Solved Problem with Vista System Recovery

I'm new to VistaForums...I've been reading and searching for a solution to my problem. I may have missed it. I did read the tutorial on making a bootable system recovery disk. I downloaded the .iso file from neosmart.

I am wanting to do a "Startup Repair" on Vista 32-bit OS (system came loaded)...I am getting a BSOD 0x7b. My system is a ACER AM5461 running DC intell. My problem is that when I boot into the System Recovery...I don't get an OS...I can get to the recovery screen...but selecting "Start Up Repair" does nothing. Now the previous screen (which indicates no OS) asks for the drivers to be loaded... I suspect that this is the reason why the repair does not work because the HDD drivers are not loaded on boot up?? I've seen some questions on this but no specific solutions.

A little on the HDD with the Vista 32-bit: I have previously loaded the Seatools and completed the testing of the drive which is good. Also done a virus test which was also good. This is a dual boot drive C: Vista D:Windows 7. All Vista info can still be seen on drive c:/D: when 7 is booted which works...Vista starts with load bar...and get a bit through then the 0x7b. This was happening before I installed a dual boot of Windows 7....

Hope this is enough information....I sure wish I had discovered this site before...really good/helpful.

Help for a newbie needed.....Thanks

Hi,

Look here for a MS "Fix it" file: -

Error message when you start a Windows 7 or Windows Vista-based computer after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive: "STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE"

See if that works? Might not be applicable here though?

You might be better off starting from the recovery DVD's you created from the system, you did create them?

Which is your main system now, Vista or Seven?
Can you access and save your documents etc. from the Vista partition?

Thanks for the link...I am not sure if this is my problem. I did not make any restore disks from the Vista partition. When I boot Windows 7 I can see and back up my all the data on Vista partition. Actually, I cloned the HDD to a test HDD. The Vista boot does try to load...but only get to a certains point. I've tried to boot to "safe mode" so I can see where it stops. The last time I booted in "Safe Mode" it got to "crcdisk" and quit (Vista will not boot now in "Safe Mode"). The Windows 7 is a borrowed copy...I kinda like 7 so I may buy myself a copy, however I would like to save my Vista. I did a system restore from my OEM (Acer) disks which overwrote my test HDD. So I can now boot that...but all my stuff is gone...So I'm going to clone my original tomorrow.

I was trying to get to the repair/restore tools to fix the boot...or bootmgr etc.

Thanks again...any more suggestions would be helpful??? I'm not an expert on Vista...but know just enough to get me in trouble. I believe I have a bad boot sector/bootmgr.

Hi,

Have a crack at these options: -

Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

I was not able to restore the Vista...I did however loaded Vista on my clone HDD from my Acer recovery disk. Got a good copy running.

I did install win7 on my original HDD on the 2nd partition.

Thanks for the help.

hi,

Pleased your up & running. I will request this thread be maeked as solved. OK?