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3XTR3M1ST
30-06-2009, 03:06 AM
i just bought a new hdd to install windows 7 on it. after installing and using windows 7 for a while, i felt like going back to vista for a moment.

i was too lazy to pop out the new hdd from the laptop to swap back the old hdd with vista on it, so i put the vista hdd in a external casing and tried to boot up my laptop from a 'usb harddisk' (that's what my BIOS called it.)

when i push the power button, the screen showed the windows loading bar for around 2 seconds, then 'poof!' a blue screen flashes across and it came to a black screen with a blinking cursor on the top left corner.

I thought something bad had happened and got my lazy ass to pop that vista hdd back into the laptop. but all attempts to boot from that harddrive just ends up with the same black scree+blinking cursor.

HELP!?
hj_dragon
30-06-2009, 09:53 AM
Have you setup your bios again after putting back the vista harddisk?
Need to set back the bios to boot from internal hardisk the first priority.
Rogue
30-06-2009, 12:40 PM
During bootup, start humping the F8 key to try and get in via safe mode or do a recovery. Else boot up via your Vista DVD and enter recovery console and repair from there.
nixUser
30-06-2009, 01:04 PM
He is trying to boot from an external usb case with vista installed, that's causing the problem. You can try start up repair, if it doesn't work reformat.
hlots123
30-06-2009, 01:20 PM
try reset cmos.
cloak|clone
30-06-2009, 02:38 PM
hey guys, having the same prob here, what exactly do i do after booting with the vista DVD?

i dont have my original vista dvd with me but i borrowed my friend's vista bussiness dvd. but what i have installed on the unbootable hdd is vista home basic. will the bussiness dvd work?
wherehouse
01-07-2009, 12:19 AM
look up KSOD, i have a thread somewhere here
3XTR3M1ST
01-07-2009, 12:26 PM
He is trying to boot from an external usb case with vista installed, that's causing the problem. You can try start up repair, if it doesn't work reformat.

i tried booting with vista dvd and doing the repair already. first time it detected errors and said that it fixed it. but the comp still wont boot. second time i tried the repair function it didnt find any error.

and im trying to use my HP compaq recovery function but i didnt make a recovery disc when i had the chance. and pressing f11 on startup didnt help so i think i cant use the recovery thing anymore?