Vista Tutorial - Repair install?

10-04-2008

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.

10-04-2008

Mike wrote:

Quote:

> 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.
>

What you needed is the retail version of the install DVD that you can
boot off of that would have given you the options to "Repair Boot
problems option". I don't know if that is an option on a OEM version.

10-04-2008

What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista?
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...e1033.mspx#EVD

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

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"Mike" <mikey117@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:utpQiRmJJHA.4672@xxxxxx
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.

**barman58** · 10-04-2008

Hi Mike you may want to have a look here

Create a Recovery Disc

**SIW2** · 10-04-2008

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.

--
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

- 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

10-04-2008

"SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:e91006567437b6d94914636f0ebf40c8@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Quote:

>
> Mike;852717 Wrote:

Quote:

>> 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
>
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |Filename: VISTADVDFILES2008-09-17_022154.jpg |
> |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...achmentid=7046 |
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>
> --
> 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?

10-04-2008

Mike wrote:

Quote:

> "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:e91006567437b6d94914636f0ebf40c8@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Quote:

>> Mike;852717 Wrote:

Quote:

>>> 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
>>
>>
>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>> |Filename: VISTADVDFILES2008-09-17_022154.jpg |
>> |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...achmentid=7046 |
>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>>
>> --
>> 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.

**SIW2** · 10-04-2008

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.

--
Mr. Simpson, there are thousands of people like you with no discernable
talent.
Yeah, they're called Congress.

Sorry Mike,

This is the correct link

Startup Repair

Tho it appears you have tried it already, not sure what dvd you have, or at what stage it failed - for example ( underneath the tutorial )

Quote:

For step 5: What if there isn't an operating system listed?

Quote:

Go ahead and click Next anyway.
Shawn

If it works, then make sure you have prod. key for future use ( unless you have it already ).

If that doesn't succeed, afraid I don't know a way of repairing if you can't get in - looks like it will have to be a reinstall. During the reinstall process it is possible to select the option to save your existing files into a folder called Windows.old - if you have things you can't afford to lose.

Hope that helps

SIW2

10-04-2008

"Paul Montgumdrop" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uNoNQAoJJHA.728@xxxxxx

Quote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>>> |Filename: VISTADVDFILES2008-09-17_022154.jpg |
>>> |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...achmentid=7046 |
>>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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?!?!?

10-04-2008

"SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:78af24190e2c55203cb45e6a3d0a6c7e@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Quote:

>
> Mike;852717 Wrote:

Quote:

>> 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.

>
> Sorry Mike,
>
> This is the correct link
>
> Startup Repair
>
> Tho it appears you have tried it already, not sure what dvd you have,
> or at what stage it failed - for example ( underneath the tutorial )
>

Quote:

>> For step 5: What if there isn't an operating system listed?

>

Quote:

>> Go ahead and click Next anyway.
>> Shawn

>
> If it works, then make sure you have prod. key for future use ( unless
> you have it already ).
>
> If that doesn't succeed, afraid I don't know a way of repairing if you
> can't get in - looks like it will have to be a reinstall. During the
> reinstall process it is possible to select the option to save your
> existing files into a folder called Windows.old - if you have things you
> can't afford to lose.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> SIW2
>

But with the OEM version & the fact that it sees an installation already
there, will it let me install again?
I'd hate to wipe out my docs, etc!

10-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
Mike Guest n/a posts	Repair install? 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.
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
Paul Montgumdrop Guest n/a posts	Re: Repair install? Mike wrote: Quote: > 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. > What you needed is the retail version of the install DVD that you can boot off of that would have given you the options to "Repair Boot problems option". I don't know if that is an option on a OEM version.
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#3 (permalink)
Carey Frisch [MVP] Guest n/a posts	Re: Repair install? What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...e1033.mspx#EVD -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Mike" <mikey117@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:utpQiRmJJHA.4672@xxxxxx 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.
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#4 (permalink)
barman58 Post No Evil ;) Join Date: Jul 2008 Windows 7 RC x64 Vista HP x86 1,682 posts	Re: Repair install? Hi Mike you may want to have a look here Create a Recovery Disc
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#5 (permalink)
SIW2 Master Join Date: Jul 2008 VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 2,293 posts	Re: Repair install? 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. -- 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 - 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
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#6 (permalink)
Mike Guest n/a posts	Re: Repair install? "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:e91006567437b6d94914636f0ebf40c8@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Mike;852717 Wrote: Quote: >> 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 > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > \|Filename: VISTADVDFILES2008-09-17_022154.jpg \| > \|Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...achmentid=7046 \| > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > -- > 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?
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#7 (permalink)
Paul Montgumdrop Guest n/a posts	Re: Repair install? Mike wrote: Quote: > "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message > news:e91006567437b6d94914636f0ebf40c8@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: >> Mike;852717 Wrote: Quote: >>> 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 >> >> >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> \|Filename: VISTADVDFILES2008-09-17_022154.jpg \| >> \|Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...achmentid=7046 \| >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> -- >> 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.
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#8 (permalink)
SIW2 Master Join Date: Jul 2008 VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 2,293 posts	Re: Repair install? 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. -- Mr. Simpson, there are thousands of people like you with no discernable talent. Yeah, they're called Congress. Sorry Mike, This is the correct link Startup Repair Tho it appears you have tried it already, not sure what dvd you have, or at what stage it failed - for example ( underneath the tutorial ) Quote: For step 5: What if there isn't an operating system listed? Quote: Go ahead and click Next anyway. Shawn If it works, then make sure you have prod. key for future use ( unless you have it already ). If that doesn't succeed, afraid I don't know a way of repairing if you can't get in - looks like it will have to be a reinstall. During the reinstall process it is possible to select the option to save your existing files into a folder called Windows.old - if you have things you can't afford to lose. Hope that helps SIW2
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#9 (permalink)
Mike Guest n/a posts	Re: Repair install? "Paul Montgumdrop" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uNoNQAoJJHA.728@xxxxxx Quote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> \|Filename: VISTADVDFILES2008-09-17_022154.jpg \| >>> \|Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...achmentid=7046 \| >>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> >>> -- >>> 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?!?!?
My System Specs

10-04-2008	#10 (permalink)
Mike Guest n/a posts	Re: Repair install? "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:78af24190e2c55203cb45e6a3d0a6c7e@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Mike;852717 Wrote: Quote: >> 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. > > Sorry Mike, > > This is the correct link > > Startup Repair > > Tho it appears you have tried it already, not sure what dvd you have, > or at what stage it failed - for example ( underneath the tutorial ) > Quote: >> For step 5: What if there isn't an operating system listed? > Quote: >> Go ahead and click Next anyway. >> Shawn > > If it works, then make sure you have prod. key for future use ( unless > you have it already ). > > If that doesn't succeed, afraid I don't know a way of repairing if you > can't get in - looks like it will have to be a reinstall. During the > reinstall process it is possible to select the option to save your > existing files into a folder called Windows.old - if you have things you > can't afford to lose. > > Hope that helps > > SIW2 > But with the OEM version & the fact that it sees an installation already there, will it let me install again? I'd hate to wipe out my docs, etc!
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