Failed Vista install. help me repair my boot!

[Guest]

I tried to install Vista but the install failed. Now when my PC boots I have
to jump through some hoops to get it working. Help!

When booting it presents me the following options:
* An earlier version of Windows
* Windows Setup Rollback

It automatically chooses the second option which fails, but gives me a
chance to go back to the previous menu and choose to load an earlier version
of Windows (which works fine)

Here is a video of the boot process:

I've given up on installing Vista for now. But would love to remove these
option screens so that I can boot normally again.

 

[Guest]

Were you trying to install as a dual-boot? Or an upgrade?

If not, set bios to boot from CD/DVD with Vista DVD in the Drive, reboot,
DELETE the existing partition, which will be XP, format the hard drive, and
install vista on its own.

 

[Guest]

I was installing it onto my 2nd HDD, which is why I think it failed. I wanted
to dual-boot to test it out. I guess it didn't like my drive as during the
install it popped up with a message that it was unable to locate the
partition and that it could not install.

The drive is an IDE drive with a converter to connect it to a SATA
connection. It doesn't appear to have installed any files on the drive.

All I want to do now is get rid of this message/option window

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You need to fix teh mbr on the active partition to point back to the older
bootloader. Assuming this is XP, you should boot the XP disk and load the
Recovery Console by hitting 'r' when first prompted. Logon to the existing
installation with an admin user account and run fixmbr, then fixboot from
the prompt. Exit the console, then remove the XP disk and restart the
machine. This should return you to the former bootloader.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com