Finding Configuration File For Windows Vista
Jan 11, 2009
I was messing around trying to install another OS which didn't install right and doesn't work and I seemed to erase the windows vista bootloader. So I try using the windows vista recovery disc to repair windows but it does not show up in operating system list in the recovery disc so I click on the option that says to click if your operating system does not show up on the list and it brings me to this file explorer and requests a configuration file in order to view vista. So could you please tell me what configuration file is the one I need and where I could find it on my hard drive since windows is still intact on it, only the bootloader is gone.
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Feb 7, 2009
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