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1. 1 _tech_guru_papa_ Sep 16th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

   Good Day

   Windows vista is also causing lots of boot problems, so I often get questions like this:

   I have a Dell Dimension, which won’t boot to Windows (Vista), and none the repair variants work:

   Startup repair: Reports fix fail due to problem with registry

   System Restore: Reports no restore points available

   Windows Complete PC Restore: Reports no backups available

   Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool: No memory problems

   Command Prompt.
   Can’t think of any appropriate command to use here.

   So I booted with the system DVD (as one would with XP) but the upgrade
   option has been greyed don’t want to do a clean install. I want to repair existing
   installation.

   What should I do?

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   So here is the answer:

   You can’t do a ‘repair install’ because you need to launch the Vista DVD
   from within Windows, not, as you have been doing, booting straight from the
   DVD; that is why the ‘upgrade’ is greyed out.

   If you cannot launch Vista and none of the fix variants will work a new
   install is the only other variant.

   To save problems in future it is actually a good idea to make image of the hard drive, using something like True Image. What I do is install operating system, download all updates, check system I working okay for a day or two, activate system, then image the drive/partition. Any time I get a problem I can re-image the drive/partition quickly and be up and running without much trouble. And minor fixes are done by using any registry repair software, there are plenty of them on the market today.

   Regards,
   Carl

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