my aunt asked me to install Windows Vista Home Premium on her comp.,she had XP and it saysWindows Vista capable.When Installing I selected the Upgrade option instead of doing the clean installation. no problems installing,but afterwards everything is running slow. Ibrought the comp.to my house to use dsl &installed all the the windows updates in hopes that it would solve the slowness. When that was done the computer restarted itself &said it was configuring the updates & then when I came back to check on it Windows Boot Manager was on the screen saying:
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1.Insert you Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click NEXT
3. Click REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER
…File: \windows\system32\winload.exe status: 0xc000000f
When i put the vista or the hp reinstall disc in nothing happens. PLEASE help I really dont want to lose everthing. THANKS.
I can’t get past the Windows Boot Manager, I tried pressing F8 to try and get it back to last known good configuration, but pressing F8 doesn’t do anything. I’d be happy if I could just get back to the XP version so she doesn’t lose any of her programs, and then trying to re-install Vista while connected to the internet.
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Filed under: Windows Repair Software
run a chkdsk first to see if that fixes it.
Start.. run.. type in chkdsk c: /f /r then reboot. the process may take a while so go get a coffee.
or
Change your BIOS setting to boot from cd first.
Tap F1 repeatedly at bootup before windows loads. In the BIOS go to boot options tab and change the first boot device to cd… put cd in the drive and reboot.
It definitely sounds like something happened during the upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
For the system being slow initially, it depends on your computer specifications. As well Vista is more resource intensive which can be solved by limiting some of the "features", once again depending on which version of Vista you have.
To answer your question however, when you put in your windows install disc (Vista) did you restart the computer after that? If you didn’t then that’s why. As well you may want to check the bios and make sure that your CD-ROM is set to boot up your system first then Hard Drive. Most computers by default will have the boot sequence as hard drive then CD-Rom. You will want to reverse that order.
Also if you use the Vista cd to install windows, it will reinstall Vista on your system which may not necessairly correct the issue. If you use the hp reinstall disc however, you will lose everything on your computer as it will wipe out all the information.
I hope that helps somewhat.