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Old 02-28-2007
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After installing Vista... HD is locked????
After successful installation of Vista Ultimate 2 DAY LATER MY pc SHOWED ME
BLACK SCREAN. NO OS found. Now I can see my HD in BIOS but I can’t access it
form anywhere. DOS or windows. I installed new OS Win XP on the other HD and
I still can’t see my other HD with Vista on it. Any suggestions?
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Old 02-28-2007
Colin Barnhorst
 

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Re: After installing Vista... HD is locked????
Boot from the Vista dvd and see if any of the repair tools there help.

"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After successful installation of Vista Ultimate 2 DAY LATER MY pc SHOWED
> ME
> BLACK SCREAN. NO OS found. Now I can see my HD in BIOS but I can’t access
> it
> form anywhere. DOS or windows. I installed new OS Win XP on the other HD
> and
> I still can’t see my other HD with Vista on it. Any suggestions?


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Re: After installing Vista... HD is locked????


"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Boot from the Vista dvd and see if any of the repair tools there help.
>
> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0DC69DF8-54A3-449A-B4BE-CB5C2AB2FB13@microsoft.com...
> > After successful installation of Vista Ultimate 2 DAY LATER MY pc SHOWED
> > ME
> > BLACK SCREAN. NO OS found. Now I can see my HD in BIOS but I can’t access
> > it
> > form anywhere. DOS or windows. I installed new OS Win XP on the other HD
> > and
> > I still can’t see my other HD with Vista on it. Any suggestions?


I did that… it can’t find any OS on the HD…. I even tried a clean setup and
it showed my HD but instead of 160GB it showed only 149GB and its unallocated
partition and I can’t do anything about it.

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Re: After installing Vista... HD is locked????

I did that… it can’t find any OS on the HD…. I even tried a clean setup and
it showed my HD but instead of 160GB it showed only 149GB and its unallocated
partition and I can’t do anything about it.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Boot from the Vista dvd and see if any of the repair tools there help.
>
> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0DC69DF8-54A3-449A-B4BE-CB5C2AB2FB13@microsoft.com...
> > After successful installation of Vista Ultimate 2 DAY LATER MY pc SHOWED
> > ME
> > BLACK SCREAN. NO OS found. Now I can see my HD in BIOS but I can’t access
> > it
> > form anywhere. DOS or windows. I installed new OS Win XP on the other HD
> > and
> > I still can’t see my other HD with Vista on it. Any suggestions?

>

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Old 02-28-2007
Gary MCSE
 

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Re: After installing Vista... HD is locked????
Try installing and running Vista Boot Pro.
Pretty much self-explanatory for an advanced user like you.
What error message was described when the Black screen appeared?
Most likely a missing or corrupt file.

Are you running a Dual Boot?

If so, make sure to setup your XP load first
Use seperate HDD's, not seperate partitions.

Gary MCSE


"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> I did that… it can’t find any OS on the HD…. I even tried a clean setup
> and
> it showed my HD but instead of 160GB it showed only 149GB and its
> unallocated
> partition and I can’t do anything about it.
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> Boot from the Vista dvd and see if any of the repair tools there help.
>>
>> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0DC69DF8-54A3-449A-B4BE-CB5C2AB2FB13@microsoft.com...
>> > After successful installation of Vista Ultimate 2 DAY LATER MY pc
>> > SHOWED
>> > ME
>> > BLACK SCREAN. NO OS found. Now I can see my HD in BIOS but I can’t
>> > access
>> > it
>> > form anywhere. DOS or windows. I installed new OS Win XP on the other
>> > HD
>> > and
>> > I still can’t see my other HD with Vista on it. Any suggestions?

>>


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Re: After installing Vista... HD is locked????
I had all sorts of similar problems installing Vista RTM, including the
error-message-less blank screen after a couple boots.

In my particular case, I had to remove and re-create my system partition in
order to resolve the blank screen problem. Vista would actually install fine
to the partition that was there, but on reboot just go to a blank screen with
cursor. No error message.

Once I re-ran setup, deleted the partition, and re-created it, all was well.
(Of course, I had several critical issues before and after that, I think all
related to SATA and Vista not playing very nicely.)

"Gary MCSE" wrote:

> Try installing and running Vista Boot Pro.
> Pretty much self-explanatory for an advanced user like you.
> What error message was described when the Black screen appeared?
> Most likely a missing or corrupt file.
>
> Are you running a Dual Boot?
>
> If so, make sure to setup your XP load first
> Use seperate HDD's, not seperate partitions.
>
> Gary MCSE
>
>
> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:72BB8739-64A3-4122-967E-57D4C5B0F0A1@microsoft.com...
> >
> > I did that… it can’t find any OS on the HD…. I even tried a clean setup
> > and
> > it showed my HD but instead of 160GB it showed only 149GB and its
> > unallocated
> > partition and I can’t do anything about it.
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> Boot from the Vista dvd and see if any of the repair tools there help.
> >>
> >> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0DC69DF8-54A3-449A-B4BE-CB5C2AB2FB13@microsoft.com...
> >> > After successful installation of Vista Ultimate 2 DAY LATER MY pc
> >> > SHOWED
> >> > ME
> >> > BLACK SCREAN. NO OS found. Now I can see my HD in BIOS but I can’t
> >> > access
> >> > it
> >> > form anywhere. DOS or windows. I installed new OS Win XP on the other
> >> > HD
> >> > and
> >> > I still can’t see my other HD with Vista on it. Any suggestions?
> >>

>

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