On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:37:13 -0700, "JW" <JW@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>Here is one link that has several possible solutions:
>
>http://www.windowvistarepair.com/
>
>Also AFAIK if you run a Repair Installation from your Vista installation
>disk it will rewrite the boot sector if required and make some other checks
>but as Rick pointed out it is not the same type of repair installation that
>you could do with XP.
>I have read some links that stated that running the Vista System File
>checker (SFC.EXE) will perform some of the same types of checks that the XP
>installation repair does. Great!!! NOW all the OP needs is a way to BOOT his machine to be able
to use the System File Checker.
IF he is not able to boot the machine with his new Motherboard/CPU, he
will need to do a CLEAN INSTALLATION.
XP allowed one to just do an inplace upgrade (i.e., "repair
installation"). This is not possible with Vista, sadly.
Hopefully, he will have already backed up his data on an external
drive.
Donald L McDaniel
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