Vista wont Boot, don't even get to see a MS logo

I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
Vista doesn't boot up.

I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and then
all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left hand
corner.

Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks

Boot from your Windows
Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on the setup screen, select
'Repair Computer > Select your installation of Windows > select Startup
Repair option and follow instructions.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Caz2005" <Caz2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@microsoft.com...
>I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
> things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
> Vista doesn't boot up.
>
> I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
> for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and
> then
> all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left
> hand
> corner.
>
> Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks

Hi,

If you're running sata drives, you might have set it to the wrong mode when
you reset defaults. Check and see ahci/ide mode and try swappng them.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Caz2005" <Caz2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@microsoft.com...
>I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
> things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
> Vista doesn't boot up.
>
> I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
> for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and
> then
> all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left
> hand
> corner.
>
> Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks

Hi there,

Yeah I have two sata drives with a raid setup. I will look for something in
the Bios like you suggest. So try swapping IDE mode for AHCI?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you're running sata drives, you might have set it to the wrong mode when
> you reset defaults. Check and see ahci/ide mode and try swappng them.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Caz2005" <Caz2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@microsoft.com...
> >I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
> > things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
> > Vista doesn't boot up.
> >
> > I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
> > for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and
> > then
> > all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left
> > hand
> > corner.
> >
> > Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks
>
>

It's ok, I've sorted it now. Raid wasn't enabled in the Bios, that's all it
was.

"Caz2005" wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Yeah I have two sata drives with a raid setup. I will look for something in
> the Bios like you suggest. So try swapping IDE mode for AHCI?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > If you're running sata drives, you might have set it to the wrong mode when
> > you reset defaults. Check and see ahci/ide mode and try swappng them.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >
> > "Caz2005" <Caz2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@microsoft.com...
> > >I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
> > > things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
> > > Vista doesn't boot up.
> > >
> > > I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
> > > for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and
> > > then
> > > all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left
> > > hand
> > > corner.
> > >
> > > Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks
> >
> >

Cool, glad you got it. Anytime you reset the BIOS, you gotta watch for
things like that.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Caz2005" <Caz2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFECAE5B-0CC0-4DFE-BA12-AD9820EBD888@microsoft.com...
> It's ok, I've sorted it now. Raid wasn't enabled in the Bios, that's all
> it
> was.
>
> "Caz2005" wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Yeah I have two sata drives with a raid setup. I will look for something
>> in
>> the Bios like you suggest. So try swapping IDE mode for AHCI?
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > If you're running sata drives, you might have set it to the wrong mode
>> > when
>> > you reset defaults. Check and see ahci/ide mode and try swappng them.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best of Luck,
>> >
>> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>> >
>> > "Caz2005" <Caz2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@microsoft.com...
>> > >I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS
>> > >to get
>> > > things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but
>> > > now
>> > > Vista doesn't boot up.
>> > >
>> > > I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press
>> > > del
>> > > for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second
>> > > and
>> > > then
>> > > all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top
>> > > left
>> > > hand
>> > > corner.
>> > >
>> > > Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks
>> >
>> >