reboot vista and can't find os and hard drive perkyboi 12/14/2008 2:19:00 AM when i try to boot, i get a message that it can't find the os. if i put an xp cd in and reboot, i get a message to press any key to boot from cd. if i DON'T press any key, it will go to install vista screen, when i click install a fresh windows, i realise that both my hard drive is gone. any help would be greatly appreicated.

Re: reboot vista and can't find os and hard drive Martin Descartes <martypdescartes[ at ]yahoo.spamstop.com> 12/14/2008 2:32:33 AM perkyboi <perkyboi[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >when i try to boot, i get a message that it can't find the os. > >if i put an xp cd in and reboot, i get a message to press any key to boot >from cd. Why are you putting in an XP cd when you are running Vista?? >if i DON'T press any key, it will go to install vista screen, when i click >install a fresh windows, i realise that both my hard drive is gone. If you DON'T press any key, where is it getting the "install vista screen" from?? >any help would be greatly appreicated. Back at you.

Re: reboot vista and can't find os and hard drive perkyboi 12/14/2008 3:23:00 AM "Martin Descartes" wrote: [Quoted Text] > perkyboi <perkyboi[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >when i try to boot, i get a message that it can't find the os. > > > >if i put an xp cd in and reboot, i get a message to press any key to boot > >from cd. > > Why are you putting in an XP cd when you are running Vista?? > > >if i DON'T press any key, it will go to install vista screen, when i click > >install a fresh windows, i realise that both my hard drive is gone. > > If you DON'T press any key, where is it getting the "install vista > screen" from?? > > >any help would be greatly appreicated. > > Back at you. sorry, type wrongly, i mean inserting my vista disc >