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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on November 22, 2008, 9:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm kind of winging it here.
It may be possible to create a bootable DVD or CD from your Vista
upgrade disk using tools available on the Internet. I have done such a
thing a long time ago with earlier Windows, but:
1. I don't remember how to do it or where to get the info and tools.
2. I don't know if such tools exist for Vista.
Unless someone who remembers pipes up, you'll have to Google for more
info on all of this.
Sorry - I wish I could be more helpful...
On 11/22/2008, JTW posted this:
> I tried this early on in my attempts to repair the boot partition corrupted
> file. The Vista Upgrade disk does NOT boot up the PC. I stiill get the same
> corrupted boot file error notification telling me to put in the original
> installion disk (which was XP and I do not have that disk) and click on
> repair. I am not given an opportunity to even get into the directory of the
> Vista Upgrade disk, let alone boot from it or do anything else. Thanks for
> the reply. Any other ideas??
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>> If you have upgraded to Vista fro XP Media Center, you would have a
>> DVD that you used for that upgrade. You should be able to insert it,
>> boot from it, and run a repair.
>>
>> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:25:00 -0800, JTW
>>
>>> My HP Media Center PC when purchased ~2 years ago came with Microsoft XP
>>> Media Center. I subsequently upgraded to Vista (another horror story).
>>> The other day when I tried to cold boot, I got an error message that the
>>> boot partition at some file location was corrupted and I needed to run the
>>> OEM installion disk to repair. Since the original OS was
>>> factory-installed XP Medi Center, I do not have OEM XP Media Center disks.
>>> Since I upgraded to Vista, I do not have the full Vista OS disk either (I
>>> only have the upgrade version which I purchased recently). I have tried
>>> everything I can think of using the repair disks I created shortly after
>>> purchasing the HP Media Center PC. UNFORTUNATELY, these repair disks were
>>> created using XP Medai Center and Vista is now the operating system. So
>>> they do not help and likely only made things worse. Now running the
>>> repair disks only tell me to reformat the entire C:\ hard drive.
>>> Unfortunately, even if I do that, I do not have OEM XP Media Center disks
>>> to use to re-install XP and I am not anxious to spend ~$400 to get the
>>> full Vista operating system disk. Anyone have any suggestions on what to
>>> do to repair the boot sequence? I even was able to reinstall the boot
>>> program for XP Media Center but since Vista is now the OS that did not
>>> work either (and probably only made things worse). Anyone please suggest
>>> something! I need to be able to use this PC. Thanks.
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
>>
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