Vista Wont Start!!!

|Show| · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:12

today I've installed Vista Business via MSDN AA and have it on a partition alongside XP.

Now, when i boot up Vista fails to start and after using the startup fix on the disk it still doesn't change. I've searched around for a fix to this problem but still can only get XP to boot - nothing from Vista!

I've installed VistaBootPRO 3.1 but still not been able to get anything to work.

Has anybody got any ideas?

Slam62 · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:16

reinstall the useless thing

lordedmond · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:19

hardware not compatible ?

hope this is not a sign of things to come :eek:

ScoobyDoo · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:46

Are you overclocking?.

I found VISTA wouldnt run when id got my system fully overclocked. had to hold back abit on the overclocking and it booted fine then.

|Show| · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:50

not overclocked

i ran the compatibility thing from M$ yesterday before even downloading and it had no major issues - just stuff like creative still cba to code new drivers for their hardware (A4 pro)

so i still can't see the issue :confused:

i think its because Vista isn't on a primary partition.

its on a 250gb disk which as a primary partition with all my software on (so thats gotta stay outta harms way) and then vista is on the first of the extended partitions

SDK^ · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:25

This will probably be the start of many 'Vista Help' threads.

marc2003 · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:50

|Show| said:
and have it on a partition alongside XP.

i hope that's a typo?

surely you can't have it on the same partition but rather 2 partitions on the same disk? if it is the same partition, then i think that would explain your problem.

Macro · 4 Jan 2007 at 21:55

Vista needs to be on a primary partition to be able to boot IIRC.

Maniac618 · 4 Jan 2007 at 23:04

Athanor said:
Vista needs to be on a primary partition to be able to boot IIRC.

So for example if.....

There is 1 HD that has been partitioned into 2.....

XP on C: and Vista on D:.............

Should that work?

|Show| · 5 Jan 2007 at 04:29

marc2003 said:
i hope that's a typo? surely you can't have it on the same partition but rather 2 partitions on the same disk? if it is the same partition, then i think that would explain your problem.

well as far as i'm aware thats not possible so no.

anyway - i'll see if i can play with my partitions to get it to a primary partition as i'm now almost certain thats the issue

thanks.

*edit*
okay, this is what i hate about PCs...i tried to delete an old XP parition and its deleted 60gbs of my photos - things that aren't backed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

anyone got any tools for fixing M$ mistakes? (data recovery)

Memphis · 5 Jan 2007 at 10:56

|Show| said:
*edit*
okay, this is what i hate about PCs...i tried to delete an old XP parition and its deleted 60gbs of my photos - things that aren't backed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyone got any tools for fixing M$ mistakes? (data recovery)

You mean your mistake? It has only done what you have told it to do.

GetDataBack is what you need.

|Show| · 5 Jan 2007 at 15:58

Memphis said:
You mean your mistake? It has only done what you have told it to do.

GetDataBack is what you need.

lol true but you know how it is...

anyway, i've manged to get 20gb of my images back using partition magic

think i'll get a new HDD before i install Vista again!