Vista will not boot

[katiewho]

I have a laptop with Vista OS I want to know how to bypass the boot and get
to a command prompt. Vista will not boot and it freezes.

 

[Carlos]

Boot your laptop with the Vista DVD and choose repair.
Carlos

 

[katiewho]

I didn't get a dvd it's on my hd and I'm having trouble getting to it.

 

[Carlos]

katiewho,
The laptop should have a partition that would allow you some kind of restore.
Check your user manual or call the vendor.
Carlos

 

[Mick Murphy]

Right after you hit the power on button, start tapping F8.
It should then give you a list of options that you can go into. (Safe Mode,
etc)

Use the UP and DOWN arrows to get where you want to go, hit ENTER

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a laptop with Vista OS I want to know how to bypass the boot and get
to a command prompt. Vista will not boot and it freezes.

If you are looking to boot to MS-DOS, you can't. Windows Vista, like
Windows XP, Windows 2000 and other NT-based Windows versions before
it, is not built on MS-DOS and has no underlying DOS beneath it to
boot to.

The only way to boot to MS-DOS is by booting from a DOS diskette. And
if your drive is NTFS, the hard drive would then be inaccessible
(unless you also loaded special software like NTFSDOS).

You could try a repair installation from the Vista DVD.

 

[katiewho]

Thanks Carlos, I know there is a partition I just didn't know how to get to
it. I'm going to try as soon as I get home. Thanks for the help!