Re: Reinstall Ultimate 64 Over Ultimate 64

Hi,

Load the recovery environment from the Vista disk, run "bootsect /nt60 sys"
from the prompt.

oH, aND dON'T yOU tHINK tHIS lOOKS sILLY? Please don't capatilize the first
letter in every word, I don't know of any language where that would be
correct usage of the written word.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"BIGGREG" <BIGGREG.37bec4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> hi
> Vista Ultimate 64 Crashed, Tried Recovery Dvd, Start-up Repair, Ng,
> Can't Get Into Safe Mode Or Command Prompt, Tried To Reinstall, Won't
> Allow Upgrade "upgrade Disablied, Must Be From Windows", But I Can't Get
> Into Windows.
> I Don't Want To Do A Clean Install To Much On There. It Also Seems My
> Restore Poits Are Gone. This Is After Diskkeeper Did A Boot Defrag.
>
> Please Help
> Biggreg
>
>
> --
> BIGGREG

Hi,

Are you accessing the prompt in the manner described here?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

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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

"BIGGREG" <BIGGREG.37edz5@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Thanks for the reply
> Only problem is at the recovery command prompt I get "command not
> recognized", No command seem to work except for "dir", "cd", etc...
> basic stuff, not even help to give me a list of what I can use.
>
> Help, Help
> Greg
>
>
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> BIGGREG

Hi,

Did you try the BCD rebuild option in that article? Note that it's bootrec
(without the 't').

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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

"BIGGREG" <BIGGREG.37eqh2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Yes that works, but not "bootsect /nt60 sys"
> also I did another "startup repair" and got "A patch is preventing the
> system from starting" error message. 2 days earlier I did sp1 and was ok
> for 2 days, the only other thing was diskeeper did a boottime defrag and
> then it wouldn't reboot. That's why I'm trying to do a reinstall.
> thanks
> Greg
>
>
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> BIGGREG

Hi Greg,

Right click the drive, choose properties and on the security tab click
advanced, then on the ownership tab click edit. Locate your account and
change ownership of the drive to it, making sure to enable the option to
propogate to all subfolders and containers. It will take a bit for the
changes to filter through, but when complete you should have regained access
to the drive.

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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

"BIGGREG" <BIGGREG.37eyt3@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Hi
> yes, i tried all the rebuilding options, no help
> i've now put a fresh install on another drive nad was going to rebuild
> with the files and config from the old (i've done that with xp many
> times), but in the new vista 64 it tells me the other drive with the old
> vista on it is "acces deied"?
> why?
>
> i'm rebuilding my dual boot to get into my xp pro, hopefully i can get
> to the files then.
>
> help more
> Greg
>
>
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> BIGGREG