He can recover his data also using Vista installation DVD. I succesfully
tried to run many programs in it's command line environment, for example
Total Commander. It is even possible to run local network access and
Internet acces with command startnet.cmd.

But I think the first step he must done now is chkdsk /f.
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M. [Windows - Shell/User MVP]
/before private reply change px with pl in my e-mail address/

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:eq6CHKheHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> It is also possible that your partition program is not Vista
> compatible. Doesn't have the right NTFS version. Been many posts
> about Partition Magic and this problem. You could try to install
> Vista on the other partition as a temporary measure, depending on what
> is there, so you could use it to recover the data you don't want to
> lose.
>
>
> "Lt. Washburn" <LtWashburn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6EF0078-B572-4DDA-913A-7F6187881A3A@microsoft.com...
>> Here's my situation: I had Vista working fine on my computer for
>> several
>> weeks. I ran out of space on my Vista partition so I used a live CD
>> of
>> GParted to shrink one partition and grow my Vista one. Rebooting,
>> Vista
>> would no longer boot to the desktop. It would show the boot progress
>> bar and
>> nothing more. Abandoning that, it would give me startup options,
>> including
>> the various safe modes. These didn't work either. They would load a
>> number
>> of drivers and then just hang, saying to please wait. As with a
>> normal boot,
>> waiting didn't improve the situation. So, I went to try using the
>> installation DVD to run the repair feature. It loaded files, then
>> went to
>> the progress bar, and eventually a black screen, and ultimately
>> that's it.
>> No matter what I try, I can't get anything to load right. But some
>> things at
>> least try to start. I have no idea what's wrong. I don't know if
>> there's a
>> key file or driver missing, or what it could be, or what to do to get
>> Vista
>> booting again.
>>
>> The Vista partition is exactly the same except larger. It's still
>> got the
>> same attributes it had before growing it.
>>
>> I will note something that I don't know how important it is. When I
>> initially installed Vista, I had a problem getting the installation
>> DVD to
>> work. I don't know what did the trick, but one I thing I did was I
>> partially
>> ran XP setup in order to load some harddrive drivers, then abandoned
>> it, then
>> ran Vista setup and it took. It was sort of vague the whole process
>> because
>> it was like a plan z attempt and I wasn't paying close attention to
>> the
>> process. I don't know if this might be useful, but I've a number of
>> different ways of providing this driver while vista boots or the dvd
>> runs,
>> and it doesn't help....so I don't even know if it's part of the
>> solution or a
>> distraction.
>>
>> Finally, I have data on the partition that I didn't intend on losing
>> and
>> isn't backed up. No matter how foolish that was of me, if I can
>> repair the
>> installation without losing it, I very much want to do so. I'd
>> appreciate
>> any help you could give me.
>