boot issue x2

anthi

Hello all,


I was installing windows vista ultimate on a new hard drive (i'll call it
HD2) on my main computer (PC1). The 1st hard drive's (HD1) OS is also
Vista Ultimate. The installation went fine. I removed the HD2 and
plugged it into my media pc, PC2. I switched on PC No1 and got the
following error message:


Booting 'Windows Vista'

acpi

Vista Loader 2.1.2

Done!

fallback 1

find --set-root /bootmgr


{this hangs for a while then the following attempt occurs:}


Error 17: File not found

Booting 'Windows NT/2000/XP'


fallback 2

find --set-root /ntldr


{this hangs for approximately 2 minutes then the following occurs:}


Error 17: File not found

Booting 'Enter Command Line'


Boot failed! Press any key to enter command line.


{from here I press any key and get taken to get taken to GRUB4DOS 0.4.3}


---


It says: [minimal bash-like line editing is supported. For the first
word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists
the possible completions of a device/filename. ESC at any time exits. ]


--


Pressing TAB lists the following commands:

acpi, background, blocklist, boot, cat, cdrom, chainloader, clear, cmp,
color, commandline, configfile, debug, default, displayam, displaymem,
embederrnum, errorcheck, fallback, find, foreground, fstest, geometry,
halt, help, hide, impsprobe, initrd, install, ioprobe, is64bit, kernel,
lock, makeactive, map, md5crypt, module, modulenounzip, pager, partnew,
parttype, password, pause, quit, read, reboot, root, rootn, overify,
savedefault, serial, setkey, setup, setvbe, splashimage, terminal,
terminfo, testload, testvbe, unhide, uppermem, vbeprobe, write


I tried a couple of suggestions regarding this, but eventually gave up, as I'm sure I was doing something wrong.



I tried repairing the OS using startup recovery from the Vista DVD, but
it wasn't fixed. I tried reinstalling windows on it (i keep the OS on a
separate partition so wasn't worried about losing any data) but it was
unable to find the hard drive. The strange thing is that the repair
process did see C: on HD1 before trying to repair it.


Anyway, I used HD2 on PC2 and everything was great with that PC until i
decided to recover the data from the 2nd partition on HD1. I plugged in
HD1 on a spare SATA slot on PC2, and got the same long message as i got
on PC1. I turned off the PC, and unplugged HD1. I thought everything
would go back to normal, but now PC2 won't boot either! The options
available during POST are not working (ie hitting del to enter setup
brings up a black screen with a bunch of yellow vertical lines, hitting
express recovery fills up the monitor with lines of text, not quite
scrambled, but you can't read what it says, and the same when i try to
go into boot options. I've also noticed that it's not recognising any
of the sata drives, just the IDE connection for the DVD. If i don't
select any of the options available i just get a black screen.


I'm hoping someone has some idea of what is going on, i'm completely baffled, and very upset i lost 2 computers in one day!

This is really 2 questions into one, need to find out what I can do about HD1 and if there's a way to fix PC2.


Any suggestions would be welcome!


Cheers,


Anthi

yoyo

Vista Loader 2.1.2

Googling this shows it is possibly a piarated copy of vista? That could be causing the issiue, I also dont see why a legal copy of vista would install the Grub bootloader

Nick

anthi

Hi Nick,

Yeah, it wasn't a genuine copy of vista, however the thing is the problems only occur when i use my original hd on any pc, and i don't see why it would affect any pc from booting up properly, when evertyhing worked fine up until then. If you have any suggestions i'd be happy to try them.

Anthi

DirkVoodoo

Anthi, might be in your best interest to remove this thread/edit it, as they are not too keen on you talking about any ill-got software here.

Just a heads up.

TerrorFirmer

Don't ask this again here, please. No obtaining, discussing or troubleshooting illegal software is allowed.