cannot load vista monty 7/8/2007 3:52:03 AM hi.. i just bought Acer aspire 5920. it came with windows vista original. yesterday i decided to install XP using slipstreamed XP + sata driver, it works but now it doesnt detect any windows vista. everytime i restart, it just load windows XP, it should be an option to load vista or xp doesnt it? but this option doesnt exist. now i cannot boot to vista. i tried to restore using alt F10 at the beginning of acer logo (as said in the manual book) but nothing happened, it just keep booting to XP. please help me guys, im so stressed.. i already read that i shouldnt installed xp in a preinstalled vista laptop. but it already happened, what should i do? i want my vista back.. thanx a lot for the reply..

Re: cannot load vista "Kerry Brown" <kerry[ at ]kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> 7/8/2007 4:25:54 AM "monty" <monty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:35C42D08-065D-4D4D-94C6-759C73832D0F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > hi.. i just bought Acer aspire 5920. it came with windows vista original. > yesterday i decided to install XP using slipstreamed XP + sata driver, it > works but now it doesnt detect any windows vista. everytime i restart, it > just load windows XP, it should be an option to load vista or xp doesnt > it? > but this option doesnt exist. now i cannot boot to vista. i tried to > restore > using alt F10 at the beginning of acer logo (as said in the manual book) > but > nothing happened, it just keep booting to XP. please help me guys, im so > stressed.. > i already read that i shouldnt installed xp in a preinstalled vista > laptop. > but it already happened, what should i do? i want my vista back.. > thanx a lot for the reply.. Did you make the Acer recovery DVDs when you first got your computer? Did you format the drive when installing XP? -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca

Re: cannot load vista monty 7/8/2007 4:52:03 AM no. coz in the acer manual said that it coul be restore with hidden partition by pressing alt F10. i format the drive D. vista is still safe in drive C (i still can explore it from xp). the partition for recovery is in drive - (not specified) but it still there, i dont mess around with it. i tried to uninstall the XP but it wont uninstall. what should i do now?

Re: cannot load vista "Kerry Brown" <kerry[ at ]kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> 7/8/2007 5:03:59 AM "monty" <monty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:38824013-58D0-46AA-9744-060C59D9FF37[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > no. coz in the acer manual said that it coul be restore with hidden > partition > by pressing alt F10. i format the drive D. vista is still safe in drive C > (i > still can explore it from xp). the partition for recovery is in drive - > (not > specified) but it still there, i dont mess around with it. > > i tried to uninstall the XP but it wont uninstall. what should i do now? Download and install VistaBoot Pro. You can use it to setup a dual boot with Vista and XP. http://www.vistabootpro.org/ I highly recommend you create the recovery DVDs. You will need them if the hard drive crashes. If the recovery partition hasn't been formatted and alt-F10 doesn't work then you have to enable it in the BIOS. I can't remember exactly what it's called but it's something like "disk to disk transfer". My recommendation is to use VistaBoot Pro to create the dual boot setup. Boot to Vista and read the Acer documentation in both the manual and the online manual on the computer. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca

Re: cannot load vista monty 7/8/2007 5:30:03 AM i already enable the D2D features in the bios, it still wont work. if i installed vista from my friends Cd and enter the serial number of mine is it possible? after that i make a recovery dvd from there. i will absolutely try vista boot pro. i will try and report the result. thamx a lot kerry brown. this information really help me. hope it works.

Re: cannot load vista "dean-dean" <dean-dean[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 7/8/2007 6:52:04 AM Follow Kerry's instructions and install Vista BootPRO on XP. You can use your friend's DVD to repair Vista (reinstalling is probably not necessary, and since you have an OEM installation, a non-OEM installation may overwrite functionality your notebook needs. Your activation key won't work either). Because you can’t use the Windows XP bootloader to boot Vista, you have to reinstate Vista’s bootloader to the MBR and configure it to manage both operating systems. Boot from the Vista DVD and on the screen where you’re prompted to “Install now”, select “Repair your computer”. The next screen searches for local Vista installations – there should only be one, so click Next. This loads the System Recovery Options screen. Select the first option – Startup Repair. This looks for problems which would prevent Vista from loading (like a missing bootloader) and automatically fixes them. Click Close and then Finish, and the system will restart and boot into Vista. If it doesn't, use Vista BootPRO to configure things and try the repair again. If you can boot into Vista, but the option for XP is missing, install BootPRO on Vista to restore the option for XP. "monty" <monty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2BC07E3C-B1F0-45E5-868D-04B3C85D9CA2[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >i already enable the D2D features in the bios, it still wont work. > if i installed vista from my friends Cd and enter the serial number of > mine > is it possible? after that i make a recovery dvd from there. i will > absolutely try vista boot pro. i will try and report the result. thamx a > lot > kerry brown. this information really help me. hope it works.

Re: cannot load vista monty 7/8/2007 12:24:00 PM finally problem solved. i borrow my friends Vista DVD and first like dean dean said i try to repair but dont work, so i install it in drive D. it works, at start up there is a choice of two vista, and one of them is my old vista. never wait to make a recovery DVD after that. thank you guys, thank you so so much...

Re: cannot load vista "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 7/8/2007 2:29:29 PM If you still want XP, make the partition you want to install XP on the 'active' partition. That way the boot files won't overwrite your Vista files. Then after the install, set the Vista partition 'active' again. Then use EasyBCD or VistaBootPro to add a legacy system to your boot process pointing to the XP drive. "monty" <monty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89FF7612-709E-4E66-9D03-90E7ACB9DF63[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > finally problem solved. i borrow my friends Vista DVD and first like dean > dean said i try to repair but dont work, so i install it in drive D. it > works, at start up there is a choice of two vista, and one of them is my > old > vista. never wait to make a recovery DVD after that. thank you guys, thank > you so so much...

Re: cannot load vista monty 7/10/2007 2:12:01 PM "John Barnes" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If you still want XP, make the partition you want to install XP on the > 'active' partition. That way the boot files won't overwrite your Vista > files. Then after the install, set the Vista partition 'active' again. > Then use EasyBCD or VistaBootPro to add a legacy system to your boot process > pointing to the XP drive. Hi john.. i still interested in having dual boot (vista and XP). How could i activate or deactivate partition? could i do that with partition magic? or maybe there is other better program? thanx ..

Re: cannot load vista "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 7/10/2007 3:40:57 PM Partition Magic should work (don't use for any other purpose as the NTFS used in Vista is not supported). You can probably do it in Computer Management/Disk Management and there is the Command Prompt diskpart ? where you can get the format and command to do it there. "monty" <monty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87F0E081-E05B-4CB7-B127-B887E096FBC9[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > "John Barnes" wrote: > >> If you still want XP, make the partition you want to install XP on the >> 'active' partition. That way the boot files won't overwrite your Vista >> files. Then after the install, set the Vista partition 'active' again. >> Then use EasyBCD or VistaBootPro to add a legacy system to your boot >> process >> pointing to the XP drive. > > Hi john.. > i still interested in having dual boot (vista and XP). > How could i activate or deactivate partition? could i do that with > partition > magic? or maybe there is other better program? > thanx ..

Re: cannot load vista monty 7/11/2007 1:24:01 PM "John Barnes" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Partition Magic should work (don't use for any other purpose as the NTFS > used in Vista is not supported). You can probably do it in Computer > Management/Disk Management and there is the Command Prompt diskpart ? > where you can get the format and command to do it there. yeah i just exploring vista and there is a diskpart command.. i want to try it, but i heard that installation of XP in vista using virtual PC? do you know bout this? is it better for me to make a dual boot or install XP via virtual PC? is there any complaints about this program? please help me john, thanx very much..

Re: cannot load vista "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 7/11/2007 4:27:25 PM Hopefully others with VM expertise can help. I believe I have read that there is a problem using USB peripherals from VM. That may have been solved. You might post in or search one of the VM newsgroups also. microsoft.public.virtualpc is probably your best bet "monty" <monty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:791F3A66-5FE3-4D85-BB06-D663CFE4A8C2[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > > > "John Barnes" wrote: > >> Partition Magic should work (don't use for any other purpose as the NTFS >> used in Vista is not supported). You can probably do it in Computer >> Management/Disk Management and there is the Command Prompt diskpart ? >> where you can get the format and command to do it there. > > yeah i just exploring vista and there is a diskpart command.. > i want to try it, but i heard that installation of XP in vista using > virtual > PC? do you know bout this? is it better for me to make a dual boot or > install > XP via virtual PC? is there any complaints about this program? > please help me john, thanx very much..