Assuming there is not a disk in the floppy drive - the error messge idicates
the sysyem does not see the drive with the active partition
(usually "C") meaning no drive prompt.

Majority of times BIOS has failed to recognize the drive - BIOS setting
should be set at "Auto" drive detection, however you can set the drive
parameters manually.

System files referred to are those installed during drive format - if the OS
was "defective" the messasge would state "missing operating sysstem".

Try a repair with the Vista DVD - it may solve the problem since initial
access is via CD/DVD drive.

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:%23wTO0G7oHHA.5084@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If you have a floppy drive higher in boot order than the HD, you may have
> non bootable media in it. Make sure you don't have your Install DVD in the
> drive, and make sure that the first hard drive in boot order is the one
> that the Vista boot files are on and that the correct partition is marked
> active.
>
> "Jerry" <Jerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AB377B54-11D3-46DD-A69E-6F3B166D2260@microsoft.com...
>>I keep on getting this error message on Home Premium.Im running two 500GB
>> Sata hard drives. I've tried changing BIOS settings plenty of times. Any
>> suggestions or solutions?
>