Hi Titus--
Are you working with a Recovery DVD from Dell or a Vista DVD. I know Dell
has promised to ship a Vista DVD on their blog with a new PC so I assume
it's a Vista DVD.
I'm not sure how you know hardware is not part of the problem and remember
sometimes no boots and other problems can have both software and hdw
components. The odds are though this is not hdw induced. You didn't say
what the nature of your inital problems were. I can't tell from what you
wrote if you formatted the drive before trying to reinstall Vista "selected
a fresh installation and selected the main partition" but I asume so.
What you've written is you can't boot--do you have a BSOD stop error besides
I guess the "report" you've gotten as info from Startup Repair? I'm talking
about the numbers (in particular the first set) and the short worded message
on a blue screen?
You have other options you should exhuast:
***Using the F8 Environment***
***Taking Full Advantage of the F8 Options (Windows Advanced Options Menu)
by starting the PC and tapping F8 once per second when the firmware screen
with the pc manufacturer's name shows a few seconds after restarting***:
The F8 options in Vista are the same as XP, and the link for Safe Mode Boot
options is labled XP by MSFT but they are the same for Vista (they haven't
updated to add Vista to the title as they have with several MSKBs that apply
to both).
Again, pressing F8 repeatedly when you seem the firmware screen may be is a
generic way to launch Windows RE on some OEM Vista computers.
You could also:
Think: I have 4 different ways to get back my XP at F8 and try 'em in order.
1) Safe Mode 2) Safe Mode with Cmd to Sys Restore which is simply a cmd
prompt in safe mode 3) Safe Mode with Neworking 4) LKG or Last Known Good
Configuration
Try to F8 to the Windows Adv Options Menu>try 3 safe modes there (I don't
use WGA) and Last Known Good>then I go to Win RE in Vista. That gives you a
choice of Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking,and Safe Mode with Command
Prompt.
These methods are outlined in
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP/and Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore from MSFT:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../faqsrwxp.mspx
System Restore can be run from the Win RE recovery environment from the same
link as Startup Repair, and sometimes it will work from one F8 safe mode
location or from the Win Recovery Environment when it won't work from other
locations.
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304449
***Repair Install Steps*** (can be used for Vista) MVP Doug Knox
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/doug92.mspx
Repair Install (Method 2 in this link):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/315341
In addition you can use the Bootsect tool to manually repair the boot sector
by accessing the command prompt from the DVD or from F8 and typing at the
prompt:
Bootsect.exe is available from the \Boot\folder of the Windows Vista DVD and
can be run from within System Recovery or Windows XP on a dual boot.
1. Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that
transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, type the
following command at a command prompt: Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All
In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation
media is located.
Note The boot folder for this step is on the DVD drive.
2. Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for
the earlier version of the Windows operating system. To do this, type the
following commands at a command prompt.
Note In these commands, Drive is the drive where Windows Vista is
installed. • Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /create {ntldr} –d "Description
for earlier Windows version"
Note In this command, Description for earlier Windows version can be any
text that you want. For example, Description for earlier Windows version can
be "Windows XP" or "Windows Server 2003".
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=x:
Note In this command, x: is the drive letter for the active partition.
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} –addlast
3. Restart the computer.
____________________________
******Using the BootRec.exe Tool
Using the System Recovery Tool from the Repair link on the DVD after the
language choice in the lower left hand corner you can select command prompt
and you have the following options:
Bootrec.exe (You can use this tool to recover Vista even when you do not
receive the error message that is the title of the 2nd linked MSKB below):
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to
troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us
Error message when you start Windows Vista: "The Windows Boot Configuration
Data file is missing required information"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391/en-us
Good luck,
CH
"titus" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> DELL INSPIRON 1720
> HARDWARE: INTEL CORE DUO 2 2.2GHZ, 2GB RAM
> GRAPHIC CARD: NVIDIA 8600 GT 512MB
> SOFTWARE: MCAFEE SECURITY, DELL MEDIADIRECT
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem with running Vista properly in my laptop
> initially, i had the intention to reinstall Vista in my laptop
> so i restarted my computer and press F12 to boot Vista DVD
> got pass the user setting, agreement, and selected a fresh
> installation, and selected the main partition
> and just when everything was working fine (stage 5/5: Completing
> Installion)
> the installation stopped/paused
> i tried restarting my laptop (without booting) and it doesn't go pass
> the Windows loading screen (the green bar just keeps looping)
> so i tried booted the Vista DVD again and clicked Repair
> it didn't find a solution for me, and neither can i find an exact case
> in this forum
> here is the report:
>
> *NAME: STARTUPREPAIRV2
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 1: EXTERNALMEDIA
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 2: 6.06.6000.16386.6.0.6000.16386
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 3: 4
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 4: 327685
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 5: NOBOOTFAILURE
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 6: NOBOOTFAILURE
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 7: 0
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 8: 0
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 9: UNKNOWN
> PROBLEM SIGNATURE 10: 1168
> OS VERSION: 6.06000..2.0.0.256.1
> LOCAL ID: 3076*
>
> btw i already run the diagnostics, it is not a hardware problem
> i've read several SIMILAR cases, is it something to do with the McAfee
> in addition some had suggested to run the sfc.exe, but i can't even log
> into Vista, so i can't use the run command
>
> please help! thank you!
>
>
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