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My Vista refuses to start up

Jan 10, 2011 10:22PM PST

Hey all, my Vista refuses to start up and after some investigations I figured one of the boot drivers was missing! I tried to repair using windows disc but no luck with dvd rom, won't boot. So, I created a bootable usb drive which did work but sadly all it does on startup is load windows files then gives me the mouse cursor (in bad resolution) with the vista blue background!! No repair option, no installation options, nothing!!!

What do you think went wrong? I'm trying to repair a Fujitsu siemens AMILO Pro v3515 using the Vista home basic cd it came with!!

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That DVD Rom
Jan 11, 2011 7:24PM PST

You said the system won't boot from the disk in the DVD drive.

That should be easily fixed. Turn on the system and as it goes through its initial checks press the Enter BIOS Setup key on the keyboard. Different systems display different messages and also use different keys. For example on this PB Laptop, the key I use is F2.

In the BIOS look for Boot Order. Move the DVD drive to the top of the list then Save and Exit the BIOS. Now, insert the disk (reboot if necessary), and the system should find the disk in the DVD drive and boot from it.

Mark

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I know!
Jan 12, 2011 6:50PM PST

The problem with my DVDrom is that it's busted! It doesn't read or write. I've been meaning to fix it but never gave it much attention since I don't use it that much!

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(NT) Time for a new drive, it seems.
Jan 12, 2011 6:51PM PST
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suggestion
Jan 13, 2011 10:08AM PST

i think that you have first to fix your DVD box and than try with windows dvd to repair your vista if the problem persits you have to format your pc

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no vista start up
Jan 14, 2011 12:27PM PST

I had the same problem..vista would not load..after 20 hrs with all techs, I found that the mcafee fire wall was shutting the internet out because of 16 different types of virus bugs that were loaded..try using your virus scan and see if that helps.