Unable to boot into Vista

Laura_Browne

stilltheone wrote: »

Was Administrator Mode available on F8?

no. (and I dont know how i would make it so)

Laura_Browne

Found this on the net: worth a shot????

Turn on your computer.
As Windows is starting up, when you see the "Starting Windows" come on your screen, quickly press F8.
In a dual-boot environment, this can be done easily from the boot menu.
When the boot menu is showing:
Using the arrow or tab keys, you will select "Microsoft Windows" (this is the option that runs Windows Vista).
Do not press Enter, instead you press the F8 key, and you will progress to the Safe Mode boot screen.
At the Safe Mode boot screen, you will select the first option, "Safe Mode".
Press Enter.
It will take a few moments but Vista will present to you a login screen that has two options, Administrator and Other User.

Click on the Administrator icon.
Your Windows Vista Administrator account has now been enabled.

stilltheone

Laura_Browne wrote: »

no. (and I dont know how i would make it so)

So which command did you enter via Command Prompt?

stilltheone

Laura_Browne wrote: »

Found this on the net: worth a shot????

Turn on your computer.
As Windows is starting up, when you see the "Starting Windows" come on your screen, quickly press F8.
In a dual-boot environment, this can be done easily from the boot menu.
When the boot menu is showing:
Using the arrow or tab keys, you will select "Microsoft Windows" (this is the option that runs Windows Vista).
Do not press Enter, instead you press the F8 key, and you will progress to the Safe Mode boot screen.
At the Safe Mode boot screen, you will select the first option, "Safe Mode".
Press Enter.
It will take a few moments but Vista will present to you a login screen that has two options, Administrator and Other User.

Click on the Administrator icon.
Your Windows Vista Administrator account has now been enabled.

It won't do any harm.

Laura_Browne

Pic up of my f8 screen with the windows disc still in. Will wait for you to look before try that thing above .

You ok today btw? Happy good friday

stilltheone

Administrator Mode not showing there, so the command didn't work.

Try the other method, we can come back to Command Prompt later.

So you are confirming that the OS is seen by the Recovery Disc without loading the Drivers?

Laura_Browne

No. Not if I don't load drivers and on that screen in the pic there isn't anything happening no matter where I press F8. Sorry.

stilltheone

Waiting for the result....

Created new Ubuntu disc?

Last line of attack with be Hiren's Boot disc. Once created, instructions for use are here.
You may need the drivers that are on the other hard drive when installing Mini Windows XP from the disc.

Laura_Browne

stilltheone wrote: »

Waiting for the result....

Created new Ubuntu disc?

Last line of attack with be Hiren's Boot disc.

Tried old ubuntu disc. Ist got a pic of error on photobucket. Waiting for new one now. And yes might have to blitz it
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stilltheone

Laura_Browne wrote: »

Tried old ubuntu disc. Ist got a pic of error on photobucket. Waiting for new one now. And yes might have to blitz it
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Have already seen that.