Installation of vista was cancelled

[Guest]

I installed Vista on a second drive, inspected what it had to offer and
decided to remove it for the time being. I thought the easiest way would be
to reformat the hard drive. It succeeded, however upon start-up I still get
the choice to start-up vista or an older version.
When I click on Vista the msg reads: Windows\system32\winload.exe failed.
Status: 0xc000000F - A search for this winload.exe failed to produce
results.
I attempted to re-install Vista expecting to re-delete it the proper way.
Following the gathering of info, the msg read: This installation was
cancelled. Windows cannot install required files for installation. The file
is corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are
availabe and restart the installation. Error Code: 0x80070017
Thanks

 

[Rich Milburn [MVP]]

what happened is that Vista changed the boot loader info on your primary
drive. You need to switch that back to the XP loader. Boot up on the Vista
DVD, choose your language, and then on the bottom left there is a recovery
option. Click that.
then choose command prompt.
you will be at x:\sources
try changing to E: - that is probably your DVD drive - there should be a
BOOT folder.
so CD BOOT
then run
bootsect.exe /nt52 all /force
that should set you back to boot XP.

Rich

 

[John Barnes]

Boot to your XP install CD if you have one and enter the Recovery Console at
first choice. Use the command fixboot

 

[Guest]

Thank you Rich and John. I guess the score is John 1 Rich 0
bootsect.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
Progr or batch file.
I take my hat off to both of you!
Nurmi