Ok, so I am trying to repair my vista. When I Get to the screen to select vista to repair, it says it can't recognize that version or something along those lines. So I have two questions. To start, this is not the disk that came with my computer (it belongs to a relative and I'm borrowing it). It is a vista upgrade disk but if it were perhaps from a different version of vista would it not work? My other question is, if I totally reinstall windows is there any way to retrieve my files? Any help would be appreciated. P.S. I am typing this on my iPod and it is quite frustrating, so I am sorry if this is unclear or if there are any spelling errors.
Vista repair.
- Thread starter Pcrw5
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If you have 32-bit Vista, and its a 64-bit disc, you'll need the 32-bit one or vice versa. You can download one of our recovery discs for the job, but they won't be able to re-install Windows.
You can rescue your user files before you resort to a reinstall, if you ultimately need to do that.
Get the correct version of our ISO download first and try
http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
Get the correct version of our ISO download first and try
http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
