help fixing boot on vista

[KeypoX]

So i had 2 IDE drives in my computer 1 120gig with vista and 1 160gig with just downloads and stuff.

I reciently put in a 80gig sata that is parted into a 20 (had old vista on it) and 80gig


So it worked great but then i took out the 160gig and the computer wouldnt find anything to boot too.. I put in the vista disc and hit repair it said it found bad boot and would fix it but it didnt

I can get the option to boot to :

Windows vista or
Windows vista (restored)

And can only get that option up if i have the vista DVD in the drive. I dunno how to edit boot.ini in vista?

 

[KeypoX]

i think i may have fixed it it seems msconfig still works


Didnt work, it no longer gives me the option of vistas but still wont boot without the DVD in the drive. Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[Cutthroat]

Originally posted by: KeypoX
And can only get that option up if i have the vista DVD in the drive. I dunno how to edit boot.ini in vista?

There is no boot.ini in Vista, Vista has something called BCD.

To repair the BCD boot from the DVD until you get to the repair options, it should notice the problem with your BCD and fix it.

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: Cutthroat

Originally posted by: KeypoX
And can only get that option up if i have the vista DVD in the drive. I dunno how to edit boot.ini in vista?

There is no boot.ini in Vista, Vista has something called BCD.

To repair the BCD boot from the DVD until you get to the repair options, it should notice the problem with your BCD and fix it.

Unfort if you read my orginal post you would see i already tried that, guess i can try again.

 

[Navid]

Did you make the partition active?

 

[Cutthroat]

Sry, I misread, I thought you were just booting to Windows from the DVD. I had the same problem once, can't remember how I caused it, but the DVD repair wouldn't fix it either. I ended up using BCDedit to recreate the BCD, it took some time, and was difficult but I didn't have to reinstall.

Here's a copy/paste of my BCD to help you if you decide to go that route.


Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
inherit {bootloadersettings}
bootdebug No
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {f47a2ba5-240d-11dc-8ef4-86367f96d4ea}
nx OptIn
pae ForceEnable
vga No
quietboot No
sos No
debug No

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {f47a2ba5-240d-11dc-8ef4-86367f96d4ea}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-US
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
filepath \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {memdiag}
device partition=C:
path \boot\memtest.exe
description Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess Yes

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {ntldr}
device partition=C:
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows

EMS Settings
------------
identifier {emssettings}
bootems Yes

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier {dbgsettings}
debugtype Serial
debugport 1
baudrate 115200

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier {globalsettings}
inherit {dbgsettings}
{emssettings}
{badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier {bootloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier {resumeloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}

 

[Job]

had the exact same problem - resetting the bios to default seemed to help somewhat, along with deleting and cleaning everything that i didnt use - though im under the impression it fixed itself - temperamental bstard that my pc is.....

 

[KeypoX]

lol i think im going to upgrade my HD, still running a old IDE so it will prob be worth it... i am having some slight issues lately 🙁


EDIT so i will do a clean install

 

[jjzelinski]

I can't remember the dos prompt command but you might need to rebuild your MBR (master boot record). Takes about 2 seconds 🙂