How to Reinstall Vista: 7 Steps (with Pictures)1. Restart your computer and watch the setup screen for a list of available options. These options will tell you to press a function key, which are the . When the screen listing options appears, hit the function key associated with the BIOS. This varies from computer to computer so make sure you press the function key that is listed on your screen. You will need to navigate around the BIOS menu using your arrow keys, as the mouse will not work in the Windows setup screens. Sometimes the . Select the option when you find it.

How to Reinstall Vista: 7 Steps (with Pictures)1. Restart your computer and watch the setup screen for a list of available options. These options will tell you to press a function key, which are the . When the screen listing options appears, hit the function key associated with the BIOS. This varies from computer to computer so make sure you press the function key that is listed on your screen. You will need to navigate around the BIOS menu using your arrow keys, as the mouse will not work in the Windows setup screens. Sometimes the . Select the option when you find it.

The all new graphical boot menu is one of the new features of Windows 8. Unlike boot menus in previous Windows versions, Windows 8 boot menu can be navigated with. As a network boot software, CCBoot makes it possible for administrators reponsible for a network of dozens of computers to network boot Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista. Boot.ini is an important system file with crucial boot functions. Here we discuss what it does and how to edit it. Function and Purpose of Boot.ini.

Make sure your C drive is in the second position on the list. Use your arrow keys to navigate to . Then choose . Enter it when prompted and then click the . Read the license agreement and click .

A list of available drives will appear on the screen. Most people will choose the C drive. It is best to choose the drive with the most space.

Make your selection and then click . The screen will display a progress bar telling you how much time the installation will take. One the install has completed, your computer will restart. When your freshly reinstalled version of Windows Vista loads, the reinstallation will be complete.

1. From: Kan Yabumoto tech@xxcopy.com To: XXCOPY user Subject: A better boot diskette for WinNT/2000/XP Date: 2005-07-16 (revised.
2. You can also download the free tool BCDEdit to add/remove/modify boot entries on your system. I can really help dyslexic typists.

BOOT. INI file for Win. XP/2. 00. 3The. BOOT. INI File of. Microsoft. Sedory. NOT to be reproduced in any form without Permission of the Author !

Introduction. This page will help you make changes to a file you might not even know exists! Whenever you try out a copy of a.

Windows. That menu is controlled by a BOOT. INI file. Many have asked me how to remove that menu after they deleted the new (but temporary) OS from their hard drive. Well, it's actually a lot easier (and. Because your old system now has a new look: Most likely you'll be quite surprised to find a handful of new filesin your Windows!

Along. with the new file, NTLDR, and other NT- type system files, you'll also find this BOOT. INI file which is used to make that OS boot. Unfortunately, you can not just remove those files! Doing so will make it impossible(until corrected). Windows! The reason for this is: Installing one of these new OSs (2. XP/2. 00. 3) will, without any warning, changethe Boot Record of a Windows. So, maybe you'll find a use for all those extra.

Note: The column MBR (Master Boot Record) refers to whether or not the boot loader can be stored in the first sector of a mass storage device. Edit Boot Options in Windows Vista. A machine on which Windows Vista is installed may present a Windows Boot Manager menu in text mode at start up to offer a choice. The startup process of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and their successors differs from the startup process part of previous versions of Windows.

Vista and Windows. If you try booting these systems using BOOT. INI and NTLDR, the operation. For example, if you install Windows.

Under Windows. So, if you decide to delete the new OS, simply set your old OS as the default boot OS. You could then safely delete the new OS partition, but not the. Each time you open this window, it immediately checks the MBR's Partition Table (not just in Memory, but directly from. HDD) to see which Partition is set to boot ('Active'; 8. BOOT. INI file in that partition's root. This is how it determines which of several possible BOOT.

INI files on a system it should open for editing. Then, without rebooting(!), we used this feature again, and it opened a completely different BOOT. INI file from the. And. finally, 4) Do a quick check of the file's attributes to make sure they're still 'Hidden, System' (the 'Read- only' attribute is not required). If no. OS (old or new) boots up! In this case, we have to assume (for now) that you deleted a critical component. Write downany error messages you see on the screen when.

These three files (located in your original OS's root directory) are necessary to boot up either. OS or the NT- type OS: The BOOT. INI file, NTLDR (or ntldr; no extension!). NTDETECT. COM. Apart from these, in order to boot up a Windows!

Read our Feedback page for some helpful thoughts related to boot up issues and to contact us for more information. One thing specific to NT- Type boot- up issues: If you incorrectly edited or deletedyour BOOT. INI file, the older NT- Type OSs (Windows. NT, 2. 00. 0 and we believe original versions of XP) will no longer boot up! We purposely deleted our BOOT. INI file under Windows XP SP2 to see what.

OS was still able to boot up; if that doesn't work for you, we'd like to know about it! So, how do you boot up one of the old systems. Well, you either already have a boot diskette for this purpose, or you'll have to create one from another system or download the. Net. After copying the files listed above to the diskette and setting (editing) the boot. OS. partition, it should boot up as normal so you can fix/create its boot. For more information, see the Microsoft article: Creating a boot disk for an NTFS or FAT partition (running) under Windows XP.

Example BOOT. INI Files. A Simple Dual Boot File. If. you installed Windows.

The descriptions of the Windows. However, this is irrelevant, since you can change it to anything you want when editing. A Complex Multi- Boot File. Almost. every machine using ATA (EIDE /IDE or SATA) hard drives will have: . The multi(x) parameter is used to set the disk controller number, where x=0,1,2.. However, the Windows.

A line like this will only be found ifyou install the. Recovery Consolefiles from your install CD onto your hard disk! Though its entry appears to differ radically from the usual!

Yes, Windows. Does. NOTE: The fourth line under .

You'll see a line similar to this: C: \ = ! Why is that? Well, it's just an illusionbuilt into NTLDR! If you. were to add such a line to a BOOT.

INI file that hadn't been processed during an OS install (or if you accidentally removed the file that C: \ = . Now you know why the second line in boot. C: \CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.

DAT That's the file which initially boots the Recovery Console! What can I do if BOOTSECT. DOS was Deleted? To see a similar method for booting up DOS or older Windows partitions or even Linux (if Li. Lo is its boot. sector) using a Bootsectdata file and BOOT. INI, see: Boot Part.

Though bootpart was first written for Windows. The program runs under Windows. For example, when we ran BOOTPART (no. OS partitioned 2. Gi. B drive, it displayed: Physical number of disk 0 : e. C: type=7 (HPFS/NTFS), size= 7.

KB, Lba Pos=6. 3. C: * type=c (Win. Fat. 32 LBA), size= 6. KB, Lba POs=1. 41. C: type=8. 3 (Linux native), size= 6. KB, Lba POs=2. 63.

C: type=5 (Extended), size= 6. KB, Lba POs=2. 65. C: type=8. 2 (Linux swap), size= 1. KB, Lba POs=2. 65. C: type=5 (Extended), size= 6. KB, Lba POs=2. 67.

C: type=8. 3 (Linux native), size= 6. KB, Lba POs=2. 67. The asterisk in the display above shows the FAT3. Active boot partition in the Partition Table. However. since this drive uses a boot manager (GRUB) rather than simple MBR boot code, it makes the 'Active' boot setting irrelevant.

At the end of each line. After running the command: bootpart 1 C: \BOOTSECT. DOS Windows 9. 8The program dumped its usual 'no switch' display again (not a nice thing to do in my opinion!) and then stated: C: \BOOTSECT. DOS written. C: \BOOT. INI updated. When we forgot to use the Path with the BOOTSECT. DOS filename, it was created. C: \BOOT. INI file: C: \the.

Starman\asm\mbr\WORK\BOOTSECT. DOS=. If we'd used a name like ! We're seeking examples of BOOT.

INI files written by bootpart when the partition is beyond 8. Gi. B into the drive.. For example, it. won't waste time trying to figure out exactly what kind of mouse you have each boot up. References. A Lot More Switches: If you're looking for every switch that a BOOT. INI file could possibly have, the following URL will most likely have an explanation for it: http: //technet.

Here are the relevant KB articles for editing BOOT. INI files: How. To: Edit the BOOT. INI File in Windows 2. How. To: Edit the BOOT. INI File in Windows XPHow. To: Manually Edit the BOOT.

INI File in a Windows Server 2. Environment. Each of the articles above contain examples of a BOOT.

INI file, but I thought you might like to see my own since you'll know for sure it.