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Media Center 2005 won't install-not a repeat question
Another solution could be to install Vista's equivalent to the Recovery Console of XP in the boot menu. Does such a thing exist for Vista? BartPE should work with Vista - have you tried, or do you want a BartPE with the Vista PE? Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) Note: Please forgive me for

SBS2003 Standard/Premium nach Startbildschirm nur noch grauer ...
Rick Rogers r...@mvps.org microsoft public windows vista general Hi, When does the phantom appear? And have you checked the boot tab of msconfig? -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" The only issue that remains is that I now have a phantom Windows XP Recovery Console entry in the Windows Boot Manager.

Vista problem
This drive letter shuffle, does it not have to be something written to the boot sector? I fail to see how the system boot files could be responsible. Issue command: fixntfs.exe -xp The command has to be run from the C:\boot folder. 3- Boot to the XP Recovery console and issue commands: fixmbr and if necessary

Default Password at C Prompt
For example, you may not be able to operate on an XP SP2 install from a pre-SP2 Recovery Console. IMO, if MS breaks your installation disk when bringing out kept really difficult to find out which OEMs suck less than others, Perhaps Dell have seen the opportunity to boast they now suck less than they used to?

Major Crash
So, I actually have two problems: (1) I can't get rid of the Vista dual boot menu and (2) I can't load the Recovery Console in order to fix #1. Click on Boot.ini tab Click on Check all boot paths Another window opens and tells you that a line in boot.ini does not appear to valid and if you want to remove it.

Trouble with drive letters on dual boot with Vista
(It's NOT the same as the DiskPart command in the Recovery Console!) This is a powerful tool and it can do a lot of damage, so be careful. In Vista I'm thinking Linux does this as do other OSs (BeOS comes to mind) Thanks, Jeff If by "carve out" you mean SHRINK the partition on which XP resides in order to

How format an external hard drive in Vista?
Then I booted with Vista media, created a new partition and formated it...back to XP...same results. Then I read some posts...used XP recovery console to run Does the system have a SATA or SCSI disk controller? Maybe you need to press F8 during the CD boot and provide XP with the driver diskette. Vista must

loading error 3 boot problem
Gazwad argos.staffed.by.tw...@gmail.com 24hoursupport helpdesk alt os windows-xp alt os windows-vista Jimmy Dean <jd...@nowere.now>, wrote in <dfetg3h31nk7miqu5fchrqqmrcstb26...@4ax.com>: WinXP Pro I can fix by running winnt32 /cmdcons (from XP CD), but why does it keep getting broken?? jd Dunno. Next!

chkdsk on Vista
Result: Vista does not boot. Figures. I have researched the subject but still have not found a solution. I don't think anyone has considering the OS's MS has put out. 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).

Does Vista Actually Want 18 Gigabytes Of Disc Space?
You like what you have brcause it took you so long to learn it and tweak it just the way you want. You'll stick with it until it no longer does the job. There's also a Recovery Console that runs from the installation CD and allows you to access the file system. XP also has a cache of DLL files that it can

Will Vista carve out space for another partition during the setup?
And such a system *will* require the processing and security of a Windows Vista or better. I have ZERO interest in such a thing - an "appliance" - I don't .... There's also a Recovery Console that runs from the installation CD and allows you to access the file system. XP also has a cache of DLL files that it can

Can we use Win98SE Explorer in Win2K?
I need TEN Good Reasons why I should upgrade to Vista I wouldn't upgrade a working XP system to Vista, just I wouldn't have upgraded previous OSs on PCs that were Recovery Console just grew up from being a useful bunch of preset tricks to a proper maintenance OS at last. That alone is a reason to use Vista,

Vista and partion troubles
Furthermore, bcdedit apparantly does not reveal legacy settings from the boot.ini file Anyway, I commentedout the offending setting and Vista now boots without stopping 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

hello.after uninstall w vista
I have tried doing all in safe mode, with same results. The recovery console is my last option before a reformat which I was hoping to avoid. Some programs shut down regardless of the option I choose, but Control Panel still does not open. My question for the support issue was 'will running the recovery console

XP locks up (hardware issue ?)
The Repair option on the Windows VIsta DVD is much more useful and offers better options for Windows Vista than does Recovery Console for Windows XP. I have Windows XP and Vista RC2 installed on my computer. Through the XP Recovery Console, I can receive a (DOS) prompt to logon to either OS.

Sata drive in notebook
His issue is the fact that he doesn't have the SATA drivers. XP does not include them by default. "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote in message Then I booted with Vista media, created a new partition and formated it...back to XP...same results. Then I read some posts...used XP recovery console to run "fixmbr"

Problematic Updates in Windows Vista
BUT--when I try to access the recovery console from Vista's bootloader I get the Blue Screen of Death, and when I try to load it from XP's bootloader, the recovery console doesn't load and tells me that "bootmng" can not be found. Does anyone have any clue as to what the problem is? Also, does anyone know the files

HELP! ie7 install crashed my system...
The other dos commands are not of much use in the context of fixing Windows. I've posted about 10 ways to try to repair a significantly broken or non-bootable(these aren't always the same) Vista about 200+ times in this group and the setup group as have others. Instead of the Recovery Console are the Win PE

Does Vista Actually Want 18 Gigabytes Of Disc Space?
...winston merlin@druid9#.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup John, Yes, you are correct , I knew that too(especially since this dual boot machine does just that since I get two boot menus due to the recovery console installed on XP prior to adding Vista<g>). Though, correct me if I am wrong,

Problem booting from Installation Disck
Unfortunately the Internet Computer does not have a functioning floppy disc. I downloaded the 4 MB file you recommended, but I cannot write to floppies (as it needs to do when it runs). With luck I will be able to eventually use the FIXBOOT and FIXMBR commands and, if my luck holds, get XP working again.