last week I booted from what seemed a sleep mode ( windows resuming ) and could not get beyond a black screen with a white pointer. After several attempts, I clicked on F8 and proceeded to Startup Repair with no success. Then attempted to Start up in Safe Mode with no success. I found this website and burned an ISO ( ImgBurn) and downloaded to a CD the Recovery Essentials. I was able to Boot from that to the Recovery Essentials Window. Selected Automated Repair. Response:
Preparing to repair partition on /dev/sda2Volume identified as ntfs
Scanning volume for errors and inconsistencies...
Volume check and repair complete. Additional consistency check scheduled for next startup.
Basic diagonstics run completed successfully.
Searching for boot-related problems...
Determining the bootloader to be installed...
Starting installation of the BOOTMGR bootloader to /dev/sda2...
New bootloader installation successful.
Rewriting the MBR on /dev/sda
Successfully reinstalled and reconfigured boot-related files.
Automated repair complete. You can now exit and restart your PC.
I am still unable to boot to windows. I do not have a Vista Installation CD. Should I request from the manufacturer ( Gateway )? or could I have success downloading from another source? Can I do that without loosing my files? Would really appreciate help with this. Thank you
Preparing to repair partition on /dev/sda2Volume identified as ntfs
Scanning volume for errors and inconsistencies...
Volume check and repair complete. Additional consistency check scheduled for next startup.
Basic diagonstics run completed successfully.
Searching for boot-related problems...
Determining the bootloader to be installed...
Starting installation of the BOOTMGR bootloader to /dev/sda2...
New bootloader installation successful.
Rewriting the MBR on /dev/sda
Successfully reinstalled and reconfigured boot-related files.
Automated repair complete. You can now exit and restart your PC.
I am still unable to boot to windows. I do not have a Vista Installation CD. Should I request from the manufacturer ( Gateway )? or could I have success downloading from another source? Can I do that without loosing my files? Would really appreciate help with this. Thank you