Mark Phelps
Active Member
I really need some help and I'm hoping someone here can help me or tell me where else I can go ...
My problem is that I'm not able to boot into WinRE using the Vista DVD or the Windows Anytime Update DVD. I read about installing WinRE to my hard drive, and since I was messing around with triple booting XP/Vista/Ubuntu (another story for another time!) , I was having to repeatedly use the Vista DVD to do Startup Repair, so I thought it would be great to have Win RE on the hard drive instead.
So, I downloaded the WAIK and other stuff, built the necessary files on a separate WinXP box, copied them over to my Vista box and installed WinRE. That's where I screwed up. I was careless and installed Win RE to the Vista OS partition. But I thought I was doing the right thing at the time. When I rebooted and pressed F8, instead of getting the nice recovery menu screen, I got the standard safe mode screen.
So, then, I booted into the DVD, but instead of getting the recovery screen, I just got the Aurora background -- and there the machine sits, apparently nothing happening. No menu. No mouse cursor. No disk activity light flashing. Nothing.
Suspecting that maybe I had damaged the Vista DVD through repeated use, I booted from the Windows Anytime Upgrade CD -- which is supposed to provide the same WinRE environment. Same result -- Aurora background, nothing else.
In reading over the WinRE installation instructions again, I notice that it said "full retail DVD" but I have an OEM DVD, Perhaps that was the problem.
Anyway ... I'd like to remove the WinRE I installed so that I can restore the ability to do Startup Repair (and other things) from the Vista DVD.
Is there any way to do that -- remove WinRE?
My problem is that I'm not able to boot into WinRE using the Vista DVD or the Windows Anytime Update DVD. I read about installing WinRE to my hard drive, and since I was messing around with triple booting XP/Vista/Ubuntu (another story for another time!) , I was having to repeatedly use the Vista DVD to do Startup Repair, so I thought it would be great to have Win RE on the hard drive instead.
So, I downloaded the WAIK and other stuff, built the necessary files on a separate WinXP box, copied them over to my Vista box and installed WinRE. That's where I screwed up. I was careless and installed Win RE to the Vista OS partition. But I thought I was doing the right thing at the time. When I rebooted and pressed F8, instead of getting the nice recovery menu screen, I got the standard safe mode screen.
So, then, I booted into the DVD, but instead of getting the recovery screen, I just got the Aurora background -- and there the machine sits, apparently nothing happening. No menu. No mouse cursor. No disk activity light flashing. Nothing.
Suspecting that maybe I had damaged the Vista DVD through repeated use, I booted from the Windows Anytime Upgrade CD -- which is supposed to provide the same WinRE environment. Same result -- Aurora background, nothing else.
In reading over the WinRE installation instructions again, I notice that it said "full retail DVD" but I have an OEM DVD, Perhaps that was the problem.
Anyway ... I'd like to remove the WinRE I installed so that I can restore the ability to do Startup Repair (and other things) from the Vista DVD.
Is there any way to do that -- remove WinRE?
