I found a BIOS update for my mobo and applied i t, then reset the CMOS on the PC. Now the problem is even worse - it hangs for several minutes on a blank screen after the DMI update and then loads Vista. Once it gets past that it works fine.
I've hit the boot drive with every HD utility I can think of and it all check out just fine. But I might just replace it anyways and see if that helps. --- Brian On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:00 AM, mark.dodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have tried boot ini and MBR fixes then it would seem to me that there > is something in the BIOS knackered to not boot from the HD. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:25 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Vista install lacking boot files > > Okay this problem has returned. Vista crapped out on me after only a month > and I needed to do a fresh reinstall (kept rebooting everytime a DVD was > inserted or locking up every 15 min). So this time I pulled my RAID card > and only had my boot drive attachced when I installed. But on reboot it > stopped at the "loading DMI" part of the boot process again unless I put the > Vista install DVD in the drive. Then it would load Vista no prob. > > I installed the EasyBCD proggie linked to this thread and tried just about > every option, including "write MBR" and "recreate missing/deleted boot > files". > > This is the readout from EasyBCD: > > Windows Boot Manager > -------------------- > identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} > device partition=C: > description Windows Boot Manager > locale en-US > inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e} > default {7cb80d1e-458b-11dd-af8d-aa046b8ac7f2} > displayorder {7cb80d1e-458b-11dd-af8d-aa046b8ac7f2} > toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d} > timeout 30 > > Windows Boot Loader > ------------------- > identifier {7cb80d1e-458b-11dd-af8d-aa046b8ac7f2} > device partition=C: > path \Windows\system32\winload.exe > description Microsoft Windows Vista > locale en-US > inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7} > bootdebug Yes > osdevice partition=C: > systemroot \Windows > resumeobject {7cb80d1f-458b-11dd-af8d-aa046b8ac7f2} > nx OptIn > pae ForceDisable > sos No > debug No > > Partition C is the correct drive to boot from. I think the problem is that > the bootloader itself is not being called after POST, which is why it's > hanging at the DMI screen. Again, I did a complete re-install so the > problem isn't a second hard drive. > > Any suggestions? Honestly, I can't believe that Vista has this sort of > problem and I can't believe I haven't heard more people bitching about it. > While I have run into the XP "no boot device found" error due to having the > wrong driver or messed up boot.ini path, it was at least fixable with the > tools provided by Windows and was easy to avoid. > > ---- > Brian > > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> yes it's a common problem. quite irritating. >> >> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 >> Grab EasyBCD and re-write the MBR to your hard drive. >> >> >> On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:11:01 -0400, Brian Weeden wrote >> > Just installed my first Vista system (Ultimate, using it for my HTPC) >> > and have a weird problem. The install process never copied over >> > the boot files - the system will not boot unless the install DVD is >> > in the drive. Otherwise it just hangs at the DMI screen after the >> > BIOS post. I nuked it and did a second install and the same problem >> > happened. >> > >> > I don't know anything about Vista - is this a common problem? What's >> > the fix? With an XP system I would normally just copy over ntldr >> > and make sure the boot.ini file is correct but I don't see those >> > anywhere on the Vista system. >> > >> > ---- >> > Brian >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1524 - Release Date: 6/28/2008 > 7:42 PM > >
