Boot Off Vista Cd
Sep 1, 2008
I'm attempting to install Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit. The Pioneer DVD drives come with a cd with drivers on them This is a brand new build everything brand new, and my first install for the Operating System Attempting to set up RAID so heres the problem, I try to boot off of the Vista CD. For some reason before it can install, it stops and says that I need to select a driver for the CD Roms, but nothing is there to select. It says that it can't find any, and that if needed, to put in a cd to install the drivers. I do so, it says it still can't find any. I can't move on, and I have tried EVERYTHING. I'm hoping that someone else has had this problem and has solved it. I've tried a different CD rom that does not require loadable drivers to work, and the same problem exists. Why does Windows Vista need drivers for the CD Rom if it is able to get that far without the 'needed' drivers?! I am so confused and I don't know where to turn.
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Mar 23, 2008
I have windows xp installed right now and I dual booted with vista by re-partitioning my hard drive. After encountering problems with vista I delted the vista partition and resized the xp partition back to it's original size. I am now stuck with the windows vista boot loader which persistantly telling me that the windows vista files are not present etc. etc. Is there any way that I can delted the vista bootloader and go back to using the xp bootloader?
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Mar 23, 2008
I have installed Vista on my C: disk. After that I installed XP on D: disk. Now I can't boot Vista anymore.
I tried with boot.ini. I've read that there's a program called bcdedit.exe. I tried to make that one work on XP, but I failed. I don't have Vista's DVD, and I'm trying to avoid installing XP again. If there's any way around...I would be gratefull! (Is there any way I can edit bcdedit.exe in XP?)
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Mar 26, 2008
I searched all over the internet for this simple (I think) problem, but I couldn't find any solutions. I have installed Vista on my C: disk. After that I installed XP on D: disk. Now I can't boot Vista anymore. I tried with boot.ini. I've read that there's a program called bcdedit.exe. I tried to make that one work on XP, but I failed.
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Jun 19, 2008
There are many articles on how to dual boot Vista and XP, but I want to dual boot Vista and Vista, with an existing installation, on 2 Hard Drives. Currently I switch these in the BIOS, but I'd much rather chose at a later stage, can this be done? Why? Because I keep one of the drives for random software that I rarely use.
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Mar 26, 2008
I had an Vista 32 bit version installed and which was used fine.
3 days before I had upgrade my PC's memory to 4G, then I find Vista 32 Bit version can not recognize all the memory.So I try to install an Vista 64 Bit version for the test to check if the 64 bit system is ok for me.
The problem is, Vista 32 was installed on to the 3rd partition of the harddisk,usually the drive letter will be E in Windows XP and previous version windows, although it in Vista it display as C drive. I tried to install the 64 Bit Vista in to the 4th partiton. After all the drivers and applications install completed,that seems so far so good. Then I find my previous F drive now names C. The Drive C in Vista 32 Bit names E now. When
I try to boot into Vista 32, the error message : winload.exe could not find.
I used bcdedit try to redirect the device and osdevice to E drive, Vista 32 still could not start normally, the system will hang up in the blue desktop background,seems can not load user profile or sth like that.
I have check the E drive, all the files of Vista 32 are still there.Anyone have any good idea about fix the Vista 32 bit boot and keep the Vista 64 bit also?
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Dec 25, 2008
Right now I have a single 640 gig HDD that everything's on. I've got a laptop too that I'm gonna be taking out on rotations eventually. I wanted to get a new smaller (250GB) HDD and put my Vista on that, so my 640 will be data only (then I could take it with me in an external enclosure and leave the desktop for my mom to use til I come back and collect it). I was gonna DBAN the 640, but I wanted to get the data off of it first- about 170 GB of stuff that I'd rather not lose.
My question is-
Can I install Vista on the smaller drive, boot with that, and access files on the other drive? Would it work if there's another Vista running on the other drive? (both SATA).
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Apr 22, 2009
I have Vista Home Premium.
What is the recommended way to create a Vista boot disk? Is Bart PE Builder still the choice?
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Jan 31, 2009
I have two OS's Vista and also XP and its XP that is the problem in so much as I cannot get it to boot, I get the error ntldr is missing, and no matter if I put the disk in and try to boot from the disk, the system still won't play ball, it just tells me to ctrl-alt-del to reboot, this is despite me pressing any key to boot from the disk.
I really do not know what else to do, getting XP to work is not a major issue for me, but it would be nice to see what I have on that drive. As a point of note, I have both my operating systems in caddies, so I can remove Vista and slide XP in whenever I want to, incase some of you have not heard of caddies.
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Jul 18, 2008
I currently have Vista x64 Ultimate installed, and I'm using this tutorial I found on the internet (link) to make a partition and dual boot XP with Vista. There's only one question that the tutorial could not answer for me, so I'm hoping you guys could . Is it alright if I have dual boot with Vista 64-bit and XP 32-bit? Will there be any conflicts between a 32-bit OS and a 64-bit OS?
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Apr 4, 2009
I have dual boot Vita Ultimate and XP. I use this script (bcdedit /bootsequence{ntldr} /addfirst Shutdown /r /t 0) as a bat file with a shortcut on my desktop to boot from Vista to XP. Is there a script that will boot from XP to Vista?
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Jun 1, 2009
This is for sure that its an old issue and has been quite used and abused on this and different forums. I tried to boot my laptop from the Windows Vista DVD but it just wouldn't boot. Its booting all fine from my desktop but not from my laptop. All i am getting is the bootmgr error. Its not even letting me into the BIOS. When I try to press any function keys, i get error beeps. For the hell of it, I tried to boot from the Windows XP bootable as well and even from Linux Fedora bootable...Did anyone get anything like this. If yeah and you were able to solve the whole thing out, please be kind enough to share the solution.
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Mar 23, 2008
I have a brand new Vista computer. I have an older XP computer. I plan on taking the hard drive from the old computer and put it into an external case and hook it up to the new computer using the USB port. I would like the new set up to be "dual boot" using the Vista as the first boot. First is this possible. I have never set up a dual boot before, is there specific instructions? Is it complicated?
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Oct 14, 2009
I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation: In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I installed Vista) there was a Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second unit but after several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on the first disk MBR (that with Windows Xp). Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent Vista to start. How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?
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May 13, 2010
In a fit of stupidity I installed Ubuntu on my laptop, and went with dual boot, but it just would not see my WiFi router regardless of what I tried, so got rid of it following some online advice, using the bootrec.exe/fixmbr command, which now allows me to boot straight into Vista. However, if you look at the pic attached you will see I have a huge lump of free space 41.64gb free space which I can't use for anything. Is there a way for me to re-combine the 41.64gb free space with the C: drive again, the options allowed are displayed in the pic, also there is another slice of the drive 5.37gb which I'd also like to be able to use.
I'm not sure I've made my self clear on what I'd like to acheive, which is to bring both of theses slices back in to the C: drive. On right clicking the 5.37gb drive the only option is Help, as neither of theses slices has a drive letter I don't see how I can do anything to them. The only options I have for the 41.64gb free space seems to be to make a simple volume (not sure what that actually means) or delete the partition. I'd like to get back to how it was before I installed Ubuntu, IE a C: & S: with no more partitions, preferably without having to re-install Vista. for clarity I've cut and pasted the options for each slice of the drive below the relevant slice
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May 8, 2009
when you dual boot with vista and xp you must run something to repair the MBR. What I need to know: I had already running Vista Ultimate x64. I have now installed onto its own partition my copy of Vista HM Premium x86. I have now updated the 32 bit install and just want to make sure, do i need to do anything lese before switching back to the 64 bit install? Also, how do I make it so that it lists Vista 32Bit and Vista 64 Bit in my boot options.instead of just Windows Vista twice?
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May 2, 2009
Vista x64 home premium native instal, Acer m3201a, have 6 hardrives to choose from to dual bood x32 vista home premium,
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May 28, 2009
I cant seem to boot my Vista PC AFTER installing SP2 last night. I had my PC on Automatic Updates and it asked me to restart my PC. Instead i shutdown and went to bed. i didnt shut down the power supply because i figured it might do the install process when i shut down.
This morning all i get is a black blinking screen with an error message
*!! 0xc0190036 !! 4081/75104 (ServiceModelEvents.dll)"*
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Dec 30, 2008
I've tried all the common fixes posted around the net. I get a two minute boot in safe mode and in reg mode with nothing in the startup. I feel that after looking at the bootlog file that it has something to do with drivers that don't load during the boot. According to the log I have dozens and dozens of drivers that apparently don't load. Here is a sample of the log. I don't enclose the whole log because it is very large. I will if necessary:
Code:
Loaded driver SystemRootsystem32DRIVERSsnapman.sys
Loaded driver SystemRootSystem32Driversmup.sys
Loaded driver SystemRootSystem32driversecache.sys
Loaded driver SystemRootSystem32DRIVERSfvevol.sys
Loaded driver SystemRootsystem32driversdisk.sys
Loaded driver SystemRootsystem32driversCLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver SystemRootsystem32driverscrcdisk.sys
Did not load driver @nettun.inf,%isatap.displayname%;Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Did not load driver @nettun.inf,%isatap.displayname%;Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Did not load driver @nettun.inf,%isatap.displayname%;Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Did not load driver @nettun.inf,%tunmp.displayname%;Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter
Did not load driver @hal.inf,%acpiapic.devicedesc%;ACPI x86-based PC.......................
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Sep 11, 2009
I put in a new 250GB HDD (SATA) as my primary drive. I have two DVD RW (one SATA and one EIDE). I formated and installed a clean version of Vista Ultimate on the 250GB drive using the install tools on the Vista DVD. Restarted the system without issues without the DVD in. Used the User migration tool on the Vista DVD to move the backed up files from my previous install to the clean install.
Now, if I start my computer, it says that the HDD is not a valid boot disk. If I start with the Vista DVD in one of the two DVD drives, it boots into the windows on the C drive without issue. I tried running the Startup Repair from the DVD, and it has not changed it
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Aug 4, 2009
I have just installed Vista Ultimate 64 Bit (on my 500 GB Seagate hard disk, the main hard disk). Then, I added 2 more hard disks (a 1 TB Hitachi and another 500 GB Seagate), so now I have 3 SATA hard disks installed. However, Vista cannot start. Sometimes, it stuck on the boot screen (the one with the scrolling green bar), sometimes it just show black blank screen. I then tried to disconnect, completely, the 2 hard disks I just installed. Vista can boot properly, I can access my data from both hard disks without problem.
When only the 1 TB Hitachi and the main hard disk are connected, Vista can boot properly and I can access my data from both hard disks without problem. When only the other 500 GB Seagate and the main hard disk are connected, Vista can boot properly, I can access my data from both hard disks without problem. However, if I connect the 3 hard disks at the same time, vista doesn't want to boot. I already installed the SATA controller driver from the CD that comes with the motherboard.
My system spec:
- Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme
- Processor: Intel Core2Duo Dual Core 2.4 Ghz
- RAM: 4 GB (4x1 GB) DDR2
- Graphic Card: Nvidia 8800GTS, from ASUS
- 2 DVD Writers (LG and Sony), both IDE
- 1 Floppy Disk Drive
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Nov 15, 2009
I have beed having problems with stability with my vista x64 system. After crashing several times from video driver problems (Nvidia 9800GT) Vista won't boot in any mode safe, restore to last known,etc. I put in the original disk I purchased and I get Status: 0xc0000225 Info: An unexpected error has occured. I can not even get to the repair screen or even put on a clean install. The x32 disc will boot but has no x64 repair tools. What do I do?
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Mar 8, 2009
I've configured my system to dual boot into Vista64 (OEM) and Vista86 (retail) on the same drive - 2 separate partitions in a raid 0 configuration.
Vista64 partition: is used exclusively for music recording with 64 bit software only - yes they do exist, I use Sonar.
Vista 86 partition: is for general computer use: Internet, email and such.
I understand that vista64 runs both 64 and 32 bit applications well enuf, I simply want to keep both uses apart from one another - thus my reason for a dual boot.
... so here's my question :^) Has anyone done this before, on a raid 0 using two instances of Vista? If so, could you tell me how well it's worked for you?
...also, concerning the "pagefile.sys". Since I have both vista's on the same drive in separate partitions and vista doesn't like running two pagefiles on the same drive. Should I move one to a second drive? If so, which should I move the x64 or the x86. Maybe both, eh?
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Sep 4, 2008
I've scoured the related threads on such dual boot issues in this forum, and my actual situation appears not to be exactly addressed. I have a dual boot system, with XP in the primary partition (50GB), and with Vista in the first logical partition (150GB). XP sees itself naturally as being in C:, and sees Vista as in E: (absurdly seeing the CD/DVD drive as D:), whereas Vista sees itself as C: and XP being in D:.
What I want to do at the moment is NOT ONLY to enable myself to boot straight into Vista, and NOT ONLY to clear out XP, but also to move my Vista installation to the physical position where XP is at the moment, so that it is on the outside of the disk and would have better disk performance - the same reason that good HD defragmenters put the most-used files on the outside of disk or at least of the respective partition.............
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Jul 8, 2008
- I've already have XP Pro installed on my Dell Laptop
- Created a 15G partition on the same HDD using Partition Magic
- Went to BIOS and changed the Boot sequence to Boot From CD
- Inserted my Vista CD
- Vista started loading the files.........
- Entered the Product Key
- On the next screen, where you choose where to install vista, I have C, E, and F partitons and I can select each of them, but the "NEXT" is grayed out. I wanted to install the Vista on my F partion (all are NTFS) but the "Next" is grayed out and on the bottom left hand side there is a message saying" windows can not install the OS on this partion".
-Tried to delete the partion, format the partions, but getting the same message.
- 5 months ago I successfully was able to install the VISTA on this laptop, dualbooted with XP. But not anymore.
- My Admin formated my laptop 3 months ago as I moved to a different group within my organization and there wasn't a need to use VISTA. But now, I want to use both XP and VISTA again.
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Jun 30, 2008
I have an hp desktop that came with vista home premium preinstalled. It will not boot up now. So I tried the emrgency recovery disks that I was told to createwhen I first got the computer and they didn't work. I thought I would have to boot from windows vista disks to repair this. No Vista disks came with the computer. My question is can I buy the upgrade SP1 disk to both improve the system and resolve the boot problem or am I forced to get the Full system
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Mar 23, 2008
Has anybody installed Vista twice in separate disk partitions on the same PC? I've been successfully running multi-boot with 2 XPs and a Vista on 1 PC. There's plenty info about on how to do that. Now I'm going to separate all XP installs onto 1 PC, and all Vista installs onto another PC. Will this make life easier? So I'll be running Vista Home Premium twice on 1 PC. One install will be for production use, and the other for testing. I've not seen any info on doing this.
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Jul 9, 2009
When I try to boot Vista (Home Premium 32bit), the loading screen with the green bar doohicky shows up followed by a black screen with the mouse cursor. It oscillates between "working" and regular cursor but in the end, the computer just restarts and it does that again if I try to boot it. This probably happened because I system restored right before getting this problem, but I'm not absolutely sure. I also got this error message just once or twice in the many times I tried to boot:..........................
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Feb 6, 2009
I've had a triple-boot set up on my laptop with XP, Vista and Windows 7 beta on three logical volumes. I wanted to uninstall the Win7 beta, and ran this command using the Win7 beta installation disk:
"e:ootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force" (E: is my DVD drive)
Stupid. Of course, with this parameter I managed to get rid of the Vista boot option as well as Win7. Now the machine only launches XP. Does anybody know a way to get Vista back into the boot menu, short of doing a Vista repair install? I've kept all files on the volumes, it should all be there.
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Jun 16, 2008
Vista won't boot at all telling me I have no keyboard...I have tried a different wirleless one, also plugged in a ps2..
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Nov 14, 2009
How to boot Vista faster? I have Vista Home Premium on Core 2 Duo 2.26GHZ. Also i have 4GB ram. How can I make my Vista boot faster? I followed all the tutorials in this site, but didnt help much. Msconfig tweaks (extra services/programs disabled on startup) Disk Defragment. My boot time is 89 seconds.
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