Hi folks
I discovered the hard way that Vista SP2 won't complete installing because I use Grub as my boot loader and it's installed in the MBR.
I can happily boot Fedora or Vista, but three times now I have been unable to install the SP and it reverts.
Simple you think, let's re-install the Vista boot loader and then install SP2.
Sadly, the Vista repair process failed because despite the correct AHCI drivers for the ICH7M 82801GBM being on the disk, and supplying them manually in versions 6, 7, 8 and 9 on different occasions (I even checked the PCI vendor and device IDs to be sure) Vista is telling me it can't see any Vista installations at all, but Grub can still boot either the main Vista installation or the recovery partition. Oh and from the command prompt I can look at all of the NTFS partitions on the disk without problems.
I tried to use EasyBCD to restore the Vista boot loader, but it fails telling me that the store import failed because the volume does not contain a recognised file system and to ensure that all drivers are loaded. If the drivers weren't loaded, it couldn't be talking to the disk could it? iaStor.sys is version 6.2.0.2002 and is the one that came with the computer when purchased.
I have run chkdsk /f on the Vista installations from the repair DVD command prompt, it tells me there are no filesystem errors.
So, please can someone here help me to get the Vista boot loader re-installed?
There is clearly nothing wrong with the system volume in that I am running Vista right now and it works just fine, but for some reason bcdedit thinks that there is a problem.
Once I've got SP2 installed I'll go back to using Grub and leave this over-complicated Vista boot loader configuration alone (I don't think there is going to be another Vista SP).
I discovered the hard way that Vista SP2 won't complete installing because I use Grub as my boot loader and it's installed in the MBR.
I can happily boot Fedora or Vista, but three times now I have been unable to install the SP and it reverts.
Simple you think, let's re-install the Vista boot loader and then install SP2.
Sadly, the Vista repair process failed because despite the correct AHCI drivers for the ICH7M 82801GBM being on the disk, and supplying them manually in versions 6, 7, 8 and 9 on different occasions (I even checked the PCI vendor and device IDs to be sure) Vista is telling me it can't see any Vista installations at all, but Grub can still boot either the main Vista installation or the recovery partition. Oh and from the command prompt I can look at all of the NTFS partitions on the disk without problems.
I tried to use EasyBCD to restore the Vista boot loader, but it fails telling me that the store import failed because the volume does not contain a recognised file system and to ensure that all drivers are loaded. If the drivers weren't loaded, it couldn't be talking to the disk could it? iaStor.sys is version 6.2.0.2002 and is the one that came with the computer when purchased.
I have run chkdsk /f on the Vista installations from the repair DVD command prompt, it tells me there are no filesystem errors.
So, please can someone here help me to get the Vista boot loader re-installed?
There is clearly nothing wrong with the system volume in that I am running Vista right now and it works just fine, but for some reason bcdedit thinks that there is a problem.
Once I've got SP2 installed I'll go back to using Grub and leave this over-complicated Vista boot loader configuration alone (I don't think there is going to be another Vista SP).
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