can't boot from install CD

I installed Vista Home Premium and got a nasty hard drive failure error. So I was going to boot from the install CD and get into the Recovery Options
in order to run chkdsk on the drive. The system won't boot from CD. It actaully starts booting from the CD but after the loading files step it just
boots into the installed Vista environment. Any ideas as to why it's doing that?

TIA,

Buddy

Faulty disc? Faulty DVD drive? Dirty DVD drive in need of cleaning? DVD
drive attached to the same hard drive controller on the computer and the
drive controller has failed?

"APA" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> I installed Vista Home Premium and got a nasty hard drive failure error.
> So I was going to boot from the install CD and get into the Recovery
> Options in order to run chkdsk on the drive. The system won't boot from
> CD. It actaully starts booting from the CD but after the loading files
> step it just boots into the installed Vista environment. Any ideas as to
> why it's doing that?
>
> TIA,
>
> Buddy

The DVD is fine it boots then after loading the files to start the setup instead of going to the setup it starts booting the Vista instance on the
hard drive.


Buddy


Richard G. Harper wrote:
> Faulty disc? Faulty DVD drive? Dirty DVD drive in need of cleaning?
> DVD drive attached to the same hard drive controller on the computer and
> the drive controller has failed?
>
> "APA" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> I installed Vista Home Premium and got a nasty hard drive failure
>> error. So I was going to boot from the install CD and get into the
>> Recovery Options in order to run chkdsk on the drive. The system
>> won't boot from CD. It actaully starts booting from the CD but after
>> the loading files step it just boots into the installed Vista
>> environment. Any ideas as to why it's doing that?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Buddy
>

Can't make that happen here, sorry. I'd still stick with my original list
of ideas, starting with borrowing a retail DVD from a friend and see if the
same thing happens.

"APA" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The DVD is fine it boots then after loading the files to start the setup
> instead of going to the setup it starts booting the Vista instance on the
> hard drive.
>
>
> Buddy
>
>
> Richard G. Harper wrote:
>> Faulty disc? Faulty DVD drive? Dirty DVD drive in need of cleaning?
>> DVD drive attached to the same hard drive controller on the computer and
>> the drive controller has failed?
>>
>> "APA" <> wrote in message
>> news:#...
>>> I installed Vista Home Premium and got a nasty hard drive failure error.
>>> So I was going to boot from the install CD and get into the Recovery
>>> Options in order to run chkdsk on the drive. The system won't boot from
>>> CD. It actaully starts booting from the CD but after the loading files
>>> step it just boots into the installed Vista environment. Any ideas as
>>> to why it's doing that?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Buddy
>>

It is a retail DVD. Never seen it try to boot from the hard drive when it started the boot from the CD.


Buddy


Richard G. Harper wrote:
> Can't make that happen here, sorry. I'd still stick with my original
> list of ideas, starting with borrowing a retail DVD from a friend and
> see if the same thing happens.
>
> "APA" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The DVD is fine it boots then after loading the files to start the
>> setup instead of going to the setup it starts booting the Vista
>> instance on the hard drive.
>>
>>
>> Buddy
>>
>>
>> Richard G. Harper wrote:
>>> Faulty disc? Faulty DVD drive? Dirty DVD drive in need of cleaning?
>>> DVD drive attached to the same hard drive controller on the computer
>>> and the drive controller has failed?
>>>
>>> "APA" <> wrote in message
>>> news:#...
>>>> I installed Vista Home Premium and got a nasty hard drive failure
>>>> error. So I was going to boot from the install CD and get into the
>>>> Recovery Options in order to run chkdsk on the drive. The system
>>>> won't boot from CD. It actaully starts booting from the CD but
>>>> after the loading files step it just boots into the installed Vista
>>>> environment. Any ideas as to why it's doing that?
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>> Buddy
>>>