Vista reinstall without a CD drive

[Guest]

My Vista was running weel when, after installed a Pinnacle TV board, my DVD
drive begun not to work anymore. In device manager, the status of
"TSSTcorpCD/DVDW-SHS182D ATA device" reads "Windows couldn´t start this
device because it´s config informations in registry are incomplete or damaged
(code 19)". I don´t know how to rewrite the device registry and I can´t do
restoration to the point before Pinnacle instalation because that point isn´t
available anymore. I´m considering to reinstall the Vista, but how, without a
DVD drive? Help, please... Thanks!

 

[Richard Urban]

If you have a retail version of Vista, just boot from the DVD. The fact that
the DVD drive doesn't work within Vista has no bearing what-so-ever on
whether it will work when booting from the drive.

If you can't boot from the DVD you may have to adjust the boot parameters
within the bios. If you still can't boot - the drive has died.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Guest]

I tried that but didn´t work...
Thanks a lot !

 

[Guest]

Thank you Richard, I´ll try that, tell you later.

 

[Guest]

It worked! Adjusted the boot and reinstalled from the DVD. Everything ok now.
The problem now is to reactivate the Vista...Thanks a lot.

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot, very useful for the next time!
I have reinstalled and it worked.
But I had to do a "clean install".
Don´t know how to reinstall over the previous one.
Now I´m having problems with the Vista activation...
Bst rgrds,
Wagner
Rio - Brazil

 

[Richard Urban]

Glad that you got it going again! <grin>

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)