Contents.If you see a blue screen error, but Windows Vista restarts immediately and you can’t read the error text, follow these instructions to disable the Automatically restart option:. Right-click on My Computer. Go to Properties.
Go to the Advanced tab. At the Startup and Recovery section, click the Settings button. At the System failure section, make sure the “Automatically restart” option is unchecked.
Click OKIf you can’t boot into Windows, try booting into Safe Mode, follow the instructions above and then restart your computer again. To boot Windows Vista in Safe Mode, follow these steps:. Restart your computer. Press F8 before the Windows logo appears. Use the arrow keys and select “Safe Mode” from the boot menu. Press EnterGeneral fixesMost Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) errors in Windows Vista can be fixed by following any of the below methods.Method #1: Install Windows updatesIf Windows Updates aren’t installed automatically in your Windows Vista system, you need to update the system manually:. Go to Control Panel.
Click Windows Update (or System and Maintenance and then Windows Update). Click Install. If the Windows Update window says that Windows is up to date, go to the next method below.Method #2: Check installed driversMany BSoDs errors are caused by misconfigured or damaged device drivers installed.
Boot errors (problems) & conditions that can fixed by using this tutorial:Boot Error Condition No1:' BOOTMGR is missing. Step 2: Change BIOS Boot order to boot from your CD/DVD device.Before continuing to the instructions below, your must have one of the following DVD media in place:. Windows 7 Installation DVD, OR.
The above media will be mentioned at the rest of this article as ' Recovery Media' for brevity reasons.1. Enter the BIOS settings by pressing ' DEL' or ' F1' or ' F2' or ' F10'.
The way to enter into BIOS Settings depends on the computer manufacturer.2. In Bios menu, find ' Boot Order' setting.
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This setting is commonly found inside ' Advanced settings'.3. Change the boot order to first boot from 'CD/DVD Drive'.3. Save and Exit Bios Setup.Step 3. Boot your computer from the CD/DVD drive.1.
Place the ' Recovery Media ' ( Windows 7 Installation DVD or the System Repair Disk) on your CD/DVD drive.2. Press Any key to boot from CD or DVD, when the corresponding message appears on your screen.How to fix your Windows 7 installation using Startup Repair.Step 4. Repair your Windows 7 boot problems using Startup Repair.1. Choose your preferred Language, Time and Keyboard settings and hit ' Next'.2. At the next screen choose the 'Repair your Computer' option.
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Case No2: Startup Repair could not detect a problem. If this happens, then:.
Choose the' View Advanced options for system recovery and support' link and. Continue to the next.How to fix Master Boot Record from command prompt (bootrec):Step 5.
Fix the master boot record using 'bootrec' command.(With your ' Recovery Media' placed on the CD/DVD drive boot to ' Command Prompt').1. At the following screen, select ' Command Prompt'.:2a. First repair the Master Boot Record. Inside the command prompt window, type the following command and press ' Enter':. bootrec /fixmbr(The System should return the following message that informs you that ' The operation completed successfully'.)2b. Next fix the System Partition Boot Sector and the boot configuration data.
To do that, type the following command and press ' Enter'. bootrec /fixbootNote.: The above commands is also used to fix the following boot error/problem:' BOOTMGR is missing.Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart'(The System should return the following message that informs you that ' The operation completed successfully'.)3. Remove the ' Recovery Media' from the CD/DVD drive and restart your computer. If your computer fails to start, continue to.
How to fix Boot Configuration Data information.Step 6: Fix (ReBuild) the corrupted Boot Configuration Data (BCD) folder.1. Scan your system for compatible Windows 7 installations and add them to boot configuration data (BCD) folder.To do that, you must boot with the 'recovery Media' inside command prompt window, so type the following command and press ' Enter'.
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcdThe System should return one of the following two messages:A. Message No1:'Scanning all disk for Windows Installations.Please wait, since this may take a whileSuccessfully scanned Windows Installations.Total identified Windows installations: 0The operation completed successfully'Action: If you see the above message, then you have to backup the boot configuration data (BCD) folder and create (rebuild) a new one. To do that, type the following commands in order:. bcdedit /export C:bcdbackup. c:. cd boot.
attrib bcd -s -h -r. ren c:bootbcd bcd.old. bootrec /rebuildbcdThe system should return the follow message:'.Total identified Windows installations: 11 D:WindowsAdd installation to boot list? Yes/ No /All'Type ' Y' (Yes)Close ' command prompt' window, remove the 'Recovery Media' from CD/DVD drive and restart your computer,B. Message No2:'Scanning all disk for Windows Installations.Please wait, since this may take a whileSuccessfully scanned Windows Installations.Total identified Windows installations: 11 D:WindowsAdd installation to boot list? Yes/ No /All'Action: Type ' Y' (Yes), remove the repair disk, close ' command prompt' window and restart your computer.Normally your system should load Windows without problems.Additional Info/Action: If you have installed Windows XP on the same computer where you have previously installed Windows 7 and you cannot boot anymore into Windows 7 OS, then you must type this command to fix the Windows 7 bootloader:.
bootsect /nt60 allHow to change Active partition in Windows 7, Vista.Step 7: Change Active Partition(With your ' Recovery Media' placed on the CD/DVD drive boot to ' Command Prompt').1. In the command prompt window type:. diskpart2. In ' DISKPART' prompt type:.
list disk3. Now type the following command and then press ' Enter'.:. select disk X (Where ' X 'means the number of disk that contains the Operating System – e.g. Then type the following command and press ' Enter'.
list partition5. From the available partitions, select the partition that you want to make active (e.g. ' partition 1').Type the following command and then press ' Enter'. select partition 16. Finally type the following command and press ' Enter' to make your partition active. activeAt this point, the system should return with the following message:'DiskPart marked the current partition as active.'
Close ' command prompt' window, remove the 'Recovery Media' from CD/DVD drive and restart your computer.8. If your computer fails to start, boot from the ' Recovery Media' again and run the ' Startup Repair' and let Windows fix Startup problems.