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Dual boot - remove one OS.
Again a repair install has the most likely chance to succeed in XP, (and can work in Vista) but you need to have a Vista DVD. First, in order to do a Repair Install You must boot to the bios setup and position booting from the "CD" first in the boot order--it probably will not say DVD but might.

Vista will not boot - work around
After the initial loading of the temp software, (on SATA or SATA RAID) I get a message that the driver is missing for the DVD/CD drive (SATA) and to install it. Please help me, I am not dumb, I use to do this for a living and never had this mush trouble out of an OS. I think I will go back to Win XP 64.

hard drive recovery?
And OS X is looking dated. And the silver / white is virtually uncustomizable and has gotten boring even for the window shopper who doesn't have to look at it If you move a step up, the $1299 MacBook adds a DVD writer, more RAM and a bigger hard drive. In comparison, BestBuy has Windows (Vista) based Toshiba

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
Vista per se may not be your problem. I have Vista on a laptop that was originally purchased with XP installed and Vista runs better on it than XP. to Vista with a little flash drive works just fine, except that the RR tracks float in the air, and the ballast that are supposed to be sitting on is missing.

How do you repair windows entirely using your Windows Vista DV
Default OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Entry #1 Name: Windows XP Pro BCD ID: {ntldr} Drive: C:\ "Changed to D:\" Bootloader Path: \ntldr Windows Directory: Entry #2 is just no way in hell I plan on going through that again Vista will not boot from the boot.ini. Boot from the Vista DVD and select repair startup. Frank.

Upgrade XP asms error inquiry
I believe Apple's operating system, Leopard, is superior to the new Windows Vista operating system, the only choice on the XPS One. reading Pogue's "missing manual" book on them, because some of the dirty little secrets of getting good quality results, especially for slideshows pressed to DVD are not covered at

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Ore rerun the start-up repair feature a few more times--will that switch Vista over to be the C drive? "John Barnes" wrote: Run the Vista DVD and run start-up Removing XP will result in Vista being unbootable - however all may not be lost - download VistaBootPro - check the documentation on making the Vista

VERY Disappointed with Vista
It follows then, that because this was not a hurdle for XP, XP has been hugely successful, why would it be a hurdle for Vista? .... and for drive makers to start shifting over to it quick - if they're not building a huge number of NCQ drives by the middle of next year, they risk missing out on loads of orders come

Error message on boot up
Brian Bradley brian(HYPHEN)brad...@cox.net microsoft public windows vista general Off topic, perhaps, but: My 6-month-old Compaq laptop came with an LG brand DVD-RAM optical drive, but the "RAM" function, as far as I could tell, did not work under XP SP2, as configured from the retailer. I purchased a DVD-RAM disc,

OS stopped working
Also a full version of XP and a new Version of Vista. I first used Acronis Disk Cleaner to wipe the drive, 4 passes, it's gone, but I was wise enough to also is the mbr not the issue. I guess I don't know what I erased when I formatted the drive in the notebook. But some very important thing is missing here!

OS stopped working
So you're saying MCE 2005 supports surround sound but Vista does NOT? I'd be very surprised if this were true... As for burning to DVD - I don't care about that. I wanted to tell them about all the great things in Vista but I'm beginning to believe that for the home user Vista is less than XP or OS X. As for my

XP drive letter changed after vista install
If you set the XP drive as the boot drive and then boot the system with the Vista dvd you will get variation of the drive lettering (no real problem) and Colin, He's not in a dual boot situation so each drive is individual. You would have to do this if Vista was the boot manager. Don, Choose which ever OS you

Dual boot - remove one OS.
For example burning capability may be missing after deleting those entries, either OS or applications that support burning may be broken. Just bought new DELL-- with vista Whilst awaiting internet driver from Tiscali - using old PC currently - I either tried to copy a DVD made by a mate with unrecognised

Install D2007 failed - missing prereq?
XP is on the primary drive, and Vista is on the secondary drive. XP is my primary OS, since I will not cut over to Vista until I can get everything working. Sure I have disk burning software installed, ether prior to or after installing OneCare. In any case, OneCare should not corrupt my CD/DVD drives,

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I got an new IDE based DVD Burner and it is also not recognized. I luckly have a dual boot set up and XP works twice as fast as Vista 64. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" for my DVD burner, which also has a second hard drive as a slave. I had been able to use both, and installed different

Chkdsk problem on new install?
Removing XP will result in Vista being unbootable - however all may not be lost - download VistaBootPro - check the documentation on making the Vista partition Single HDD with two partitions: With XP installed on drive C:\ and Vista on D:\, how can I get rid of XP on C and change the Vista partion from D to C?

I need help Bad with VISTA Home Premium 64
Ok...so if I do a clean installation (installing win vista onto a blank hard drive, with no xp installed on it) on an EIDE hard drive rather than a SATA things If i start in safe mode, then it tells me that vista did not install completely. Is there a driver that I am missing or is my hardware incompatible.

Booting Vista on Different PC Computers No label
But as I say many of the potentially problematic drivers are missing including the sound drivers. The chkdsk problems were a big problem though and I have a feeling they will return. Oddly Vista chkdsk was unable to fix them - something about there not being enough disk space to fix the mbr. XP chkdsk was able to

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304449 Repair Install: (This option has the best chance of succeeding and it preserves everything in your OS--you do not lose anything with this option): Make sure the DVD you have is a

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
You installed Vista via DVD boot, and not via XP boot? What have/are drives D: and E: used for? Drive 0: Partition 1, WXP, C: Partition 2, Vista, F: Drive It is always found in the root folder of Drive 0, Partition 1 (C:\), along with ntldr.exe (the XP OS loader). If it appears to be missing, make sure you set