Is Vista Installed on the SATA or the IDE??
Did you load the SATA drivers from your MOBO CD during the Vista Install??
Which drive is listed as the 1st..2nd boot drive in the BIOS??
peter
"Muzman" <Muzman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Edit/ Would having an IDE hdd connected be the cause..
>
> is it worth disconnecting it and then starting up?
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> "Muzman" wrote:
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>> ive tried doing the System repair but it doesnt pick anything up?
>>
>> ive reinstalled, in hope of it being a one off, but still the same
>> result.
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>> "peter" wrote:
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>> > about 1/2 way down the page
>> > http://blogs.msdn.com/winre/archive/...sing-file.aspx
>> >
>> > peter
>> > "Muzman" <Muzman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:9CC48F31-8667-4A37-98B6-AE4132B84FD6@microsoft.com...
>> > >I have just installed Vista Home Premium 64bit on my system.
>> > >
>> > > it works fine, but i can only boot up by having the Vista dvd in the
>> > > dvd
>> > > drive?
>> > >
>> > > i have it installed on a SATA hdd.
>> > >
>> > > any help plz?
>> >
>> >