how to restore vista MBR?

Bill, you're correct, thinking back on it.

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"Bill Anderson" <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Jane C wrote:
> You
>> will then have to use the Vista DVD to repair the Vista bootloader.
>
> In my experience that wasn't the case. Surprised me, that's for sure. But
> the Vista bootloader was untouched by XP FIXMBR and is still running just
> fine without an additional Vista DVD repair.
>
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> Bill Anderson
>
> I am the Mighty Favog
>

Install your S-ATA drivers to see the installation. Then you can work with
it.

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"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
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> Back when using XP, to remove grub and restore XP mbr I simply booted into
> XP setup, chose recovery and used the fixboot and fixmbr commands.
>
> However the Vista repair is very different. If I select repair startup it
> does not actually list vista as an option to repair. I tried repairing by
> clicking next anyway but it found nothing to fix. Vista is there and
> bootable, I am using it now, but I wish to restore its bootloader.
>
> Can anyone please advise?

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote
> Back when using XP, to remove grub and restore XP mbr I simply booted into
> XP setup, chose recovery and used the fixboot and fixmbr commands.
>
> However the Vista repair is very different. If I select repair startup it
> does not actually list vista as an option to repair. I tried repairing by
> clicking next anyway but it found nothing to fix. Vista is there and
> bootable, I am using it now, but I wish to restore its bootloader.

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to
troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us

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Don't know if this is what you look for:
In the 'boot' folder on the Vista DVD you find a program called
'bootsect.exe'.
With 'bootsect /nt60 c:' you can write a Vista compatible bootsector, with
'bootsect /nt52 c:' you can write an XP compatible one.
This will allow you to change between Vista's BOOTMGR and XP's NTLDR.
Best regards


"Beck" <beck@none> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Back when using XP, to remove grub and restore XP mbr I simply booted into
> XP setup, chose recovery and used the fixboot and fixmbr commands.
>
> However the Vista repair is very different. If I select repair startup it
> does not actually list vista as an option to repair. I tried repairing by
> clicking next anyway but it found nothing to fix. Vista is there and
> bootable, I am using it now, but I wish to restore its bootloader.
>
> Can anyone please advise?

You can try this. It worked fine for me and its free.

http://vistabootpro.org/

Hope this helps you and is what your looking for:
Blue Angel

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:51:46 -0500, "Richard Urban"
<richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Install your S-ATA drivers to see the installation. Then you can work with
>it.

Performed a "Clean Install" of Vista using an upgrade disk. (No dual boot
action.)
To do this, had to set the BIOS to boot from the CDROM first.

Everything worked great, until I rebooted and removed the Vista DVD. Now,
Vista refuses to boot unless the installation DVD is inserted and the BIOS is
set to seek it first.

Tried formatting my primary and extended partitions on Drive 0 and
reperforming the upgrade only to end up in the same situation.
(Yes, this can be done with an upgrade disk.)

Bootmgr is nowhere to be found on the system disk. System Repair won't fix
the problem.

What files need to be on the System Disk for a C: drive boot?
What is the exact command needed to make the MBR look there instead of any
other drive?

Lastly, why doesn't it install correctly?
(Put the correct files on the correct drive...)

Hopefully this may help.

When you do a "clean" install using a Vista upgrade DVD, you need to run the
install (first pass) without entering the product key. After the install
completes and brings you to your desktop, run the install again from within
Vista. Enter the product key and activate the product.

I didn't have any issue with needing my DVD in the drive in order to boot
into Vista.

Keith

"mhonzell" <mhonzell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Performed a "Clean Install" of Vista using an upgrade disk. (No dual boot
> action.)
> To do this, had to set the BIOS to boot from the CDROM first.
>
> Everything worked great, until I rebooted and removed the Vista DVD. Now,
> Vista refuses to boot unless the installation DVD is inserted and the BIOS
> is
> set to seek it first.
>
> Tried formatting my primary and extended partitions on Drive 0 and
> reperforming the upgrade only to end up in the same situation.
> (Yes, this can be done with an upgrade disk.)
>
> Bootmgr is nowhere to be found on the system disk. System Repair won't fix
> the problem.
>
> What files need to be on the System Disk for a C: drive boot?
> What is the exact command needed to make the MBR look there instead of any
> other drive?
>
> Lastly, why doesn't it install correctly?
> (Put the correct files on the correct drive...)

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Keith

Thanks, but that was done as stated, more than once.
Vista still requires the DVD to be inserted to boot.

If this clarifies:
If I set the BIOS to HD First, CD Second, then the reboot gives me the
message "Error Loading OS."
If I set the BIOS to CD First, HD Second, but don't insert the Vista DVD,
then reboot gives me the message "Error Loading OS."
If I set the BIOS to CD First, HD Second and insert the Vista DVD, then
it states "Press Any Key to Boot From CD or DVD...."
If I press a key, it attempts to re-install Vista.
If I do not press a key, it boots just fine and works accordingly.

This implies to me, the MBR is pointing to a non-OS drive and fails to find
needed files to boot from the HD.

"Keith" wrote:

> Hopefully this may help.
>
> When you do a "clean" install using a Vista upgrade DVD, you need to run the
> install (first pass) without entering the product key. After the install
> completes and brings you to your desktop, run the install again from within
> Vista. Enter the product key and activate the product.
>
> I didn't have any issue with needing my DVD in the drive in order to boot
> into Vista.
>
> Keith
>
> "mhonzell" <mhonzell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0D26BD2C-1D4D-4879-BB13-DC0F79B2E77A@microsoft.com...
> > Performed a "Clean Install" of Vista using an upgrade disk. (No dual boot
> > action.)
> > To do this, had to set the BIOS to boot from the CDROM first.
> >
> > Everything worked great, until I rebooted and removed the Vista DVD. Now,
> > Vista refuses to boot unless the installation DVD is inserted and the BIOS
> > is
> > set to seek it first.
> >
> > Tried formatting my primary and extended partitions on Drive 0 and
> > reperforming the upgrade only to end up in the same situation.
> > (Yes, this can be done with an upgrade disk.)
> >
> > Bootmgr is nowhere to be found on the system disk. System Repair won't fix
> > the problem.
> >
> > What files need to be on the System Disk for a C: drive boot?
> > What is the exact command needed to make the MBR look there instead of any
> > other drive?
> >
> > Lastly, why doesn't it install correctly?
> > (Put the correct files on the correct drive...)
>
> --
> Keith
>
>

Wow.. that's really odd! Have you tried Searching for this issue in the MS
KB or Googling the Web? I'm at a loss as to what would be causing the issue.

Keith

"mhonzell" <mhonzell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5A45D499-E4E9-483B-80D5-1CEE8FB244AF@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, but that was done as stated, more than once.
> Vista still requires the DVD to be inserted to boot.
>
> If this clarifies:
> If I set the BIOS to HD First, CD Second, then the reboot gives me the
> message "Error Loading OS."
> If I set the BIOS to CD First, HD Second, but don't insert the Vista
> DVD,
> then reboot gives me the message "Error Loading OS."
> If I set the BIOS to CD First, HD Second and insert the Vista DVD, then
> it states "Press Any Key to Boot From CD or DVD...."
> If I press a key, it attempts to re-install Vista.
> If I do not press a key, it boots just fine and works accordingly.
>
> This implies to me, the MBR is pointing to a non-OS drive and fails to
> find
> needed files to boot from the HD.
>
> "Keith" wrote:
>
>> Hopefully this may help.
>>
>> When you do a "clean" install using a Vista upgrade DVD, you need to run
>> the
>> install (first pass) without entering the product key. After the install
>> completes and brings you to your desktop, run the install again from
>> within
>> Vista. Enter the product key and activate the product.
>>
>> I didn't have any issue with needing my DVD in the drive in order to boot
>> into Vista.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> "mhonzell" <mhonzell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0D26BD2C-1D4D-4879-BB13-DC0F79B2E77A@microsoft.com...
>> > Performed a "Clean Install" of Vista using an upgrade disk. (No dual
>> > boot
>> > action.)
>> > To do this, had to set the BIOS to boot from the CDROM first.
>> >
>> > Everything worked great, until I rebooted and removed the Vista DVD.
>> > Now,
>> > Vista refuses to boot unless the installation DVD is inserted and the
>> > BIOS
>> > is
>> > set to seek it first.
>> >
>> > Tried formatting my primary and extended partitions on Drive 0 and
>> > reperforming the upgrade only to end up in the same situation.
>> > (Yes, this can be done with an upgrade disk.)
>> >
>> > Bootmgr is nowhere to be found on the system disk. System Repair won't
>> > fix
>> > the problem.
>> >
>> > What files need to be on the System Disk for a C: drive boot?
>> > What is the exact command needed to make the MBR look there instead of
>> > any
>> > other drive?
>> >
>> > Lastly, why doesn't it install correctly?
>> > (Put the correct files on the correct drive...)
>>
>> --
>> Keith
>>
>>

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Keith

Yep, I've searched the world over and thought I found true love...

but, in all cases I found, it was a result of dual-boot incorrectly installed.

That's why this appears to be different... there isn't a dual boot
partition. It's Vista only.