Repairing Vista
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gamelord12
, Jul 15 2007 04:54 PM
#1
Posted 15 July 2007 - 04:54 PM
#2
Posted 15 July 2007 - 08:08 PM
Hi gamelord12...
Will the machine boot at all? Because Vista uses a different boot loader than XP (BCD), and it is likely still there, you can try using a program like Vista Boot Pro to edit the BCD. It will scan the drives and find Vista if it is still a viable option.
wannabe1
Will the machine boot at all? Because Vista uses a different boot loader than XP (BCD), and it is likely still there, you can try using a program like Vista Boot Pro to edit the BCD. It will scan the drives and find Vista if it is still a viable option.
wannabe1
#3
Posted 16 July 2007 - 05:55 PM
The machine will boot, but only into Linux. I have Vista Boot Pro, but I obviously can't access it because I can't boot into Vista. The funny thing is that I won't need it anymore once I can boot into Vista again because I've decided to go back to a single-OS machine after this nightmare.
#4
Posted 16 July 2007 - 08:54 PM
How about installing Vista over Linux and copying your data across to the new install? Is that an option for you?
#5
Posted 19 July 2007 - 08:52 AM
Well, without reading that post, that's what I did. Incidentally, it fixed everything and now I can access that second partition just like before. However...I want to get rid of my first partition altogether. How can I do that so that I can use my existing Vista install (from before) in a single-OS, no boot selection environment?
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