"Paul Montgumdrop" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote: Quote:
>> "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
>> news:e91006567437b6d94914636f0ebf40c8@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote:
>>> Mike;852717 Wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mr. Simpson, there are thousands of people like you with no discernable
>>>> talent.
>>>> Yeah, they're called Congress.
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 7046
>>>
>>> - 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
>>>
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>>> --
>>> SIW2 >>
>> From the link:
>> 1. Insert the Vista DVD into the DVD drive while your current Vista is
>> running.
>>
>> Did I mention that it won't boot to windows? >
> Then you don't have a retail version of the install DVD where you can boot
> off the DVD retail version that has the other Repair/Restore options. And
> that's a DVD that you would put into the drive trey, change the BIOS
> settings to boot from the DVD. The current Vista would not be running, as
> computer would be booting off of the DVD, standalone.
> I have an OEM version of Vista Home Premium.
I can boot from the DVD & after making sure time, KB, language is right, hit
next & chose 'repair my computer'.
It finds the instakllation & is smart enough to tell me my computer was
unable to start.
Startup repair checks for problems & comes back telling me it can't
automatically fix the problem.
I then chose the advanced repair options, with system restore being the only
logical one to try.
I can pick each restore point & after trying , it will tell me it didn't
complete successfully.
Since I don't own a Vista computer myself, I took a blank drive &
re-installed on that, thinking I could access original drive, copy docs,
etc., re-install on original drive & copy files back, but whatever happened
to the 30 days to activate?
Since it gives me no choice but to activate if I want to get into Windows, I
try to let it activate & it tells me the product key has already been
activated!
Any other suggestions?!?!?