL.exe /initialize-server Only other thing I can think it might be is that you may need to add a boot image, you can get this from a Vista DVD. Under the sources directory will be boot.wim & install.wim, add the boot.wim

vista ultimate installation wont boot
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.

Boot disk does not open any window
If those don't do it, I'd follow directions below, and if you don't have a Vista DVD you can try the F8 menu: ***Startup Repair from the Vista DVD*** How to Use The Vista DVD to Repair Vista (Startup Repair is misnamed by the Win RE team and it can be used to fix many Vista components even when you ***can boot to

delete xp in dual boot
and the same symptoms -- won't boot unless the original DVD is inserted. Mine is a fairly new Athlon 64 X2 3800+ w/2GB of RAM and the aforementioned 10K RPM drive... everything else seems to be fine. But my computer (technically) won't boot! :) Technically, your computer does boot. The problem is the Vista DVD