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Vista OEM
If I had a boot.ini file, I would understand what was going on, but Vista must have deleted it during install--or moved it into the window.old folder...not sure. Hi, When does the phantom appear? And have you checked the boot tab of msconfig? -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

RealVNC/Vista
I would try running in safe mode with the /f command and if you still have the error message (still in safe mode), I would try running from the recovery console. I think I would try the /p command first and if there are errors listed, I would rerun with the /r command. If you have more than one OS on your system,

Cannot startup Windows after Disk Defragmentation
If that does not work, then try a system restore to a date or time prior to when you installed the IE7. If you can't do either, then try the following to I can get into Advanced Start Up and Windows Recovery Console and log on as Administrator but don't have a clue what to do there to fix the boot problem.

Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
Chkdsk, & defrag lock up, including running chkdsk from the recovery console (booted from XP CD) on all the partitions on all three drives. The event log reported a problem with Running a full virus scan locks the machine but it does state in-memory processes are virus free, and the anti-spyware comes up clean.

Will this computer run Vista adequately?
Result: Vista does not boot. That would be the normal reaction, yes. I have researched the subject but still have not found a solution. The microsoft vista deployment I would boot into recovery console and copy the files form the flash drive to the target PC (boot.ini to C:\ and hal.dll to C:\windows\system32).

How to set up dual booting
rubyjack rubyj...@frontiernet.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Wow! The more I read the confusider I get. However, it does seem like you have though I prefer just using bcdedit from the command prompt. For that, he'd need the disk to load the recovery console. If he doesn't have one,

Why Does MSFT Rob Customers of Means to Recover Vista?
It's not just a way to get Windows XP installed, it's also the only way to do things such as: - the recovering a borked installation; - the installation of the Recovery Console on my laptop to make it available if the operating system does not start correctly; - the in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP

Vista won't boot, kernal issues
FWIW, Dell IS responsible for supporting this OEM version of Vista. This is why they get a deep discount on these versions. The recovery console has been removed in the Vista retail disk, but it does have a command prompt where most of the recovery console commands are still available. Regedit and all of the other

Cannot delete HKEY_...Error while deleting key in Vista Home ...
Using a windows XP pro disc I attempted to load the recovery console. The program did not detect any hard drives present so would not run. I ended up using the gateway recovery CD and it seems to be working ok for now. I hated having to reload every program again. Dave "Josh Einstein" wrote: Yeah sorry, I have a

Can't Recover Vista
This is intended to boot Win9x, DOS, or Recovery Console, but can be used for other purposes <cough> Vista's boot process uses its own boot manager settings data to select between Vista OSs, older NTs as mediated by their Boot.ini, and that in turn can mediate older Win9x via PBR image files and IO.SYS etc.

AOL Kaspersky crashes Vista.
Rick Rogers r...@mvps.org microsoft public windows vista general Have you tried booting the Vista disk and running a startup repair? Hi, When does the phantom appear? And have you checked the boot tab of msconfig? -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Please Redesign the Command Prompt Console
How important is a Recovery Console? (I am certain I'll be moving to Vista in Q1. If it is really important what's the easiest way to load it (calling a service person is an Second the recovery console does not have to be installed. It can be run from any XP installation CD, either retail or generic OEM.

Why Does MSFT Rob Customers of Means to Recover Vista?
gerryf gerry...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista general It appear at every start, I get the Windows Boot Manager, just as if I were dual booting, Hi, When does the phantom appear? And have you checked the boot tab of msconfig? -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Recovery Console
(it will bring up "Editing the boot option \windows\system32\winload.exe instead) i can start the computer and in the Windows Recovery Console, go to the e:\MiniNT and e:\i386 with Command prompt console but there is no setup.exe there. also, when i access Vista's Help and Support, it asks me if I want to create

XP boot loader gone - cannot install Vista
In order to do that, you'll have to boot from the Vista DVD | Repair Options | Command Prompt. bootrec.exe /fixmbr bootrec.exe /fixboot bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd "Bootrec.exe is an "all-in-one" boot-repair tool that can only be accessed and run from the Vista recovery console. The first command rebuilds the MBR to

Why Does MSFT Rob Customers of Means to Recover Vista?
You can tell what OS bootsector your using by looking at the OEM string mine is MSWIN4.1 which surprises me I thought XP ran MSWIN5.0 - I run FAT32 - (all I have to work with at this time is Diskprobe from the NT resource kit) I wonder also if XP's recovery console copes accordingly if someone boots it from an XP

Boot record got the boot; missing NTLDR;x64
If you do not have the correct password, or if the security database for the installation of Windows XP Home you are attempting to access is corrupted, Recovery Console does not allow access to the local disks and you cannot repair the MBR. 6. To replace the MBR, at the Recovery Console command prompt, type: fixmbr

chkdsk on Vista
bob k. b...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista performance_maintenance I have the same problem. As that command resets the drive, it should not run autochk at this point. If it does, then something you have installed is causing the dirty bit to be set and you need to look into what is

Phantom Recovery Console in Windows Boot Manager
I'm not sure what an MBR Error 2 message is and I've read a few threads on it, but I wouldn't try to use the Recovery Console to fix it--I know Vista doesn't have the Recovery Console but it could probably be installed. Try these options: ***Startup Repair from the Vista DVD*** How to Use The Vista DVD to Repair

Phantom Recovery Console in Windows Boot Manager
I could not use recovery console as a corrupt registry file prevented logging on to the partition to repair the drive (the admin password could not be However I would do better than the average home user because I always have backups. If you ask the naive user does he have a backup you get a blank stare in