My HDD that has my XP installation has failed.  The chances of retrieving any
data from the drive are very remote.  Therefore I am going to have to
re-install my XP on a fresh partition.  What I need to know is what
alterations I am going to have to do to the BCDEDIT to make the ...

Here is my problem:
First, I bought a new hard drive and created two partitions on it. Then I
installed vista-x64 on the first partition and then vista-32bits on the other
one. Everything was working verywell for the dual boot. But some weeks later,

I have tired multiple times to install Vista but every time it freezes at
either the first boot loading screen or ar completing installation, I even
let it sit for 24 hrs to no avail. I shut down the computer and it boots to
the normal load screen but I get "an unexpected ...

I have a XP Media Center 2005 Machine running IIS on which I develop
applications. What happens to IIS if I upgrade to Vista Home Premium? Will it
remove IIS or should I just go to Vista Ultimate Edition?

I have a Lacie NAS which works fine with RC2 as long as I connect my PC via
the ethernet cable, as soon as I try to mount the share via my wireless LAN
no go !
All protocols and setting are exactly the same for wireless and wired.

Who can tell me where we can  get the backup tool for Vista system?
I have tried Ghost 2003,10.0, all don't support Vista system.
Thank you!

I have newly built pc with several hdds.  One of these had xp home on one of
3 partitions, the other had Vista 64 bit on 1 of 3 partitions.  I had a
problem with this Vista installation which I was not able to resolve with
the Vista repair utility, so I decided to reinstall Vista ...

Have tried 4 times to install Vista RC and it either crashes or stops doing
anything at the completing installation part.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

While doing an update from Windows XP pro to Vista RC2 the following error
message appeared during the "expanding files" step.
"Windows could not update the computers boot configuration.  Installation
cannot proceed."

Well well well!
I had been complaining about the abysmal performance of WMP search (running
64-bit Vista RC1). Quite by accident I noticed that all of the shortcuts etc.
point to the WMP in "Program Files (x86)" but there is also a copy of WMP in

I have just installed Vista on my second hard drive.Installation was pretty
painless EXCEPT it would not accept my BT Voyager wireless usb adapter or my
BT Home Hub Router.
How the heck can I validate on line if I cannot get my wireless network to

Can this program be used as a "bootmanager" assuming that XP Prof is on disc
C and Vista (RC-1) is on disc C

The screen turns black but the PC box stays on.  I have to push the
power button to once turn off then push it again to restart.  VIA KT800
chip set is used for the motherboard(MSI K8T Master2 FAR). Is there a
remedy for this problem?

Take a Vista machine. In my my case, a Ghost image to beta test a
piece of software. Rebuild the machine to a base Vista image. Now
install a new video card. What happens? You get a new screen that
states the winload.exe craps out at 0xc000000e. You have to get you

I signed up for the beta, got my verification email, but when I went to fill
in my name, address, etc. for shipping, however since I was using Firefox at
the time, the display was screwy. I closed my browser, then tried the
verification email again, however it says the email is ...