A couple days ago I upgraded my windows media center to a vista beta that I got off the internet. I restarted the computer and now it won't boot, not even in safe mode. Right now I have a extra hdd connected with just windows XP on it. The hard drive with vista is split into two partitions, one with the OS and the other for documents. I can access my documents but not the OS partition. All I want is my saved files that are on the vista partition. Please help
2007-02-02 08:52:45 · 5 answers · asked by Brandon14_99 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I just typed it up and choose a section to put it in. Why wouldn't I be able to post?
2007-02-02 08:57:57 · update #1
I just wanted to try it. I don't care about the OS but I have some important files for my website that I need. I forgot to put them on the other partition before the upgrade...
2007-02-02 08:59:10 · update #2
Thanks rose, but as I said, I found another hard drive and put xp on it and setup my main drive as a slave. I can't access the files on the vista partition because vista has blocked access to the content. I just bought some DVD-Rs and am going to try and burn the vista mdf file to a disc. I can't seem to get it to work. I've tried MagicISO, Alcohol 120 and Nero. I also converted to an ISO and still nothing. I think I'll just go find a new copy somewheres...
2007-02-02 13:25:40 · update #3
OK I just formatted and started from scratch. Thanks everyone for the help.
2007-02-03 07:25:55 · update #4
If it's critical, try backing up your documents partition onto CD or DVD, then installing Windows or another OS onto that partition. That should allow you to access the old OS partition. Or you could try and reinstall on the original OS partition over the old install. In XP, if you install onto a drive that has XP, it will install a second copy if you tell it to.That may just install the OS but preserve the area where you stored the documents you need.
Also, if you have access to another computer, you can pull the hard drive out of this one and connect it to another computer as a secondary drive. That should give you access to both partitions.
2007-02-02 11:27:06 · answer #1 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reinstall vista and dont split it .why are you installing the beta version you can buy the home versuon for $100
2007-02-02 16:56:48 · answer #2 · answered by me and you 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a good purchase! have you contacted MSN?
I found this on the msn site it might help you.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/3ab1d441-3de4-431f-bba2-56e7cd52ffb31033.mspx
or here
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/73106209-6df0-432a-8cb7-df5d8ce02ec61033.mspx
this might help too
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/f768809f-ed90-415f-a83f-89b42108b3551033.mspx
Good Luck!
2007-02-02 16:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by ebay_convert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how did you post this message?
2007-02-02 16:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WINDOWS VISTA , DOES NOTHING BUT CAUSES YOUR COMPUTER TO CRASH , I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT!
2007-02-02 16:55:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋