Need a bit of help with a Vista harddrive...

M0nk3m4n · Mar 7, 2009, 07:28 AM

Ok so I'm helping a friend get their files off a their harddrive right? No biggie.
Cept that the drive will not boot, it gives the following error message:
File BOOTMGR not found.
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL
(That's kinda why we need to get the files off of it.)
Woop-de-do Micro$haft, Vista has sickened me yet again, glad I use XP, lol.
This is Home Basic btw...all we want to do is get the files off of it, so I put it
in my PC to copy/paste all the photos/music/ect... to my harddrive until I've
got XP Pro SP3 installed, sounds easy enough, well it ain't Vista seems to
have some kinda hard drive protection so all I see is two empty folders...help.
Please reply quickly as they need their PC as soon as possible. Thanks

Mac Daddy · Mar 7, 2009, 01:07 PM

Sounds like the drive has other issues besides Vista. You might want to try a disk recovery program on it.

EDIT: I am not aware of any disk protection programs in Vista I have swapped drives formatted with Vista Ultimate X64 in machines running XP SP3 and last night Windows 98 SE.

Judas · Mar 7, 2009, 03:27 PM

I've done similare things.... with vista on the drive and slapped the drive in a xp machine and pulled the files off no problemo.

It sounds like the Drive is screwed... and ISN'T related to vista being a problem.

Disk Recovery... sounds like there is indeed more problems then what was beleived.

M0nk3m4n · Mar 7, 2009, 08:02 PM

Oh thanks then guys...that's the pits...oh well, good thing I have a disk recovery program,
I just hope it'll recover enough of it, lol

Mac Daddy · Mar 7, 2009, 08:06 PM

No worries and hope you get most of it saved as well man best of luck with it

MitchRapp · Mar 31, 2009, 05:26 PM

BOOTMGR error ... put it in another machine and run a BOOTFIX
there are some applications that do it very well (Partition Table Doctor for example)

Mar 7, 2009, 07:28 AM	#1
M0nk3m4n HardwareHeaven Fanboy :D Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: A world of stupidity. Posts: 125 Rep Power: 28 System Specs	Need a bit of help with a Vista harddrive... Ok so I'm helping a friend get their files off a their harddrive right? No biggie. Cept that the drive will not boot, it gives the following error message: File BOOTMGR not found. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL (That's kinda why we need to get the files off of it.) Woop-de-do Micro$haft, Vista has sickened me yet again, glad I use XP, lol. This is Home Basic btw...all we want to do is get the files off of it, so I put it in my PC to copy/paste all the photos/music/ect... to my harddrive until I've got XP Pro SP3 installed, sounds easy enough, well it ain't Vista seems to have some kinda hard drive protection so all I see is two empty folders...help. Please reply quickly as they need their PC as soon as possible. Thanks __________________ Try Rockbox for MP3 players (example: videos, full Classic Doom, etc. on Nano 2G) Technics SA-EX310 (+Z-5500 speakers) on Creative SB X-Fi Fatal1ty Professional

Mar 7, 2009, 01:07 PM	#2
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 80 System Specs	Re: Need a bit of help with a Vista harddrive... Sounds like the drive has other issues besides Vista. You might want to try a disk recovery program on it. EDIT: I am not aware of any disk protection programs in Vista I have swapped drives formatted with Vista Ultimate X64 in machines running XP SP3 and last night Windows 98 SE. __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen Last edited by Mac Daddy; Mar 7, 2009 at 04:53 PM. Reason: spelling

Mar 7, 2009, 08:02 PM	Thread Starter #4
M0nk3m4n HardwareHeaven Fanboy :D Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: A world of stupidity. Posts: 125 Rep Power: 28 System Specs	Re: Need a bit of help with a Vista harddrive... Oh thanks then guys...that's the pits...oh well, good thing I have a disk recovery program, I just hope it'll recover enough of it, lol __________________ Try Rockbox for MP3 players (example: videos, full Classic Doom, etc. on Nano 2G) Technics SA-EX310 (+Z-5500 speakers) on Creative SB X-Fi Fatal1ty Professional

Mar 7, 2009, 08:06 PM	#5
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 80 System Specs	Re: Need a bit of help with a Vista harddrive... No worries and hope you get most of it saved as well man best of luck with it __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Mar 31, 2009, 05:26 PM	#6
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	Re: Need a bit of help with a Vista harddrive... BOOTMGR error ... put it in another machine and run a BOOTFIX there are some applications that do it very well (Partition Table Doctor for example)