Windows vista booting error

Eggman · 29 Mar 2011 at 13:41

Im trying to boot windows vista on a laptop but it keeps erroring with a "BOOTMGR is corrupt. The system cannot boot" after originally setting the computer to hibernation. After rebooting the system, the error remains.

Ive tried inserting a vista disk and booting from this, but it goes to a blue screen after loading the windows files from disk and never gets to the vista setup screen meaning I cannot do a system repair on the OS installation.

Is this a hardware (memory) problem or a software problem? You should be able to boot from a windows disk no matter what, unless therre is a hardware problem, right?

Cheers for the help

Philtor · 29 Mar 2011 at 13:58

I would download the diagnostic utility for your HDD from the Manufacturers website and try running this. Strange you can't boot into the recovery console mind as this loads into RAM if I remember correctly.

Eggman · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:02

Cheers. Yeh thats why I think its the memory thats failed rather than the HDD. Ill do the diagnostic utility for the HDD like u say and also do memtest to check the memory. I think its looking like a hardware issue.

Philtor · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:05

Yeah probably a good idea to grab Memtest too when your at it

varkanoid · 30 Mar 2011 at 11:24

If you have more than one memory stick then just go through them leaving one in at a time to see if the PC boots, might be quickest.