I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from floppy or
DVD drive.
Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install Vista.
I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD into
the drive and restart the PC.
It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So now I
cannot install Vista.
Any way I can get around that?

Hi Alan,

What happens when you set the BIOS to boot from the optical drive?
What happens when you attempt to boot the existing installation?
What error messages are you seeing?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from floppy or
>DVD drive.
> Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install Vista.
> I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD into
> the drive and restart the PC.
> It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So now I
> cannot install Vista.
> Any way I can get around that?
>

"Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from floppy or
>DVD drive.
> Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install Vista.
> I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD into
> the drive and restart the PC.
> It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So now I
> cannot install Vista.
> Any way I can get around that?

Are you certain that it didn't boot the DVD? When the Vista CD/DVD is
booted on a system that has a bootable hard disk it displays a one-line
message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD"; if you don't respond within
a few seconds the code from the CD/DVD passes control to the boot process on
the hard disk and the computer acts as if it had never booted the DVD.

Another possibility is that you've got hardware problems that cause the hard
disk boot failure (you gave no description of the symptoms so this may or
may not apply to you...but depending on your system configuration a failure
of a disk or a controller could prevent anything from booting). Do you have
any other bootable optical media to try?

Joe Morris

Hi,
My Vista harddisk did not get boot up, complained of the system32\config not
exist. Forget about this issue, what I need to do is re-installation of
Vista.

I have already setup the boot priority to the CDROM (note, it says CDROM but
not DVD drive)
When the BIOS come up, the line at the bottom says
DEL to setup, F8 to set up the boot sequence

If I did nothing, the error will be
NON SYSTEM DISK, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK

If I selected F8, it goes into the boot menu allowing me to select the book
disk:
Removable disk
Harddisk 1
Harddisk 2
....etc

So my system cannot boot from my Vista DVD.

I recall I can boot up from my XP CD when I install XP, so it seems can boot
up from CD only.

Also I cannot remember in the first time when I installed Vista not sure I
use Win98 startup disk to boot into DOS then run setup.exe from the Vista
DVD.

I think I may need to create a Win98 boot disk.



"Joe Morris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:KR9Ei.17272$eD5.13751@trnddc07...
> "Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from floppy
>>or DVD drive.
>> Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install
>> Vista.
>> I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD into
>> the drive and restart the PC.
>> It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So now I
>> cannot install Vista.
>> Any way I can get around that?
>
> Are you certain that it didn't boot the DVD? When the Vista CD/DVD is
> booted on a system that has a bootable hard disk it displays a one-line
> message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD"; if you don't respond
> within a few seconds the code from the CD/DVD passes control to the boot
> process on the hard disk and the computer acts as if it had never booted
> the DVD.
>
> Another possibility is that you've got hardware problems that cause the
> hard disk boot failure (you gave no description of the symptoms so this
> may or may not apply to you...but depending on your system configuration a
> failure of a disk or a controller could prevent anything from booting).
> Do you have any other bootable optical media to try?
>
> Joe Morris
>
>

"Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> I have already setup the boot priority to the CDROM (note, it says CDROM
> but not DVD drive)

Is your CDRom player capable of reading DVDs?

-Paul Randall

"Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> < chop >



The BIOS gives out a few messages e.g. the Del or F8 message, ignore those
... look for when the system first accesses the CD/DVD-ROM drive you will see
a specific message saying:

Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..

when you see that message at the top of the screen hit any of the keyboard's
key. You have a just few seconds to do so after the message appears. Think
about it.

Saucy

As stated, WAIT for POST to complete when it will provide the message below
from the DVD. You are too anxious.

"Saucy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> < chop >
>
>
>
> The BIOS gives out a few messages e.g. the Del or F8 message, ignore those
> .. look for when the system first accesses the CD/DVD-ROM drive you will
> see a specific message saying:
>
> Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..
>
> when you see that message at the top of the screen hit any of the
> keyboard's key. You have a just few seconds to do so after the message
> appears. Think about it.
>
> Saucy

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:18:02 +1000, "Alan T"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi,
>My Vista harddisk did not get boot up, complained of the system32\config not
>exist. Forget about this issue, what I need to do is re-installation of
>Vista.
>
>I have already setup the boot priority to the CDROM (note, it says CDROM but
>not DVD drive)
>When the BIOS come up, the line at the bottom says
>DEL to setup, F8 to set up the boot sequence

What motherboard do you have?

F8 is a one time override of the boot sequence that is set in BIOS
setup. Press DEL, instead, to get into BIOS setup, and go to the
screen that allows you to set the boot sequence.

>
>If I did nothing, the error will be
>NON SYSTEM DISK, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK

The BIOS is booting from a device that is not bootable.

>
>If I selected F8, it goes into the boot menu allowing me to select the book
>disk:
>Removable disk
>Harddisk 1
>Harddisk 2
>...etc
>
>So my system cannot boot from my Vista DVD.
>
>I recall I can boot up from my XP CD when I install XP, so it seems can boot
>up from CD only.
>
>Also I cannot remember in the first time when I installed Vista not sure I
>use Win98 startup disk to boot into DOS then run setup.exe from the Vista
>DVD.
>
>I think I may need to create a Win98 boot disk.
>
>
>
>"Joe Morris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:KR9Ei.17272$eD5.13751@trnddc07...
>> "Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from floppy
>>>or DVD drive.
>>> Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install
>>> Vista.
>>> I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD into
>>> the drive and restart the PC.
>>> It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So now I
>>> cannot install Vista.
>>> Any way I can get around that?
>>
>> Are you certain that it didn't boot the DVD? When the Vista CD/DVD is
>> booted on a system that has a bootable hard disk it displays a one-line
>> message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD"; if you don't respond
>> within a few seconds the code from the CD/DVD passes control to the boot
>> process on the hard disk and the computer acts as if it had never booted
>> the DVD.
>>
>> Another possibility is that you've got hardware problems that cause the
>> hard disk boot failure (you gave no description of the symptoms so this
>> may or may not apply to you...but depending on your system configuration a
>> failure of a disk or a controller could prevent anything from booting).
>> Do you have any other bootable optical media to try?
>>
>> Joe Morris
>>
>>
>

Hi,

I have already set the boot sequence to the CDROM drive in the BIOS.
If I do nothing in the POST, the screen will show
Boot failure, please insert system disk...

If I press F8 into the boot sequence, there is no CDROM drive or DVD drive
for me to select. It has only the 'Removable disk', and also the other
existing harddisk to select.

Yes, my drive is LG DVD writable drive of course can read DVD.

"andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:18:02 +1000, "Alan T"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>My Vista harddisk did not get boot up, complained of the system32\config
>>not
>>exist. Forget about this issue, what I need to do is re-installation of
>>Vista.
>>
>>I have already setup the boot priority to the CDROM (note, it says CDROM
>>but
>>not DVD drive)
>>When the BIOS come up, the line at the bottom says
>>DEL to setup, F8 to set up the boot sequence
>
> What motherboard do you have?
>
> F8 is a one time override of the boot sequence that is set in BIOS
> setup. Press DEL, instead, to get into BIOS setup, and go to the
> screen that allows you to set the boot sequence.
>
>>
>>If I did nothing, the error will be
>>NON SYSTEM DISK, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK
>
> The BIOS is booting from a device that is not bootable.
>
>>
>>If I selected F8, it goes into the boot menu allowing me to select the
>>book
>>disk:
>>Removable disk
>>Harddisk 1
>>Harddisk 2
>>...etc
>>
>>So my system cannot boot from my Vista DVD.
>>
>>I recall I can boot up from my XP CD when I install XP, so it seems can
>>boot
>>up from CD only.
>>
>>Also I cannot remember in the first time when I installed Vista not sure I
>>use Win98 startup disk to boot into DOS then run setup.exe from the Vista
>>DVD.
>>
>>I think I may need to create a Win98 boot disk.
>>
>>
>>
>>"Joe Morris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:KR9Ei.17272$eD5.13751@trnddc07...
>>> "Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from floppy
>>>>or DVD drive.
>>>> Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install
>>>> Vista.
>>>> I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD
>>>> into
>>>> the drive and restart the PC.
>>>> It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So now
>>>> I
>>>> cannot install Vista.
>>>> Any way I can get around that?
>>>
>>> Are you certain that it didn't boot the DVD? When the Vista CD/DVD is
>>> booted on a system that has a bootable hard disk it displays a one-line
>>> message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD"; if you don't respond
>>> within a few seconds the code from the CD/DVD passes control to the boot
>>> process on the hard disk and the computer acts as if it had never booted
>>> the DVD.
>>>
>>> Another possibility is that you've got hardware problems that cause the
>>> hard disk boot failure (you gave no description of the symptoms so this
>>> may or may not apply to you...but depending on your system configuration
>>> a
>>> failure of a disk or a controller could prevent anything from booting).
>>> Do you have any other bootable optical media to try?
>>>
>>> Joe Morris
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

If your BIOS doesn't show your drive, have you tried to reset the data
cable. Since you can insert the DVD, the power cable must be okay.

"Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have already set the boot sequence to the CDROM drive in the BIOS.
> If I do nothing in the POST, the screen will show
> Boot failure, please insert system disk...
>
> If I press F8 into the boot sequence, there is no CDROM drive or DVD drive
> for me to select. It has only the 'Removable disk', and also the other
> existing harddisk to select.
>
> Yes, my drive is LG DVD writable drive of course can read DVD.
>
> "andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:18:02 +1000, "Alan T"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>My Vista harddisk did not get boot up, complained of the system32\config
>>>not
>>>exist. Forget about this issue, what I need to do is re-installation of
>>>Vista.
>>>
>>>I have already setup the boot priority to the CDROM (note, it says CDROM
>>>but
>>>not DVD drive)
>>>When the BIOS come up, the line at the bottom says
>>>DEL to setup, F8 to set up the boot sequence
>>
>> What motherboard do you have?
>>
>> F8 is a one time override of the boot sequence that is set in BIOS
>> setup. Press DEL, instead, to get into BIOS setup, and go to the
>> screen that allows you to set the boot sequence.
>>
>>>
>>>If I did nothing, the error will be
>>>NON SYSTEM DISK, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK
>>
>> The BIOS is booting from a device that is not bootable.
>>
>>>
>>>If I selected F8, it goes into the boot menu allowing me to select the
>>>book
>>>disk:
>>>Removable disk
>>>Harddisk 1
>>>Harddisk 2
>>>...etc
>>>
>>>So my system cannot boot from my Vista DVD.
>>>
>>>I recall I can boot up from my XP CD when I install XP, so it seems can
>>>boot
>>>up from CD only.
>>>
>>>Also I cannot remember in the first time when I installed Vista not sure
>>>I
>>>use Win98 startup disk to boot into DOS then run setup.exe from the Vista
>>>DVD.
>>>
>>>I think I may need to create a Win98 boot disk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Joe Morris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:KR9Ei.17272$eD5.13751@trnddc07...
>>>> "Alan T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I had installed Vista once but forgot how to install booting from
>>>>>floppy
>>>>>or DVD drive.
>>>>> Now my harddisk cannot be boot up. I think I may need to re-install
>>>>> Vista.
>>>>> I set from the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive, then put the Vista DVD
>>>>> into
>>>>> the drive and restart the PC.
>>>>> It did not boot from the DVD drive, may be my DVD drive problem. So
>>>>> now I
>>>>> cannot install Vista.
>>>>> Any way I can get around that?
>>>>
>>>> Are you certain that it didn't boot the DVD? When the Vista CD/DVD is
>>>> booted on a system that has a bootable hard disk it displays a one-line
>>>> message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD"; if you don't respond
>>>> within a few seconds the code from the CD/DVD passes control to the
>>>> boot
>>>> process on the hard disk and the computer acts as if it had never
>>>> booted
>>>> the DVD.
>>>>
>>>> Another possibility is that you've got hardware problems that cause the
>>>> hard disk boot failure (you gave no description of the symptoms so this
>>>> may or may not apply to you...but depending on your system
>>>> configuration a
>>>> failure of a disk or a controller could prevent anything from booting).
>>>> Do you have any other bootable optical media to try?
>>>>
>>>> Joe Morris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>