Recovery disk for vista business

deary65

I wounder if some kind person could help. I need to recovery my system vista businees, i did not make a recovery disk. The system crashed and will not boot a winload.exe is missing, and the only way around this is to use a recovery disk I'm happy to compensate:o . Thanks.

Conor_3

Borrow an installation DVD from anyone who has one All versions of Vista are on the same DVD so it doesn't matter whether you use a Basic, Home, Business or Ultimate DVD or whether it's OEM, retail or upgrade - only whether it's 32bit or 64 bit. What version is installed is determined by the CD key entered.

Red_Rose_Exile

Are you dual booting, or have you used Acronis at all?

Can you get into Safe Mode?

banger9365

have you a any time upgrade disk has thats vista all version too

deary65

Thanks for the replies. I did use acronis to set up dual booting with ubuntu. Reading the forums on missing winload.exe, it seem ubuntu deleats winload.exe. I can't get into safe mode. I'm using a boot disk to get into the system32 and there is no winload.exe there.I wonder is it in hidding files and foulders. My system is 32bit.

Red_Rose_Exile

Ok which way did you install the O/S, Ubuntu first or Vista first?

What is possibly happening is that your bcedit is pointing to the wrong location ie d:\\ instead of c: for Winload.exe

insert your vista disk and use command prompt to open

First, Boot from your Vista installation CD.

Select your Vista Install from the list in Windows Boot Manager
Microsoft Vista Setup (x86)
Microsoft Vista Setup (x64)

Press enter.

You will then see Windows is Loading Files

Next, the Language Screen will come up. Since you have already selected this option when you installed Vista, just click on Next

Now you will see the Vista Installation Screen

DO NOT CHOOSE Install Now

Instead, towards the bottom left of the window you will see.

What to know before installing Windows
Repair your Computer”

Choose and click on Repair your Computer

You will come to the System Recovery Options
Choose Microsoft Windows Vista from the list. Then click Next.

You will now have the option to choose which Recovery Tools you wish to use.

Choose Command Prompt

Type in the following

C:
bcedit

identify which ID is the Vista id, it will show as Windows under Description, make a note of which number the Vista ID is

Then type exit

Now type in bcedit /default ID <number of ID>

type exit and reboot

deary65

Thanks a lot for those excellent instructions. The machine is new and came with vista ready to load, i loaded the 32bit os.There is a recovery partition but i can not get into to that either. Someone from an other forum is sending me a recovery disk. When it comes i shall follow your instruction to recover.

I'm using the ubcd4win utility to get on the net and into my machine an excellent free utility with loads of progames so i shall try what you said for now using one of thier programs.

thank once again.
Regarts

deary65

I have just looked in the boot files and there is a file hhd0.mbr to you think a rename change the d to c that would work

Red_Rose_Exile

No, methinks that is your grub, am I right?

look for <path>:\Windows\system32\boot\winload.exe were <path> is your drive letter

deary65

Thanks for that.I dual booted before when running xp with no problems but this vista seems to be very different anamal.have you tried downloading ubcd4win. And yes you are right.

Red_Rose_Exile

It's worth giving ubcd4win a try, the thing is is that your winload isn't missing, just your boot.ini equivalent is pointing to the wrong place.

I'll be perfectly honest, I wasn't impressed with vista as a beta tester, and still dual booting with xp, with xp as my primary o/s