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Replace boot HD and Restore comp with Retail Ultimate
Make sure the BIOS is set to boot from the DVD and that Vista drive is seen by the BIOS. Boot to the Vista DVD and select the repair option and it will write the new boot record to your Vista drive. Reboot, set your BIOS so it selects the Vista drive and let 'er rip. Bob S. "Rich" <R...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Vista DVD boot stuck at loading bar
Heirophant Heirophant.34u...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I went to BIOS, and it already had the DVD-ROM slot in first priority...Nonetheless, I saved and exited Bios for another reboot. It starts up, and then says: Press any key to boot from CD or DVD... When I do that,

installing w2k alongside Vista
In addition you can use the Bootsect tool to manually repair the boot sector by accessing the command prompt from the DVD or from F8 and typing at the prompt: ***Startup Repair and System Restore from the Win Recovery Environment on the DVD*** You can run Startup Repair by putting your Vista DVD in after theanguage

Vista boot freeze and Shutdown error
John John audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support This is a question that is bound to be asked more often when Vista is officially released. Vista installs its own completely different boot loader. Ways of restoring the ntldr loader: (You can boot with the Vista DVD to use these tools) 1-

Restoring Vista's Boot Loader?
I didn't make the DVD bootable. I see no options in Vista to make the DVD bootable. After installation I did notice a folder (named Vista) the installation created. I burned the contents of the folder to the DVD but it still won't boot to the DVD. James "Jim Fisher" <spama...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

Dual boot installation/activation
JamesJ jjy@adelphia_darwin.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I didn't make the DVD bootable. I see no options in Vista to make the DVD bootable. After installation I did notice a folder (named Vista) the installation created. I burned the contents of the folder to the DVD but it still won't boot

Vista installation will not complete!
So I did a cold boot, and it came up with a screen saying that "WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe missing or corrupted" and error number "0xc00000F". It told me to reboot from system installation CD or DVD and run the repair prompt. I stuck in the Vista Home Pemium Edition install CD, and booted it from there.

Can't Boot to Vista Dvd
I ususally try to run Vista setup from the XP desktop on a dual boot, and then the bios won't change your drive letters which to me is hardly a big deal. If Vista is not booting Lysander, I'd use these steps: You can try a restore point to before this happened or you try the steps below if you have a Vista DVD:

Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install?
RLAnderson RLAnder...@arczip.com microsoft public windows vista general DanR wrote: WinXP disk is OEM. "For distribution with a new PC only". But I can't boot to any CD. Including Win2K and BartPE. They STOP at the 0x0000007B error. I don't have any other bootable DVDs around to test that. I can boot to Vista DVD

Vista won't boot up
When booting without the Vista DVD in the drive, I get the "ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt" error message. This happens because the BIOS is set to boot from the SATA disk, which does not contain the Windows system partition. Booting with the DVD in the drive (not booting FROM the DVD), it boots into Vista fine

Uninstall dual boot XP/Vista
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] andre...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general Did you move it to third like Jupiter said? Also, did you alter the drives settings such as There is something else wrong because if a drive is not available, boot continues to 2nd, 3rd etc until a bootable drive is found.

Unable to boot from Vista DVD to repair installation
G. More GM...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I installed from a downloaded installation package and do not have a Vista DVD to boot the computer with. I think what I need are instructions on how to repair it manually by using

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
"JenBin822" wrote: I don't have a Vista DVD, so I'm not sure where to find the ntldr file. Jen "Michael Jennings" wrote: Normally, in a dual boot, XP goes in first and then Vista goes in. CZ found a way to do it the other way around, but it's complicated. If you're booting XP, ntldr is in C:\ already.

Can't Boot to Vista Dvd
I think you will need a Vista DVD to spell Vista. If you had used a Vista DVD, you might be able to use the very helpful apps Rick suggested to get your bootloaders in order for the dual boot, but I'm skeptical you can do this with *the recovery DVD in the equation instead of a real Windows Vista.

Vista & Dual Boot
Because of the errors about "no system disk," I'm wondering if your BCD store was written incorrectly -- ie, if your MBR is not pointing to the information needed to boot Vista. You might want to install VistaBoot Pro and/or EasyBCD and allow them to rewrite your BCD information on your C: drive.

Vista drive partition designations - Excel
XweAponX XweAponX.2rz...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista general I think he is saying it crashes from DVD-Boot too. If that is the case? Open your box and take out every card but the Video card, and even take that out if you have an optional on-board card. Go into BIOS Setup and shut off all of your

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
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 -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] Thanks Rock, This is the info I needed. I will try a system boot from the Vista DVD to confirm tomorrow

VIsta DVD Boot stops just before language selection screen
The Vista DVD's repair stuff was not able to fix the problem, but I was able to fix it myself. 1) Boot from the DVD. 2) "Repair my computer" 3) Cancel your way through anything the DVD tries to fix until you get to the menu that has options like "Memory test", "Restore from backup", "Repair startup".

Boot from DVD drive
Chad Harris vistaneedsmuchowork.net microsoft public windows vista general Hi CG-- You have the Vista DVD so that increases your options. 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 Vista):

Boot Requires Vista DVD
Thanks, SRV Okay, now that I have the box open, It doesn't come with a vista DVD. It has a partition for HP recovery. From the research I've been doing, it would seem that I need a vista DVD to repair the boot log after installing win xp. Can I burn an image of this recovery partition to a DVD ?