Vista Won't Boot Up From Hard Drive; File Missing/Corrupted

[Powerpuff Girls]

Vista Won't Boot Up From Hard Drive; Winload.exe File Missing/Corrupted

I reinstalled Vista (same version) on an SSD, after it failed to boot. I can still access the drive and currently have it connected as a 2nd internal drive.

At first, it was an avgsomething file located in the same the directory \Windows\System32\drivers
I tried to remove it using by booting into Ubuntu however the weird thing was, it said that certain file the avg something file had an input/output error on that file, and it wasn't vissible, and then nothing would show in the folder.

Now, it justs the \Windows\System32\drivers\winload.exe

What I did was I renamed the drivers folder to 'drivers.old' and copied the drivers folder from the same copy which was on an SSD. However, I have a reinstall of Vista on the same SSD.

I don't know if what I said helps,
Everything shows in the drivers folder, except the avgsomething file. I don't know what happened to that, however I successfully removed it from another drive, without the error.

 

[townsbg]

Unfortunately I think that you have damaged your install too much. You just don't go deleting any files that you didn't create unless you know that you don't need it. However there are recovery options that you can try. Repair Vista Options - Preferred Sequence

 

[Powerpuff Girls]

I booted up Vista Home Premium install and went into recovery, however the drive isn't listed when it brings up the screens for drives to repair, if you know what I mean?

 

[townsbg]

That means that it isn't detecting your installation so you will probably have to do a repair install or a clean install.

 

[wither 3]

The avgthing is AVG anti-virus.

Since you can still access that drive, I suggest first wiping it so it has no files and partitions before you try to install. Also, check in the BIOS to make sure the drive is set to ACHI.