I had two operating systems on my drive in separate partitions, and I tried to install third one, win98. Installation wasn't successful and I formated partition with unfinished win98 installation. However, it somehow screwed up my boot files, and though it was gone, I still was getting win98 startup screen, but I couldn't choose to start WinXp or WinVista. I managed to reinstall xp boot file, and now WinXp starts without problem, but I can't start WinVista. Its like there were no WinVista. Can anyone tell me how to bring back WinVista loader, so that when I start my computer I can choose whenever to start WinXp or WinVista??
boot windows vista DVD and when on the set up screen. go to install the os again and instead of installing choose r for repair - this will re-install vista BUT keep your settings and installed programs. Another way, maybe you should try this one first is to boot the Vista DVD and select the repair console at the console type: FIXMBR [enter] and FIXBOOT [enter] and you should be fine.
It didn't work. FIXMBR and the other command wasn't recognized. And when I put vista dvd there is no reinstall. It says that the current operation system will be moved to separate folder and it will install fresh Vista.
