I need to recover the data that was in the failed backup. I have a second
hard drive and an external usb drive that this could be copied to.
Do you know of any utilities that I can use to access my data before
reformatting?
"Jan Il" wrote:
> Hi encee :-)
>
> Then all I can suggrest is that you either reinstall XP or Vista, and let
> them reformat the hard drive in the install process.
>
> Jan 
>
> > Thanks. However, I have tried the startup repair option. Unfortunately,
> > I
> > am still faced will the same black screen on reboot and cannot logon to
> > Vista.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > "Jan Il" wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry, forget my first reply, these are the correct steps:
> >>
> >> Put in the Vista DVD in the ROM and restart the computer
> >> When it comes up, continue to the screen that offers the Repair. Select
> >> Repair and let it do the job.
> >>
> >> As soon as Vista comes up and you are logged on, burn/copy your data
> >> files
> >> to a DVD or another hard drive( internal or external) for safe keeping.
> >>
> >> Next, download and install the VistaBoot Pro
> >> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
> >>
> >> For Single Booting:
> >>
> >> 1. Open the VistaBoot Pro and click on the Configure tab and under the
> >> Bootloader section, select Vista from the drop down box to be your
> >> default
> >> OS.
> >> 2. Set the Boot time out for 3 seconds. Click apply.
> >> 3. IF you want to rename the Vista install to another name, in the
> >> Entry-Based section, click on Select OS to modify. Select the Vista name
> >> and
> >> in the Rename to window, type in whatever name you want to give it.
> >> 4. Click on the Manage Entries tab, and highlight the OS in the window
> >> that
> >> you want to be the first in the boot menu, and if it is not in the list
> >> first, click the Up tab to move it up.
> >> 5. Then click the Backup/Restore tab and save a backup of the new boot
> >> menu,
> >> create a new folder on the XP drive and save it there, just in case.
> >> Then close out of VistaBoot Pro and reboot
> >>
> >> Your new boot menu should appear on restart
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Jan
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