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Hello All.....

It has finally happened......vista will not load, and none of the "quick fixes" will work. Does anyone know of any location I can download a boot program that will work for vista? The only thing that is gonna work is running a fixboot or fixmbr.....but I need a boot disk to do this...unless anyone else has any suggestions.

Just so everyone knows, nothing loads at all......i cannot run in safe mode, safe mode with networking, last known good config, etc, etc.....

I do not want to take the time to have one shipped to me, and could use some immediate suggestions.....TIA!!

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A short, practical recovery checklist for an unbootable Vista system. Related to ' situation and 's pointer toward boot CDs, the most reliable path is to use an official Vista recovery medium (retail DVD or a System Repair Disc made from another Vista PC) and repair the boot environment from Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).

Boot the recovery media, choose "Repair your computer" and try Startup Repair once or twice. If that does not fix the problem, open the Command Prompt in WinRE and run these commands (adjust drive letters if WinRE assigns a different letter to the Windows volume):

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd
chkdsk C: /f /r

If bootrec /rebuildbcd cannot add the installation, back up and rebuild the BCD store:

bcdedit /export C:\bcdbackup
attrib C:\boot\bcd -h -r -s
ren C:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /rebuildbcd

If the system partition is not marked active, set it with diskpart (double‑check which partition contains the boot files before marking active):

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
list partition
select partition 1
active
exit

Cautions and tips: drive letters can move in WinRE — confirm the Windows folder location before changing or renaming BCD. Marking the wrong partition active will prevent booting. If unsure, attach the drive to another PC to copy data first. Because Vista is no longer supported, consider upgrading after recovery.

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Holy Crap!! I work on too many computers.....I think........I forgot, when I loaded vista, I also created a partition to make sure I have a back up..anyway, got it up and running, so thanks for the help!

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