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    Default Vista does not boot

    There are 2 HDDs in my machine
    One is Hitachi SATA 2 contains Vista
    One is WD Caviar SATA 1 contains WinXP
    RAID is not applied.

    Computer boots into WinXP automatically.

    Press F12 at start
    Select Hitachi SATA 2 to boot the machine
    Windows Boot Manager shows
    Windows Vista
    Windows XP Pro
    Select Windows Vista to boot
    Black & White message shows up as the following:
    Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
    To fix the problem
    1.Insert installation disk and restart
    2.Choose your language and click next
    3.Click REPAIR . . . .
    File: Windows\System32\Winload.exe
    Status: 0xc000000e
    Info: The selected entry . . . missing or corrupted

    Please help
    How to recover Vista MBR ?

    Thank you very much !
    Last edited by Terry60; March 14th, 2010 at 09:14 PM.

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    1.Insert installation disk and restart
    2.Choose your language and click next
    3.Click REPAIR . . . .

    that works fine!
    Last edited by Terry60; March 14th, 2010 at 09:15 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by holgerbgl View Post
    1.Insert installation disk and restart
    2.Choose your language and click next
    3.Click REPAIR . . . .

    that works fine!
    Thank you, holgerbgl !

    Sorry for forgot to tell you.
    The problem is that I do not have an installation CD.
    The only thing I have is recovery disk.
    Do you think recovery disk can recover MBR, too ?
    Last edited by Terry60; March 14th, 2010 at 09:16 PM.

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    Terry

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    Please keep requests for help in the forums where everyone can see them, not in Private Messages.
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