vista only boot to safe mode but not normal mode
vista only boot to safe mode but not normal mode. How can I do? below are some info: Problem signature: Problem Event ...
Tri-boot setup issue
I had a great setup for dual boot with Grub as my boot manager. I had Vista 64 and Ubuntu on two different drives. Tod...
i stuffed up the boot up procedure.
Hi there again after i did the fresh install of vista somewhere along the line i have fiddled with the boot up procedur...
Emergency Boot CD 1.1f
Hello All,This is a notification about release of new software - Emergency boot CD.Emergency boot CD (EBCD) is a CD-ROM ...
Dual Vista Boot Help
hi i have 1 500GB Vista 64 bit Home Premium drive dedicated to my Graphics programs and all the load of files that comes...
Cannot Boot Vista64
I cannot boot in either safe or normal mode. When attempting to boot in safe mode, the drivers will load, I wait, the s...
Dual Boot Vista64/XP32 with separate Raid 0 for storage
I will be building a new computer this weekend and would like some help on how to configure a dual boot of Vista 64 and ...
Reboot and select proper boot device: MSDN Vista Ultimate 64
Hello,I downloaded Vista Ultimate 64 w/ SP1 on my MSDN license (with key). I busted the ISO file and burned it onto a ...
ASUS Recovery DVD boot issue
I need to boot my computer from Vista DVD to select the "Repair Computer" option. But because I have only ASUS...
A new MBR and boot sector on Vista boot drive
I've got a system that has XP on an IDE disk (the primary boot drive), and I've got a copy of Vista on my SATA second d...
repartitioning Vista to dual boot with XP
Hi,I've got a Dell laptop, with Vista Home Premium, and I love it.I need to install XP as well, and make it a dual boot ...
Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot
Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off d...
Removing Vista From Dual Boot (Vista on C:\; Win7 on D:\)
Greetings, I installed Windows7 as a dual boot on a Vista computer. Windows7 is the default operating system because it...
Saving Windows Mail on a laptop that can't boot
I have a Vista laptop and I can't boot it normally nor can I access safeboot. I need to backup my Windows Mail so once I...
kraleigh: Use The Ubuntu WUBI.EXE File 2 Set Up A Duel Boot
I Am Having Trouble With My Reply 2 News Group Feature In Mozilla Sea Monkey So I Will Post This As A New Message Inste...
Add Linux boot entry into Vista BCD ?
Hi,I'm looking instructions on adding linux operating system into Vista BCD boot list. I can't use GUI tools like EasyB...
Shrink Volume for dual boot
I am setting up a dual boot Vista Ultimate is installed and I intend adding XP Pro. I am following the instructions giv...
Boot error
Hi guys, i am having an issue with my computer that is really bothering me. When i shut down my computer, it doesn't wan...
High CPU system process during boot when using Wireless
I've recently been having problems while vista is booting.Sometimes, during boot, my CPH utilization is an average of 90...
Vista 64bit Boot error/problem.Hey,
I'm using Vista x64, and its been working fine recently. I installed Google Chrome last night, without problems, and wit...
Boot msg: "Group policy client service failed to start"
Anyone know why I get this error (pop-up window in system tray) every time I boot Vista Business 32bit?"Group poli...
Vista boot black screen with cursor
I have vista home w/sp1 installed & 3 gigs of memory.When i restart or power up the pc, there is a black screen wit...
boot loop
I recently shut down my gateway laptop so that the updates would install. Upon restarting the computer it gets to the c...
Recovery Boot CD
Hi everyone,I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other group i could post this to.Does anyone...
Boot Sector Damaged
For some reason Vista U SP1 will not reboot on its own unless I shut down the system, restart from that point.I have do...
Help me understand system boot.
Hi everybody,I would like to build up a bootable optical disk (CD or DVD) that would help me recover essential data tha...
Dual boot - BIOS related
I have recently bought a Lenovo ideapad laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS. The system comes with an auto ...
Computer wont boot
I left my laptop open for a few minutes, turned my back, and my two year old had it shutting down. I tried to reboot, an...
lap top no instal disk stuck on boot screen
i bought a lap tp last yr didnt come with disk. Now i have boot mang window says i need a instal disk every tie i boot i...
lost dual boot`
Had vista & windows 7 dual booting & then i installed xp pro & lost my dual boot. How can i get it back? An...
Dual boot [Vista C] lost Ntldr recovrd fcd lost DB
When I recovered the startup with the Vista Disk on Vista C: drive it wiped the dual boot to XP D: drive. How do I reco...
boot startup problem........
:omy boot startup very slow and i get the below error (event id 100). i am using windows vista home premium service pack...
System wont boot - ataport.sys / 0xc00000e9
I resently tryed changing the icon of my harddirve by making a "autorun.inf" in the root og C: and D: now, af...
Vista wont boot anymore, Recovery Console locks up
OK, here we go. Here are the PC specsga-p35-ds3p 2.66ghz quad core 8gm ram - (4) Samsung pc2-5300 2gb dimms - I've even ...
Windows Vista SP1 - Altering Indexing options reduce boot-ti
Hi all. I have an unusual problem; When i disable the indexing service boot-time increases from 45 sec. to 1min50? Also...
Vista64 Hangs at Boot..
My clean Vista 64 installation freezes on boot-up. I get perhaps one pass of the good ole 'night rider' bar before that...
dual boot vista and xp problem
Hi All,My XP is installed on F: drive, after installing vista on G: drive the xp can't boot and the error message is &qu...
Multiple Vista boot options
As I was stumbling around installing Vista Ultimate 32 I made some mistakes causing me to start over. The second instal...
Vista x64 Boot
Hello,I hope you can help me !! I'm going to be crazy =). I have to say, I am from Austria, so my English isn't the best...
Vista Boot Repair
For some reason Vista U SP1 will not reboot on its own unless I shut down the system, restart from that point.I have do...
VISTA on boot ignores all optical drives
I am wondering if my BIOS would keep the boot up from recognizing the optical drives and allowing the optical drive to b...
crcdisk.sys driver won't load....can't boot into laptop
I've had this problem for a few weeks now and I'm stumped as to what to do.I'm not sure if the issue started when I was ...
how to change the boot description
I have done recovery for booting into vista 64 and w2k8 now both description on start up have "recovered". ho...
Create Disk Partition / Dual boot?
Question: How do you create a disk partition in Vista Home premium if the disk is not dynamic? I would like to install ...
Vista freezing on boot up.
My computer isn't more than a month old. This has only happened twice, but it shouldn't happen at all.I booted my PC an...
Boot drive weirdness!
I have 3 HDDs in my PC (don't ask why!). The boot/system drive is connected to SATA port 0 and is set in the BIOS as th...
VHD Boot
Hi,I have a Win7 (Build 7000) installation and would like to use the VHD-boot feature to boot into a Windows Vista (x64...
Vista XP dual boot
HiI am submitting the question for a friend who has purchased a HP Pavillion 9200 laptop. ($4,500 AU)He has been trying...
Slow boot up on welcome screen...
Hi, I have had a slight problem with boot up. Everything flies until I get to the welcome screen then it sits there for ...
Sidebar fails to open a boot?
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 I have been having this problem. At bootup, the sidebar shows the top + <> panel but d...
Vista does not boot correctly.
It takes a long time for Vista to load and when it gets to the stage were the MS bar is shown on screen, thus loading V...
Vista boot Progress Bar
Anyone have a good close-up screenshot of the progress bar that is shown when Vista Home Premium is booting?...
Boot & Shutdown Performance Monitoring
My machine, Dell Inspiron 530, 4GB RAM, hundreds of megs of free drive space, is getting a lot f Diagnostics-Performanc...
Vista x64 won't boot off second hdd
Yesterday evening I decieded to put vista x64 on my pc. Just so people know xp is on a sata harddrive and vista an ide m...
I keep getting boot mgr missing...
Ok,Here's the scenario, I sold my customer a notebook, an ACER with VISTA HOME BASIC and she asked me to rollback it fr...
Remove XP from XP/Vista dual boot
I purchased a computer with XP installed (driveA) I purchased a second SATA hard drive and installed Vista on this 2nd d...
Comodo caused very slow boot up and shut down
Vista 64 bit Avira anti-virus 4gb RAMSince installing Comodo 3.0 on my PC is now taking about 15 minutes to shut down an...
Vista Boot Failure (please help!!)
Hi, I'm currently having some serious problems with my main desktop pc Q6600, 4gb Ram, Vista 64 Ultimate where when I tu...
(Vista) Boot Manager instead of (XP) Windows Advanced Option
I work for a satellite office of a nonprofit which is headquartered in another city. I am the de facto IT guy here.Rece...
My computer won't fully boot-up
I have a Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, everytime I start up my computer it tell's me to press F1 to continue or pre...
Vista Ultimate 32bit Freezing shortly after boot & login.
I am trying to get my desktop PC to run Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit). During the install, I was having problems with ...
Vista64- Move OS from Raid Array to New Boot Drive
Hello All.I've been wrestling with these problems for three months, so I'll try to keep it simple. I'm sure that I've o...
Undo dual boot
Some time ago I changed my XP system to a dual boot with Vista Business (with XP on C:). I never use XP now and would ...
Re: CD Drive available at boot, not in Vista
the specific owner would like XP this is far more common than you can even imagine "Information" wrote in me...
Vista install disc will not boot up
So, I've done a search and can't find a possible solution, so I'm reaching out to the group. I am trying to upgrade from...
Boot from pendrive
yeah i am really fed up with burning an image to a DVD and installing an OS. each time they come up with a new flavour o...
How to move BCD Boot manager files in Vista to another parti
Background:I have Vista32 in my PC, and after some new hardware related crashes I decided yesterday to completely resto...
drivers show on boot
can anyone tell me what I did to my computer during boot up it now displays the drivers as it loads them and then it c...
Wont Boot.
I powered up my computer this morning(VISTA).,all that shows up is the black screen with the Manufacturer's logo.That's...
Dual boot, two languages, two countries, licensing issues?
Current main software in use: Windows XP and MS Office. Now on the verge of migrating to Vista. Dual boot US XP & Of...
can't boot after Vista SP1 installation
I had a bad SP2 installation, so I reloaded a clone of the OEM Vista Bus Pro system using Casper 4.0. I deleted the olf...
Dual Boot of (2) Windows 7s (Now First Doesn't Show After Us
I figure that since millions of Windows 7 installations on the CPP have been made, not to mention tap build s and tech b...
Windows Boot Manager problems
Every time I restart Windows on my Dell notebook I receive this message:Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or so...
Vista Home Won't Boot
The computer looks like it's booting, i can see the little bar going across then the window opens to a mouse pointer an...
\boot\bcd + 0x000000f error when starting up
Hello all,I have two laptops with a problem that arises every time windows update installs an update. Even uninstalling ...
Boot disk / system recovery failure
Hi, first time on forums, first time I've needed expert help with a PC. I'm very newbish with technical computer stuff, ...
Boot problem --> documents missing
I'm having some very serious technical problems with vista, and it appears all my program files and documents may be los...
BSOD: Unmountable_Boot_Volume... yikes!
I am having some major trouble with my laptop and would be very appreciative of an help that anyone could provide!Short ...
Windows Vista Mail Messages Rules, DELETED At BOOT
Every time I boot my Windows Vista computer; all (Windows Mail Messages Rules) get all deleted. I Re-install the Window...
need help, vista wont boot
Ok so when I turn on my laptop, vista wont boot, I just get a black screen w/ cursor. I looked on this forum to try to f...
Vista x64 Boot Manager Missing After Installation
I installed XP Pro on one hard drive. I then inserted the Vista disk in the DVD drive and booted into the Vista install...
Win XP/Vista Dual Boot question
I partitioned a new hard drive and formatted it using my Windows XP Home Ed. SP2 Install CD. I then installed Win XP. ...
Slow Boot Problem
I know its an age old problem, but this is baffling me.My computers clean, defragged and running fine. But booting takes...
Dual Boot, drive letters, fully automated
Hi All,We're using Windows XP at the moment, but have Windows Vista as well. We use Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to...
Can't Turn On Boot-Up Memory Test
I can't seem to find how to turn on boot-up memory test for my computer. My system gives me no indication that a memory ...
Unable to read boot configuration data
Every so often when I restart my computer I get this error "Unable to read boot configuration data." Then I h...
Dual Boot Access
For various reasons, I have dual boot Vista 64 bit and 32 bit access on my computer. Is there any way I can access a s...
Unmountable_boot_volume
Friends, I have seen a lot of UBV questions here but none when it is about Windows Vista. My son has an ASUS F5 with W ...
Vista´s boot menu shows only 6 e ntries
Vista´s boot menu shows only 6 entries. The seventh or more entry does not more appear. In bcdedit (the command line t...
Recently installed new Video Card and now i can't boot.
winload.exe is the issue...so it says. status is 0xc000000fI have already tried the windows cd and the auto repair but i...
Extremely slow boot and lots of errors
My computer takes about 20 min. to boot up. First it asks for my password, then the screen is black for the other 15 mi...
DVD needed to boot Vista
Hello everyone! I've just re-installed my os to Vista Business. I origionally had Ultimate, but I didnt need all the fea...
dual boot with xp and windows 7: soundmax installation in on
I don't see a windows 7 beta ng, so I'm posting here since 7 is so closely related to Vista.The problem is simple: I've...
Vista Home premium - Failure to boot
Gateway DX4710, Home Premium 64-bit, 6Gb ram. Plugged in an Ion external drive, system grenaded. Unplugged drive and now...
Dual Boot Vista 64 & Vista 32/or XP
I have a Dell Inspiron 530 running on Vista 64 bit. I need to add a dual boot to either Vista 32 bit or XP in order to...
Cannot boot
I have Vista on a HP laptop,64X2 processor,1.8GHZ. My daughter-in-law loaded a new Anti-Virus program onto it and now, i...
Dual Boot w\ Vista Home Basic Upgrade
Can I have a dual boot configuration with Windows XP Professional on C partition, and Vista Home Basic UPGRADE on D part...
Re: Vista Boot Issue.
HI Brockster,Thats good news. Can you elaborate on the steps u went thru? and the undelete application that you used and...
Replaced SCSI adapter, system wont boot.
In XP there was some file in the root of the C:\ drive that was simply a renamed copy of the SCSI adapters driver and re...
Dual boot XP and Vista
Hi. I need some help with my problem. I have Windows Vista Installed on a single hard drive and Windows XP installed o...
Computer won't boot, black screen
So one night I accidentaly left a flash drive in the USB slot on my puter when I turned it off, then when I turned it on...
Vista Boot Issue.
I was asked to look at an HP DV6609 laptop with a boot error "loadkey failed with error 3 (STHIVE#0)" Nothing...
Dual boot 32 and 64-bit Vista
I have a hi-spec notebook with 32-bit Vista Ultimate installed and recently discovered that my notebook is capable of r...
Error message after boot up
After the system boots, and after I'm in Internet Explorer, I get a message box that contains the 3 file descriptions l...
Re: Vista 64 Bit - Cannot Boot With 3 Hard Disks
How big is your power supply? It is possible that your system is having trouble getting all of the drives up to speed ...
Re: Boot.ini Issue
I checked out you reply there. Many thanks for taking a stab at it."John Barnett MVP" wrote:You're Welcome WJB...
Vista Home Premium 64 wont boot after new video card
Hey guys,I upgraded my video card, now i have a Geforce 260 from a geforce 8800.I installed it with no problems but then...
can't boot up desktop from Welcome window
I am trying to repair a friends advent laptop. after it boots up to user page password and then goes to welcome window ...
Vista software to show real time boot processes on screen
Hi...Is there any software that show what process is currently starting and running on screen in real time?I have Vista...
Defragging Boot Files
There's a tutorial on this site for enabling defragging of the boot files. Here's the link:http://www.vistax64.com/tuto...
BOOT Advanced options memory problem
Hello guys.I have got a problem. Ok basically I bought a whole new computer a while ago. It came with Vista Home edition...
How long does your Vista 64x take to boot?
When Vista does boot without incident this is how long it customarily takes my PC:1. BIOS posting from power on (bios s...
Add dual boot XP to installed Vista - now can't boot
I shrank the main Vista Home Premium partition, named and formatted NTFS the new 30gb empty space, and now my boot reco...
20 minute boot time for Vista Ultimate
On one of my machines (Dell Dimension 4550, 2.66Ghz, 1GB RAM), it takes between 10 and 20 minutes to boot Vista. Almost...
C:\Boot folder and multiple bootmgr.exe's in Vista
Obviously the C:\boot folder is required however I am wondering if it's necessary to have all the \cs-CZ ~ \zh-TW subfo...
Dual Boot Windows 7
I have Vista and Win 7 dual boot from 2 HDD's. I would get the black and white screen that let me choose which I want...
Unresposive Windows Explores after boot
Dell Inspiron 530 with Vista sp2.boots up slower that normal. Desktop appears. Can select an icon on desktop but double...
Please help vista wont boot
i get a message saying windows failed to start a recent hardware or software change might be the cause to fix problem in...
sysconfig/ boot/ advanced/ tick box on/off for amount of me
I'm trying to get my system to boot with 4 gigs of ram. I've tried all the hole mapping, timing configs and tweeks - an...
Vista 32 and 64 bit dual boot
Hi, I have Vista 32 bit installed on my system and was wondering how do I go about setting a dual boot with Vista 64 bit...
Boot failure - how can i backup my hard drive before doing f
I have Dell Inspiron 6400 running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. Last week I did usual windows updates and then proceeded to...
Moving boot files from one drive to another.
I have two hard drives (Physical drives). one drive was installed first and has windows xp pro x64 on it. I later bough...
Slow Boot Time on new computer running Vista Ultimate x64
I've recently put together a new computer using these parts:E8400 CPU OC @ 3.6 Ghz Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R with latest BIO...
Vista/XP Boot
Hi, I have a system with 2GB Ram, 2.8 dual core Cpu, 9600 512mb Graphics card, 160 GB HDD. I did a Vista installation t...
Boot 4 processor HELP needed.
Horrible experience with changing to 4 processors to boot in msconfig! I cannot get my system to boot at all. It goes in...
Restore does not appear as a selection on f8 boot options
I have done a few restores already by just plugging in my external HD with the restore points, then press F8. about 30 ...
Boot Setup
When i leave a USB flash drive in & boot the PC i get a message to remove disk. When i remove the Flash Drive the P...
No longer boot from CD ROM
I tried various bootable CD/DVDs which used to work on this optical drive but they are no longer able to boot from them...
Boot Error Loading library DLL
During boot, I get a message 'error loading type library/DLL' which freezes screen with error message until I hit OK....
Boot to incorrect Pssword/accout name screen
i recently created a guest and standard account on my PC runnign Vista Home Premium and added a password to my admin acc...
Dual boot XP - Vista
Hi everybody, new to the forum andhope you can help. On my system I'm running XP and Vista on 2 partitions. The problem ...
Vista reboots during boot sequence
Hi,After adding a TV card, Vista refuses to start. It reboots during the boot sequence :http://img231.imageshack.us/img2...
Clean boot profile?
When I log on to my Vista Ultimate desktop, numerous startup programs that I have acquired over the years fire up, many...
Dock Starts With Boot
I have gone to Msconfig and unchecked the dock, so that it will not appear on my desktop, every time I boot the puter. I...
What does boot manager do?
I started up my PC and I always have to press F1 to continue past the bios message "Your CPU fan speed is too low&...
How to? Dual boot Vista x64
I have a computer with two 250Gb drives, Drive 0 and Drive 1. The computer has Vista x32 Business installed and the sec...
Inserting an boot menu in DVD of Vista SP1
HIWhat program could I use to create a boot menu, on DVD, so I can choose which custom edition of Vista SP1 64-bit insta...
Huge Vista problem. Deleted udate files and now won't boot i
Let me start by saying that I claim to have absolutely no knowledge regarding the technical in's and out's of PCs. I do ...
can't boot into vista anymore
I have 2 hard drives. Vista home premium sp1 64bit was installed on the first and I just installed windows xp pro on th...
LOGOFF Forces Shutdown & Ree-boot
:confused::confused::confused:I have a Gateway DX4200-09, AMD Quad-core, 4GB and running Vista Home Premium 64bit. When ...
I PLAN 2 CREATE A DUAL BOOT TONIGHT!
BETWEEN WINDOWS 7 AND UBUNTU, MY PARENTS WILL NOT BE HOME TONIGHT! JUST FYI!...
Laptop asks for boot disk
I have a Toshiba Satellite, AMD Turion 64x2 dual core, 3 gb ram, 250 gb hard drive, Vista home premium os. When the lap...
Set up an additional Boot Manager
Hi all, First off, you'll need to know that I have 3 hard drives, with the following contents: -Drive one: 3 Linux distr...
Vista boot PROBLEM!!! HELP!!
I currently have a problem, that has been hard to solve. When I start the computer, -- SwordSlasherX...
Dual Boot
I am using Windows Vista on my laptop & I would like to install a 2nd OS (Fedora 8) how do I do that?...
Vista's boot time suddenly slow
Hello,my Vista booted with scrolling the green thingy about 7 times. Yesterday, all of a sudden, it started to boot with...
where i can download X13-49121.exe/boot.wim/x64 install.wim
plz mvp let me know where i can download this 3 file if u guys have the link pls show it to me............ -- tr3...
Installing Office 2007 on a dual-boot system
I am upgrading my computer system and am planning to dual-boot Vista and Vista 64 - I have a lot of older applications w...
X86 UBUNTU 9.10 INSTALL FAILURE AS A DUAL BOOT WITH WINDOWS
X86 UBUNTU 9.10 INSTALL FAILURE AS A DUAL boot WITH WINDOWS 7 (WUBI)!...
boot ini file
Can you please tell me how to get my present boot ini ,which follows,from this,[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)...
Boot process hangs at the final stage
"Preparing personal profile" is displayed and this is replaced by blue screen with a mouse pointer on it. Th...
Can't boot from Vista media
I am trying to repair the CHKDSK on my Vista Home Basic and I put the Installation disc in and nothing happens,what I me...
How to change drive letter of active/boot partition
Have multi-booting setup on my laptop at home, but i want to change "D:" in vista to be S drive, though I can...
dual boot windows vista and windows 2008
hi everyone, has anyone had a go with setting up dual boot for vista and windows 2008 on a same PC ? Thanks...
Boot into molasses: CPU and disk at 70%, network not connec
I am repeatedly booting into an unusable system - disk & CPU all used up, and when I can start Task Manager, System ...
Computer Does Not Boot Up
Hi not sure what is wrong my mom has a computer that is running Windows Vista 64bit HP Pavilion she bought last year an...
Forever to boot
Hi, I'm running Vista on aHP laptop and it takes forever to boot up. I don't know of anything that is installed that w...
Dual boot vista 64 and 32 bit?
Hi.I installed vista 64bit home premium a week ago. It runs good actually besides when i run some games which i would li...
BitLocker & boot issue - Big trouble
I encrypted my hard drive with Bitlocker, since I am unnecessarily paranoid about my information. However, this has now...
Boot menu option - Start without UAC ?
I want to add a boot Menu option to start Vista without UAC. How do I do this? Thanks....
Delayed network connection on boot - Clean install
Hi Everyone,I decide to re-baseline my desktop home system with a fresh install of Windows Vista Ultimate. Everything s...
Trying to install Vista Home Basic - 64 Bit on boot
Hi, Currently I use Windows XP Pro (32 bit) and I just received Vista Home Basic, 64 Bit edition and I try to run it on ...
Dual Boot OS menu
Simple question that hopefully will entail a simple answer, I dual boot Vista 32 and Vista 64, How can I rename them in...
Vista boot fallback
After installing Vista Ultimate w/sp1 on my MacPro, the normal start up was to be presented with the choose the OS scre...
Forever to boot?????
Hi, I'm running Vista home premium. After doing the 10/13 updates my computer takes forever to startup. I've disabled...
Will repaire ma pc (from windows vista boot cd) wipe out ma
Will reinstaling windows wipe out ma hard drive I HAVE SOME MOTHERBOARTH PROBLEMS AND THE PC IS ASKING ME TO REINSTALL V...
Duel Boot Vista Premium and WiNXP SP3 concerns
Have setup up the duel boot using the Vista Windows setup. After double checking that all was working well, I messed up...
dual boot dual drives
I currently have Vista Ultimate and am looking to install Windows 7 on a 2nd hard drive to create a dual boot PC. Is t...
Boot up problems
I just built a new computer, it seems to have boot up problems: blank screen, nothing showing on display, the hard driv...
Windows Vista Ultimate will not boot
Hi,I have Windows Vista 32bit Ultimate edition, the laptop was working fine before I shut it down. Now when I power it...
Dual Boot Setup
I was reading thru the help you all gave DavidG on the dual boot setup.First I have two HDD's both are IDE and split in ...
can't boot from install CD
I installed Vista Home Premium and got a nasty hard drive failure error. So I was going to boot from the install CD and...
Boot.ini Issue
Hi,I'm trying to update my laptop to a larger internal drive and tried several tools, including Norton Save & Resto...
Editing Boot.ini in Vista Ultimate
Where do I go to edit the boot.ini file in Vista Ultimate?-- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA...
Dual boot Vista question
I have a PC with Vista Home Premium and have added a blank primary partition. I have 64 bit Ultimate DVD and want to in...
Failure to Boot
HelloI am hoping someone can help with a system problem that my daughter is having on her Fujitsu-Siemens laptop.The op...
Chronic boot issues/Updating Drivers?
Re: Chronic boot issues/Updating Drivers?OS Name Microsoft Windows VistaT Ultimate Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Buil...
Blue screen on boot after new raid array
i recently decided to go with a raid array for my file storage on my desktop. i originally just had 3 hard drives, one b...
Dual Boot Vista and XP Pro
Hi all,I've noticed that there are a lot of threads about dual booting Vista and XP and I've tried to look through most ...
XP & Vista Dual Boot ---> Vista only. How?
Hello all, I have XP and Vista in dual boot on one disk. I've been running them both while I configured Vista with all ...
Boot/Unlock/Sleep - icons lanks, system busy, can't logoff/s
Vista, SP1I have a problem...stared out occurring when I went to sleep mode for a while or locked the workstation. Now I...
vista boot failure
I am receiving a black screen with 'windows failed to boot because a critical system driver is missing or corrupted'. ...
boot mgr missing, have no installation cd
hi can anyone help with my problem, i dont have an installation cd for my vista, i was told when i called the company, ...
Boot into safe mode
I got a customer Windows Vista Basic keep boot into Safe Mode even I keep try to boot into normal mode. I had follow qu...
Boot up error \3\LXBStime.dll
When I boot up I am getting this message all of a sudden. This is something new.............. Hod do I get rid of it?...
Re: Can't boot into Vista (dualboot)
"andy" wrote:Use the same command with /nt60 instead of /nt52. That was my initial idea as well, but it didn'...
VISTA 64-bit does not boot up and receive a BLUE Screen with
What can I do to fix a startup problem that started happening immediately after installing windows updates today? I was ...
Laptop Battery Falls Out, Now Vista Doesn't Boot
Laptop in question: HP Pavilion DV2000, running Windows Vista Home (I think 32-bit).Today, I was using my laptop, runnin...
XP / Vista Duel Boot question
I have already installed Vista on my Computer (I "upgraded" from XP Pro to Visa Home Premium), but I have fou...
Vista Ultimate x64 Boot Slower then normal
I was talking to my friends and listening to music on Windows Messenger, then my computer froze and everything just stop...
multiple vista boot menu??
Hello all, I have two vistas installed on my computer on HD1 i have vista ultimate 32 bit, and on HD2 i have vista home ...
Boot Manager issue: dual boot vista 64 ultimate / windows 7
Hi,I have a HP pavilion laptop which came with 64 bit vista ultimate pre-installed. I shrinked the OS partition (160 GB)...
Computer won't boot
my husband's computer won't boot at all. The green light comes on but the hard drive just beeps. It looks at the cd d...
Vista will not run memory test on boot
Hi I am runing windows vista 32 and it is actualy running ok for me thought I just tryed to run a memory test and found ...
INTERNAL SATA drive as alternate boot HDD
I have VISTA 64 booting nicely from sata 0. I have another data drive on sata 1. No RAID or anything like that is being ...
Vista hang at boot
Hi, I recently built myself a PC and installed Vista on it. Everything worked fine. Then i ended up doing a full re-form...
Vista won't boot after format of secondary drive
I have a brand new computer (running Vista) with 2 drives - a 1 Tb SATA drive (C: primary), and a 320 G IDE drive (D: se...
Vista stuck on black screen with mouse after boot progress b
Hello,I upgraded my Vista system drive using Seagate's DiscWizard tool to clone my old system drive. Everything when o...
Re; Vista requests run of chkdsk on boot
Here is my situation and I do not know what is the cause.In the past week four out of five times when I boot up my Vista...
Duel Boot
I have a laptop with Vista. I want WinXP (Drivers are available from Dell)Can I install WinXP on the same drive? Or do...
Boot failure?
I have a Vista Basic 64 machine running on a Q6600 and an ASUS motherboard. It has passed validation and wga and it sta...
Vista/XP Dual Boot Questions
Here is my predicament: I purchased a computer with Windows Vista Home Premium x64 preinstalled. This computer comes wit...
Convert Duel-boot XP\VU to VU
I've been reading about this in Google and people have suggested modifying BCDedit to remove XP and then formatting XP'...
Won't boot.
After a power failure I was unable to boot Vista Ultimate. At first I got a message that no Keyboard was detected on boo...
Windows 7 / Windows Vista dual boot / 3rd party bootloader m
I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista pre-installed, on a single boot system. I then shrank its partition, creat...
Dual boot vista/xp system freezing
HI, I have a dual boot system. Two different hard drives. One has VISTA ultimate 64x and the other has xp home.. that cr...
Vista 64 Ultimate slow boot and program startups
I have Vista 64 Ultimate running and was doing great for about three months now it is really slow. I open windows mail ...
dual boot 32 and 64
From what I am told Vista Ultimate's retail packages come with both 32 and 64 bit in the box. Is it possible to have t...
Vista won't boot. Do I need Full Install or will upgrade do?
I have an hp desktop that came with vista home premium preinstalled. It will not boot up now. So I tried the emrgency r...
dual boot vista
HiI have vista home premium installed as oem on my notebook but I also have a full version (ie non -OEM) version of vis...
Vista doesn't boot and startup repair doesn't work
Hi Vista isn't booting on a friends laptop. I'm trying to fix it but have tried everything I can think of. See below- St...
vista wont boot for me any help plz?
ok guys i just got vista x64 i got 2gb ram 3.6ghz dou core and geforce 9600gt anyway this is the problem when i try to...
Dual boot: Vista and Vista on 2 Hard Drives?
There are many articles on how to dual boot Vista and XP, but I want to dual boot Vista and Vista, with an existing inst...
Windows Vista Boot Issue
I have been using Windows Vista Business Edition 32bit for two months after a fresh install. A few days ago I began to e...
vista won't boot after restart
Hello all! this problem is driving me crazy and I can't seem to find any solution so I hope you guys can help me.I am ru...
Dual Boot VIsta Ultimate and XP Home
Ok, so i am bored last weekend, i am presently running Vista Ultimate, and figured i would install XP HOme editon, i cre...
Install XP on my new empty dual-boot disk...
I need an XP Pro OS on my Vista Home Premium laptop. I've used diskmgmt.mcs to shrink my disk by 30 gig - a nice and v...
Won't read 2nd drive for Dual Boot
Aloha all. This may be OT, so maybe someone can point me in the right direction...but I always get good replies here, a...
Boot from USB
Hi,Is there any technique to copy a bootable vista installation CD/DVD to a USB key?Generally, is there any easy way to...
when I v boot up my computer
Hello,Each time I boot up my computer, I have those following messages: Windows needs to install driver software for yo...
Slow boot.
I am running Vista Home Basic on an HP Presario with 2 GB of RAM. A few days ago I installed an HP Deskjet F4280 all i...
Vista Boot Manager Problem!!
hi there all!my fiances' laptop has vista 32bit on it.when we start up the laptop, we get the boot manager, and it has t...
vista boot up problem, pls help ASAP
pls i need somebody's help. i am new to this forum but i have problem with my system bootup. my system takes too long to...
Cloning Boot drive
I have vista Pro on a software raid and and mow installing a larger hardware raid card.What is the best software to clo...
Vista H Prem SP1,32 won't boot after PCTV card install
We're trying to install a Pinnacle Systems PCTV 800i PCI ATSC Hybrid TV + FM Radio card. Vista H Prem 32 bit hangs at th...
Slow Boot- Black Screen- Takes FOREVER
Toshiba Satellite 320gb 4gb 64-BitHave all updates done. AVG clean, no ad-adware. Have startup programs under msconfig ...
Boot from 2 Hard Drives?
I have an Existing Vista install on HD1 and want to install Windows 7 on HD2.Was going to make HD2 the Primary Drive. I...
Vista will not boot, question on which dvd I need to do rein
My vista will not boot...into any mode. Safe mode, all other advanced options modes do not work either. It just loads th...
Vertical display setting requires adjusting at boot
Hi, all. I'm fairly computer savvy, but I can't seem to resolve the following problem. What is happening is that as soon...
Load program at boot
I have Secunia PSI installed on my laptop. When I boot Vista prevents this program from loading. How do I force Vista to...
Can't boot Vista
Hi,I hope this is in the right place, apologies if not though.My problem is this:Today I tried to install a new Mouse, a...
Stalling on boot when mapped drives inaccesable
I have a few laptops part of our domain. They are connected to a few network printers and mapped to a few shares. Whe...
Latest Windows Update/Vista Update Speeds up Boot/Startup
Update for Windows Vista (KB947562) Installation date: 5/28/2008 7:10 AM Installation status: Successful Update...
Dual Boot Vista Ultimate and Xp Home Problem...Please Help
Hello Board !System Info: Windows Vista Ultimate SP3 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2370 @1.73GHz 1.73 GHz. Memory (RAM)...
Vista Won't Boot Up
I have a M-Series Gateway Laptop that came with Vista installed on it. When I try to turn it on, an error screen comes...
Vista won't boot
My son has precisely the same problem as Solertia with the added wrinkle that Visat came pre-installed and he doesn't h...
Black screen after boot, before logon
Hi, I installed a clean fresh copy of Vista Ultimate 64-bit along with a complete upgrade of my computer. After I insta...
Vista 32 Ultimate Will not boot into windows from new HDD
Okay, this is a weird one. I put in a new 250GB HDD (SATA) as my primary drive. I have two DVD RW (one SATA and one ...
WMI on Boot
Anybody know when WMI is loaded?I have a vbs script that makes a WMI call in order to change the system name in the unat...
Dual Boot Re-visited
I am having trouble creating a dual boot with Vista Ultimate as primary boot and XP as secondary. That is, I have Vista ...
USB Boot
I bought a new pc for my work which has all the bells and whistles. Of course the kids want access to the pc so that the...
Dual Boot - Vista Home Premium & XP Pro
My laptop came with Vista Home Premium x64 preinstalled. It shipped without separate OS disks but it has a service par...
Lost "Repair My Computer" Option in F8 Boot Advanced Startup
Hello Guys I have a one month old Toshiba Satellite. It turned out that a Service or Startup kept making my system "...
I'm constantly getting the error File: \Boot\BCD Status: 0xc
Hi I'm running Vista x64 Home Premium and since installing the updates on Tuesday 11th Nov. I've been getting the erro...
How To Set Up Dual Boot In Vista Premium?
I have tw2o Hard drives a 320GB an 500GB both are loaded with Windows Vista Premium and have Kaspersky Internet Suite 7...
Troubleshoot Restart With Warm OR Cold Boot?
When troubleshooting system problems requiring rebooting the box does it matter ever if you cold-boot or warm-boot? In ...
Vista 64 Bit - Cannot Boot With 3 Hard Disks
Hello,I have just installed Vista Ultimate 64 Bit (on my 500 GB Seagate hard disk, the main hard disk).Then, I added 2 m...
screen refresh rate and automatic boot
Hi, 1-can someone help me set my screen refresh rate? I don´t seem to find where the 60 and 75 hz are!. since I put vi...
"Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration.
I am attempting to upgrade from Win XP Pro (SP3) to Vista Home Premium, and purchased the update from the Microsoft Sto...
Font folder in the Boot
gu>When are the fonts in the font folder in the boot folder used? How do gu>access them? John:sick::sa::cry::) ...
Dual Boot Problems with Vista and 7
I have Vista installed on one hard drive and 7 Beta on another in my laptop. Using msconfig I changed the default OS i...
Vista won't Boot - Problem Event Name:Startup repairV2
Have Vista running on Dell Inspiron 1720. All of a sudden I can't start Windows. Startup Repair can't fix the problem an...
DVD Multi-boot of Vista SP1 a 64 bit
HIHaving created a DVD of Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit Retail including six editions of Vista, I would need to insert in th...
Hardware detection hangs up boot process
I recently experienced problems with the software for my Dell AIO 966 printer. On advice from the Dell NG's, I uninstal...
Cannot Boot into Vista
My custom built pc will not successfully boot into Vista x64. It keeps crashing/BSOD then restarting. This began after I...
Multiple boot and NTFS problems -- Vista, Ubuntu/GRUB, CHKDS
I have a dual-boot (Vista/Ubuntu) system, with 2 system hard drives. Each drive has both Vista and Ubuntu, in multiple ...
XP System Restore from Vista Dual-Boot
I hope this is the correct group for this question. I've searched the groups for a solution; a couple of posts were ver...
Help! Vista won't boot without CD
So today I decided to install vista on my main computer. I changed the boot sequence to CD first, then HDD. Everything r...
Boot Camp not working at all...
ok ive called every company known to this stupid piece of software. "we dont support that entirely" and its d...
Vista Boot slow
Vista used to boot up very quickly. Now it spends ages on the page with the "loading" bar. Is it performing so...
Windows vista freezes on boot up.
My windows vista freezes on boot up. I have tried deleting everything and starting all over but that dosen't seem to be ...
Dual Boot: XP and Vista. How?
I have originally XP installed. Then I installed Vista to another drive hooked up as C drive. Now when I attach both ...
I messed up Vista. Won't boot. Windows boot manager error.
Hello, I have an HP Pavilion laptop with Vista 64 and a recovery partition for the OS and drivers. I set out to dual boo...
V business: opens same windows every boot
Last Thursday, a week ago, I shut-down the computer with 4 windows-explorer windows open.Since then every power-on, and...
Windows Explorer Stops Responding During Boot-Up
I am running Vista SP2 32-bit along with Norton Internet Security 2009 (NIS). I have NOT installed any software recent...
Event Viewer Cirtical and Boot Up Issues
I am getting lots of critical errors in the event viewer. Event ID = 100, 200, 400, 307, 402.... (Below are the detai...
Vista dual boot change XP drive letter???
I searched all over and I haven't found a solution, but I know there has to got to be way to do this. I shrank my XP 6...
Dell D630 re-dock results in need to hard re-boot
I am running Vista on a Dell D630. My docking station works fine if I boot up with the notebook docked. And my system...
Removing a Boot file from a Partition that is NOT being used
Hi, I was having problems with VistaHP and thought that I could kill 2 birds with one stone by adding a new Hard Drive ...
Cannot Get Into Safe Mode Or Boot Normally
Hey GuysIm have a troubling issue with my computer as it is stuck on a cycle boot when it passes the windows loading sc...
Boot issue
I have a really odd issue, if I restart my PC I get past post and when the loading Vista scroll should start I get a bla...
Windows Vista Ultimate continuous beep on boot
Hi everyone - here's hoping you can help!. I have a Windows Vista (Ultimate SP 1) Hp Pavilion Desktop (Intel Core duo C...
Toolbar changes disappear on re-boot
Vista Business SP1Changes that I make to the toolbar at the bottom of the screen disappear the next time I boot up. Spe...
Safe mode won't boot, I'm stuck
I haver a trojan on my computer and I ticked Safe mode in boot configuration in msconfig. Now the computer will not boo...
CHDSK message Vista won't boot
Hello, I get the following message on my VISTA computer and I need to know is the hard drive dead and will I have to FD...
Issues after installing my pre-boot security software
Hi All!I have a HP nx6320notebook installed with Vista. Due to company policy, I'm required to install a pre boot authen...
is there a way to by pass vista desktop and boot straight me
Hi I have a customer who wants me to bulid a media centre pc that will go straight into the vista media centre without ...
Windows Boot Manager & address bar problem occured at the sa
Hi!2 days ago something happened to my computer and since then 2 problems are constantly occurring: - Every time I turn ...
Dual Boot between XP and Vista
I bought a new hard drive and Vista Ultimate 64-bit (full version). After doing a clean install of Vista, I found that...
Why must Windows be installed first in a dual-boot?
I want to build a dual-boot PC with Vista & Linux. Both Vista & Linux have boot loaders. Why is it necessary to...
Trouble with updating and boot up
Hi, I am hoping that someone has a solution out there for me. My computer updates regularly, however when the computer r...
Vista Won't POST or Boot After BIOS Mod
Vista 32 is installed on my year-old homebuilt computer (Gigabyte P35T-DQ6 m/b, Award BIOS V6.00PG, Intel E6750 cpu). I...
Can't dual boot vista/7
So here's the deal: My computer will not boot into Windows.I have a 250 GB HDD and a 500 GB HDD. the 250 GB had Vista ...
Dual boot XP & Vista question
I purchased a Dell laptop with Vista Home Premium on it and some of my older Xp software won't work on it. I would like...
Can't boot vista or start in safe mode
I try to boot my toshiba satellite laptop running vista 32. Not only does it not boot it also does not allow me to get...
Removed secondary HDD and Vista won't boot.
Ok my system originally started with an IDE HDD but later bought a SATA drive and I reinstalled Vista (business x64) on ...
Vista home premium won't boot up
Well, i'm on a gateway with Vista home Premium and it won't boot up. When i start it normally it goes to a screen that s...
Boot and general operating problems with Home Premium 64
Hi Guys and GalsI have an HP Pavillion dv7 Notebook (Model No. FS136UAR to be specific) running Windows Vista Home Prem...
Deleted boot partition. Broken Vista Installation
Hi all,I was tri-booting Xp, Vistax86 and Ubuntu. Xp and Vista were on one hard drive with ubuntu on another. Since I...
Disk Boot failure kinda thing...
Hi all..First I must say that I wouldn't be posting if I hadn't exhausted all other options... Basically, I have/had a 3...
Vista boot problems on an HP Pavilion machine
Got an HP Pavilion with Vista Home Premium on it that suddenly doesn't want to boot up after being perfectly alright fo...
Dual boot with Windows 3.1
How do I make a dual boot drive for vista and windows 3.1?...
Autoruns crashed vista boot
hello,I installed autoruns and conveniently disabled just a few nuiscance startups like google toolbar updater, javaupda...
Boot manager missing
::My Vista Laptop will not boot, says boot manager missing, I try to boot from cd to reinstall the OS, cd will start to ...
getting boot time error.
Hi all,When I boot my machine, I am getting one error that is-booting 'Windows Vista' acpi vista loader 2.0.0Done!Fall b...
Boot problem
Hi. I just finished a fresh install of Vista 64bit. Install went smoothly, but the system won't boot unless I disconn...
How to remove boot-started On-Screen Keyboard
By mistake I click on the boot selection of the On-Screen Keyboard. Now the keyboard appears every time I login. I've c...
Keep getting random crashes/restarts in xp on dual boot vist
HiI'm new here and find all this info great. Kind of new to vista as well so its a mine of information for me. Thanks to...
Cant boot Ultimate 64
So this is how it all went down, I have a program that totally uninstalls software, its registry and little tidbits prog...
Manually load the driver whenener boot
After boot, the windows ask for the video controller driver. I browse to the folder and load the driver. The everything...
Dual boot vista with server 2008
Hi all,I have a laptop with Vista Business preinstalled.I have 116 GB unallocated space on the HD on which I wish to ins...
Vista DVD won't boot
Hi everybody. I have found many similar threads but none of them seem to fit the situation exactly and none of the solu...
How do I repair my C: boot record?
My Vista Home Premium will not boot if I shut it down. Can I repair it somehow before I do a restart? TIA Paul...
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS mother...
System Restore and Dual Boot
I know that Vista SR points are deleted when you switch back to XP. Is there a workaround? I read that you can use Bit-...
Vista boot problems
Hi guys, some advice please, have vista installed with all the updates, just recently everytime I boot my computer up, ...
Does Vista 64 bit boot slower ?
Ok..at the risk of sounding stupid, I'm going to ask this anyway. I just installed Vista Business 64 bit after using H...
Vista crashes on boot
I have done a clean install of Vista Ultimate (64), and since then, everytime I start my computer, it fails to boot cor...
Vista has lost C drive and will not boot
Yesterday morning Vista , wouldn't boot I was promped to use safe mode, last known good configuration etc. Would not ...
How to bypass hibernate file during boot?
How do I stop the computer from attempting to boot with the hibernate file?The computer is not starting after it went to...
Normal Boot has fuzzy monitor; Safe Mode Reboot loop- Vista
When I boot my Vista 64 machine, which had been working normally until 2 days ago, the login screen comes up fuzzy--that...
dual boot capability?
Originally running Vista I shrunk my C: partition and installed XP home to the new partition. Now the machine boots to X...
Dual Boot for Vista & 2003 Server Vista won't Boot
I installed Vista Ultimate In C:Drive. I also installed vista boot pro software and took a backup of the current BCD. Th...
Windows Vista and Windows 7 dual boot - visible partitions?
You may remember the issue when dual booting Vista and XP where all of the restore points would get deleted because of ...
Failed Vista install prevents dual boot
I tried installing Vista Prem. on a blank partition on my hard drive, the drive already has xp pro running on C: The i...
BSOD at Vista Boot
Normally I know enough about computers to fix the problems I create myself, but from time to time a problem springs up a...
backup question before installing windows 7 in dual boot
i want' to try windows 7, but i don't want to lose vista since windows 7 is just an RC and could still cause some crashe...
Windows Vista continuous beep on boot
I have a Windows Vista (Ultimate SP 1) Hp Pavilion Desktop (Intel Core duo CPU/3gb Ram/ Bios American Megartrends Graph...
dual boot: Windows Vista + Windows XP
Hello,I have an all-in-one which used to work fine under Windows XP but ever since I have upgraded to Windows Vista even...
Making the DVD ROm drive the Boot drive?
I've got to reinstall Vista. My only BIOS settings are CD-ROM, no option for DVD drive. Bios is latest avaliable. Is my...
Disk Boot Error
Hello ladies and gents. I am having an issue with my computer running vista ultimate x64. I have an ASUS M2N-SLI motherb...
Dell laptop w/Vista won't boot
If this needs to be on another NG,please tell me.I have a Dell laptop with Vista that is on it's 4th or maybe 5th hard-d...
Strange security popup at boot
A friends new Gateway computer pops up a dialog box. The dialog box is basically blank except in the title bar it states...
Vista - boot failure question
I recently bought a new Vista computer and after a few hours, it wouldn't boot all the way. It drew the desktop backgrou...
Drivers not loading; slow boot
Hi all,Vista Home Premium, 1.8 GHz Intel Duo Core 4300, 2Gb, 1000+ GB working fine albeit a bit sluggish after a year. S...
PC with Vista does not boot
My earlier post showed up as a blank. Therefore, I am posting again.I have a Dell Dimension 510 that has Vista operatin...
Slow boot first time in the morning
My problem is more than just slow boot. It takes about 2 minutes to boot to all my startup programs. However, for the n...
reboot and select proper boot device
I recently built a computer with a MSI K9A2 CF-F motherboard. The hardrive is completely new and clean. I need to instal...
Can't boot up HELP!!!
Hi guys and girls. I have a Dell Insiron 1525 with Vista basic. I can't get it to boot up, It starts with a screen ( upd...
OSX boots first on OSX/Vista dual-boot setup
Hello.I recently installed OSX on a different partition of the same HDD. Now OSX boots first unless I hit any key in the...
bootmgr is missing message on boot/start up Vista 32 bit
I had a HD fail, my main C drive. I had two other HD used as file storage. All the HDs are SATA. Bought a new HD and in...
Incomplete Boot Vista SP1
I recently began having a problem when booting up my Gateway Computer running Vista SP1 which I installed months ago. ...
External USB HDD and Slow Boot
Hi there,Unlike XP, my external 250 gb WD HDD slows down vista boot process considerably. Any suggestions? I am really ...
Vista laptop has arrow and black screen during boot
When I try to boot my Vista laptop, it boots fine until after the green scrolling bar completes. Then, it goes to a blac...
Vista refuse to boot
Cant boot in any mode. Even the Command prompt give me a black screen.It also only offer me one date for a recovory (I s...
Boot Times
Have seen a number of complaints about boot times. Are all of you aware of the fact that by default, Vista uses only on...
Please help! Multi-boot option not working anymore
Hi I had successfully installed win xp pro on my pre-installed vista home computer. When I used to boot up, I had the op...
How to uninstall vista dual boot
Hi all,I presently have XP X64 and Vista X64 dual booting on one HDD. The partitions are all Primary Partitions and se...
Vista "Boot Manager Missing"
Hi all! I'm New to this forum and Vista and hope you fine people can help. I bought a rig second hand. The silly fellow ...
change vista boot partition
I have Vista installed twice on one hard drive, obviously on separate partitions.I want to delete one of the partitions ...
CD Drive available at boot, not in Vista
We have a Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop running Vista Home Basic.The DVD burner is not recognized by Vista...it has a yellow...
Another dual boot question!
I am considering setting up a dual boot on my 64 bit Vista Ultimate beastie. I have a total of 4 hard drives all SATA 2 ...
Vista WILL NOT BOOT!
Ok here's the problem, My installation of Vista home premium will not boot, not even in safe mode! Each time I try to bo...
Windows Vista doesnt boot
I have windows vista business installed in my computer. I decided to install the service pack 1. During the installatio...
Windows Needs Gaming Boot Mode
Windows needs a basic bootmode for gaming that stops all unnecessary services and processes from loading in the RAM and ...
Black screen on boot up
I've been suffering with the black screen on boot up problem - it just appeared overnight on a previously working insta...
Vista won't boot/gets to blank screen with mouse
Hi allI have recently installed Ubuntu 8 onto my Vista laptop, as dual boot. The first time I booted into Vista after in...
Can't boot after restoring machine from backup image
The motherboard on my Vista machine failed and I had to replace it with a different one and in the process the hard dis...
Vista Boot Manager never leaves even after fresh install
So I am trying to fix this laptop. Got rid of a bunch of viruses n such. Then tried BCDedit. But still on reboot got Wi...
Boot sequence having to use F1 to boot up
To fix this problem all you have to do is: Shut your pc down. Unplug everything. Hold down the power button for 30 Sec...
Slow Boot: 2'35" average
VISTA Home Premium, 2GB, Dual Intel 4300, 1.8GHZ, 1000+ GB, SP1Slow booting after SP1, showing black screen / no activit...
Dual HD boot, Vista 32 & XP use Vista Boot Pro?
I have used Vista boot Pro for Dual HD with Vista 32 & Vista 64. Should I use this with Vista 32 as primary HD and X...
Unable to boot Vista in normal mode
My computer froze on me awile ago and after that it will not load in Normal mode. I have tried to restore to an earlier ...
Advanced boot options doesn't show Repair option
Hi all, am trying to do a full system restore from a back up to save having to reload windows and all other software fro...
thumb drive won't trun on at boot time
I have a PNY 16g thumb drive with both my msoffice and vista cd's copied to it and a few other things. When I boot, the...
Dual Boot with XP?
Aloha all. I have Vista Home Premium on C:. There are a few programs that won't run under Vista, and I've read that dua...
Win XP/Vista dual boot but boots into XP only
OK. A while back, I had Win XP on drive C. I installed Win Vista x64 [Ultimate retail] on drive D [needed to boot to th...
Bart's PE and MULTI-BOOT DVD of editios of Vista
HISince I'm creating a custom DVD of Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit Retail (4 editions included in the DVD) and having read t...
Msconfig "Boot" problem!
I resently limited my RAM to 3072mb or 3GB in the msconfig boot tab, not knowing that it would stay like that permanentl...
Fails to connect to network on boot, have to reset network a
Frequently (but not always...) when I start my Vista Business computer, it won't connect to the Ethernet (not wireless)...
Can't get my Computer to boot please help!
Okay this is whats up, and don't flame me for doing something dumb, but what I have done is I Installed Ubuntu as Dual b...
Active Password-Field after boot
Hi, formerly when i start vista, the password-filed was automatically activated on the login screen and i just have to ...
change description in boot up menu
what is the command for changing the decryptions in the bootmenu for vista and windows 2008I must be thick, I was lookin...
X64 UBUNTU 9.10 RC INSTALL FAILURE AS A DUAL BOOT WITH WINDO
X64 UBUNTU 9.10 RC INSTALL FAILURE AS A DUAL boot WITH WINDOWS 7 (WUBI)!...
Windows Boot Manager Error
When I start I get an error that “Windows failed to start” and to insert the installation disk in to try repair. Th...
need help with boot
Hey there, about a week ago i installed Windiws Vista Business. i noticed a couple of times that my PC jusr restarted it...
XP & Vista dual boot
I use my PC to dual boot between XP and Vista, with XP being on a separate hard disk to Vista. XP is on drive c:, I hav...
Got this Error booting " Boot Failure pxe-e53 no boot filena
I was getting a error when I booted up my computer. it would say something likeboot Failure .... pxe-e53 no boot filenam...
dual boot problem
I have installed windows vista home premium and windows server 2003 R2 in the same computer.I configured with bcdedit t...
Multi-boot program
I have Vista Home Premium 64-bit and Windows 7 installed and use the standard Microsoft boot manager from Windows 7 to ...
Windows Vista-XP Dual Boot
Issue:I have dual boot desktop C:\ XP D:\ VistaIn XP, i have made the registry changes so that i cannot access/see vista...
Vista wont boot
my vista home edition 32 bit hangs on the loading screen and does nothing. iv tried doing the start up repair thing but...
Can't access external drive on XP - previous Vista Boot Driv
Hi.My notebook hard drive (Vista Home) was failing and I was unable to backup my files before it wouldn't boot anymore. ...
No boot after hibernation
my new computer decided it doesn't like to boot anymore [image: http://elitistjerks.com/images/smilies/frown.gif] (btw, ...
Extended boot time since November 2009 Updates
Since I installed 4 Windows Updates on 25 November (KB973688, 973687, 976098, 976470), the time taken to boot-up has ex...
How to backup Windows Mail when you can't boot
I have a Vista laptop and I can't boot it normally nor can I access safe boot. I need to backup my Windows Mail so once...
slow boot 195 sec. windows update KB954430?
For the last few days my 'pc' (http://www.vistax64.com/#) takes three and half minutes to load. I did have the windows u...
External eSATA invisible in Vista - OK in XP (dual-boot)
My external eSATA drive is not visible in My Computer in Vista, but on the same PC (dual-boot) it is there in Win XP Pr...
Defense Against Boot Disks?
I have several users that keep using a linux boot disk to reset the administrator password. Short of encrypting the ent...
Lost ability to dual boot
I had Vista Ultimate x64 and Vista business x86 in a dual booting config. I decided to format the vista business partit...
Vista will not boot into f11 or safe mode
I am desperate. This post will not even post and I am not even on the broken computer!:mad: Once again--how do i get my...
Unable to boot
Hello, I recently installed Virtual PC 2007 on my vista ultimate dell. After restarting my computer, the boot screen g...
Help! Getting File: \Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000f on my lapt
Hey. I got a brand new Hp pavillion laptop, and 4 days after i got it it gave me the : File: \boot\BCD Status: 0xc00000...
Duel Boot Windows Vista home premium installed 1st and wind
hi I have purchased New laptop Toshiba M600 , i got default windows Vista home premiun installed on laptop . On 120 GB ...
Dual-Boot Vista64 XP Pro 32 XP won't load
I have been searching for the answer. So far, according to all the answers I have read I should not have a problem.Part...
Vbruz.dll missing when I boot my machine
Hi Everyone,I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Recently, my machine started throwing me an error saying vbr...
Probs with boot up & disc space
Hi peeps i'm really hoping someone can help me. I have a laptop with Vista home premium. Basically i have noticed a coup...
Blank Boot-Up
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Vista doesn't boot, no BIOS screen
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PC Thinks I Have 2 OS's, Boot Up Problems
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Dual Boot Issue With XP Pro and VISTA Ultimate
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page file issue with partition? / want to dual boot win7 wit
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Will not boot after installing Photoshop Elements 4
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Dual boot and hibernation: Vista fails to resume
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Force PXE next boot
I have a need to periodically tell all my validation machines to reboot to PXE so I can re-imagine them with ImageX/Win...
Re: Extremely slow boot and lots of errors
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:06:08 -0700, Charizma wrote:Yes, I've done the virus scan...no viruses found. So I tried this:go...
vista x64 will not boot from hard drive, restore, or from dv
I had a problem with my dvd-r/rw (tsst ts t633a dvd-r/rw) not being ID'ed in device manager. I used the troubeshooting ...
laptop says unmountable boot volume and will not restore. pl
I have a two year old sony vaio laptop. The other night it suddenly went to a blue screen that said unmountable_boot_vol...
Vista 32 and 64 bit dual boot, cannot load either OS
Hi, I recently tried to set up a dual boot on my system with windows Vista 32 and 64 bit. In short, after installing my ...
Vista/XP dual boot problem
I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday, got an error saying something to the effect of vist...
Default Boot Drive?
Okay, so I got a new system (AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3GHz, Vista Home Premium, 500GB SATA HDD), installed a new SATA driv...
BSOD: Unmountable_Boot_Volume (ack!)
I am having some major trouble with my laptop and would be very appreciative of an help that anyone could provide!Short...
Dual boot in reverse
Hello, I have dual boot system: driveC --> WinXP driveD --->Vista Now, I do not need WinXP anymore. I...
White screen dual boot help
Hello, sorry that my first post is something that has probably been discussed before. I did do a quick search, read th...
Boot Manager
Recently, and for reasons I can't explain, Vista boot Manager shows each time I start my pc. I only have Vista installe...
Partitioning so I can dual boot - Says "Access Denied"
I am partitioning my C drive so I can install Windows Pro as a duel boot to the pre-installed Windows Vista Home Premium...
from 2 to 4 gigs ram, vista doesn't boot
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McAfee Security delay the network connection during boot-up?
During system boot-up, i need to wait about 3 minutes till McAfee Security window pop up and ready (i guess it is the t...
Removing XP from Dual Boot with Vista Ultimate
I added Vista to my Xp system on a different partition. Here's what is shows nowName: Microsoft Windows Vista BCD ID:...
Vista won't boot into login? virus, video card or hardware p
Hi, I would like to say sorry in advance to this long post, but after searching the internet for 2 days i couldn't find...
boot repair
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I have Vista Ultimate 64 installed and have two necessary but little used programs that will not run on Vista - only XP...
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I've had Vista x64 installed for about 2 full months now and I've recently begun having a **** ton of problems. One bein...
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When I boot WMC it seems to take ages to load, so long in fact that it seems as though the app has failed. Is this norm...
Slow Boot - "Did not load Driver"
Hi all,VSITA Home Premium, 2GB, Dual Intel 4300, 1.8GHZ, 1000+ GBRecently booting took 5 minutes. Running boot Logging i...
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Hi allI am proffesional .NET developer working with C# and SQL. Because of new features of the new MS products I was swi...
Vista will not boot... after uninstalling Netgear Software
I am running Vista SP1. Yesterday I uninstalled the Netgear SC101 Management Software and was prompted to "restart ...
Boot Up Error
Every time I boot up my computer with Windows Vista operating system I get the following error: visual C Command Line C...
Creating A USB boot drive
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