Quote: Originally Posted by
Mike 
I am running Vista Home Premium & can't get the thing to boot to Windows.
I might get as far as the progress bar running across the bottom of the
screen, but it will inevitably reboot, never getting all the was to the log
in screen.
I have been trying various restore points after booting from the DVD &
selecting the Repair My Computer option, but none of them has worked.
Is there a repair install option?
I have an OEM version & there seems to be mixed answers out there.
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Hi Mike,
If you have a MS dvd, with the hologram, then either the retail or oem version will be fine to do this
Repair Install For Vista
( tho you don't need the product key to do this, make sure you have it anyway - it's probably on a sticker on your machine - if not, and you need to get it from your hd
Product Key Number )
If you have a recovery dvd sent with your computer , most have very limited options. ( However Dell have recently been shipping what appear to be straight copies of the MS dvd ). If you have one of these , you need to check what is on it.
Put the dvd in the drive, right click the dvd drive and select Open - if there's just one big folder, double click that to open it. With any luck you will have these files
- you may want to take a jpeg screenshot and post it back, if you're in doubt
How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista
Hope that helps
SIW2