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Can't Boot to Vista Dvd
To do this, type the following command at a command prompt: Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located. Note The boot folder for this step is on the DVD drive. 2. Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file

Needs to restart but not even loaded
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 Compatibility" or "Install Now" - I don't know how to run startup

Boot Requires Vista DVD
The way it's done is to repair Vista's startup with the Vista DVD. If you can't figure out how to delete C:, download a boot disk http://www.bootdisk.com/ and format C:, being very careful to respect Vista's partition - don't format that. Then boot from the Vista DVD, find repair, and tell it to repair startup.

can't boot into XP after attempted Vista install
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. Any ideas on what might be causing this? Thanks for your help. Yes... check your bios settings for boot

HELP! cannot boot from vista dvd!!!
philo ph...@privacy.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "Neerav Kothari" <x...@pqr.com> wrote in message news:epVvHtpSIHA.5516@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... 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

Can't Boot to Vista Dvd
Had to hold the power button to turn it off and now when I turn it on it only displays the Compaq boot logo, but nothing else (just black screen with blinking cursor). I have tried using a Vista DVD to repair, done system restore, used bootrec.exe to fix MBR and boot sector (although haven't rebuilt the Boot

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
If you remove the IDE drive completely and have only the SATA connected when you boot from the Vista DVD to install, then Setup will have no choice but to put the startup files (including bootmgr) into the Active (bootable) primary partition on that SATA drive. You can tell Setup to "install" Vista into that same

still unable to boot from vista dvd
"If the OP uses the Vista restore disk to put Vista on his computer (factory fresh) he will have a normal computer running Vista just like he would have if he had the retail Vista DVD." I know this won't happen above 90% of the time if ever. I think you mean Vista Boot Pro not Vista Pro Boot.

can't boot into XP after attempted Vista install
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 menu being displayed again,

Boot problem after installing the new update KB941649
"peter" wrote: Vista will always overwrite the XP MBR........and in so doing creates the dual boot that you are looking for. If you cannot even start Vista from the DVD check your BIOS settings to ensure that the DVD is 1st boot...then insert the Vista DVD and watch for the message "press any key to boot from

Unable to boot from Vista DVD to repair installation
However, when I boot from a Vista DVD for a clean install, the system stops doing anything at the green drape effect screen just before the language selection screen. When the green drape effect screen appears, it displays an hourglass for about 10 seconds, then nothing but the cursor - no matter how long I leave

Vista will not boot - work around
DanR d...@sorrynospamme.org microsoft public windows vista general Just tried that and did not help. I even deleted the Dell restore partition. The difference now is that it tries to boot to CD / DVD now without the prompt press key to boot to CD. So symptom still is... I can boot to the Vista DVD but nothing else.

Can't Boot to Vista Dvd
Vista doesn't want to install and XP doesn't want to boot. All I have access to is the Vista instasll DVD and the XP Recovery Console from the XP install CD. 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- Use

CD/DVD drive - Can ONLY boot to Vista
After you install Windows 2000 you will have to boot with your Vista DVD and restore the Vista MBR. Thanks. I understand I do it by running Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All 2. If Windows 2000 is cantankerous and difficult to install with the Vista MBR What do you mean by "Windows 2000 difficult to install with

Vista Disk Read error after removing xp drive
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. As said, it probably depends on what's in the MB Bios. "Richard G. Harper" wrote: It depends on whether

Can't dual boot back to xp need help
Any bootable CD I have which doesn’t boot directly into Windows Vista is working perfectly. I also can boot from eg my old Windows XP CD. And, the Windows (Vista) installation DVD starts without problems at all in my other computer... My Windows installation itself is booting without problems from HDD.

Vista Dual Boot Installation
"Neerav Kothari" <x...@pqr.com> wrote in message news:epVvHtpSIHA.5516@TK2MSFTNGP02. phx.gbl... 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

Unable to boot from Vista DVD to repair installation
"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 ( anymore). therefore is clear, that the dvd drives are ok. Then there are not too many

Vista Express Upgrade Installation Boot Loop
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. But the XP CD will not fully load up. Gets part way and then STOP blue screen.

Boot Requires Vista DVD
Something is there but vista is not detecting it. "Wilson" wrote: I have a system with an ASUS P5B mobo, 1501 BIOS (the latest non-beta one, 4x2GB Kingston DDR2 667, SATA 2 HDDs (not RAID) and an Asus EN7600GT PCI-E (one only) display card. The system works fine under XPSP2. However, when I boot from a Vista DVD