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• Hard drive erased, now receive the error occurred trying to read the boot configuration

  I erased my hard drive but when I restarted my computer, it said that there is an error then produced than that to read the boot configuration, I tried to use the windows vista download recovery disc but when I turned on my computer nothing the same thing appeard. HELP PLEASE!

  * original title - I erased my hard drive but when I restarted my computer, it said that there is an error then produced than that to read start configuration.*

  Here's how to use the Vista startup repair disk. is NOT a Vista reinstall disk.

  Download the ISO on the link provided and make a record of repair time it starts.

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu.

  When you have changed that, insert the Bootable disk you did in the drive and reboot.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

  Link above shows what the process looks like and a manual, it load the repair options.

  NeoSmart containing the content of the Windows Vista DVD 'Recovery Centre', as we refer to him. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and is just a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, we could re-create this installation with downloadable media media freely from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK, several gigabyte download); but it is pretty darn decent of Microsoft to present Windows users who might not be able to create such a thing on their own.

  Read all the info on the website on how to create and use:

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2008/Windows-Vista-recovery-disc-download/

  ISO Burner:http://www.snapfiles.com/get/active-isoburner.html

  It's a very good Vista startup repair disk.

  You can do a system restart tool, system, etc it restore.

  It is NOT a disc of resettlement.

  And the 32-bit is what normally comes on a computer, unless 64-bit.

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  How to reinstall Vista:

  Vista recovery media obtain and/or use the Partition Recovery Vista on your computer to the factory settings .

  There is no Vista free download legal available.

  Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a recovery disk/s Vista set.

  Normally, they do this for a cost of $ small.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  In addition, ask them if you have a recovery Partition on your computer/laptop to restore it to factory settings.

  See if a manual provided with the computer or go to the manufacturer's website, email or you can call for information on how to make a recovery.

  Normally, you have to press F10 or F11 at startup to start the recovery process...

  Another way I've seen on some models is press F8 and go to a list of startup options, and launch a recovery of standards of plant with it, by selecting the repair option.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Also ask them if it is possible to do the recovery disk/s for the recovery Partition in case of a system Crash or hard drive failure.

  They will tell you how to do this.

  Every computer manufacturer has their own way of making recovery disk/s.

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  Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, Acer, recovery disk/s etc).
  A good Vista DVD contains all versions of Vista.
  The product key determines which version of Vista is installed.

  There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

  If install a cleaning is required with a good DVD of Vista (not HP, Dell recovery disks):

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/918884

  MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

  http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

  A tutorial on the use of a clean install

  http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

  Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

  After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Difference between the boot disk volume and boot drive

  in disk utility, which is the boot drive and boot boot disk volume? I am follosing instructions to restart my Mac into recovery mode and the instructions tell you to:

  "1. restart your Mac and hold command + R to start to enter in Recovery Mode."

  2. open disk utility in the OS X Tools window.

  3. Select your boot drive and the boot disk in the sidebar.

  4. click on the button "Repair disk" utility disk in the first aid tab.

  After you perform these routines to correct the partition scheme of your disk and formatting, use disk utility to perform a permissions set on your boot volume (this is in the same first aid tab). Then turn off your Mac (do not restart it) and perform a reset SMC (see here) and reset PRAM (see here) for good measure. »

  That's what I see in my disk utility:

  

  Which of these is the boot drive and boot boot disk volume?

  The boot drive is the entrance 320,07 GB. Disk and volume are the two Macintosh HD.

  (137930)

• no boot found device, insert the boot disk and press any key

  Hello, recently tried to install Windows 10 through the Assistant Boot Camp, with the help of a DVD I bought windows. But I get an error saying "no devices found Boot insert boot disk and press a key" I tried to read and do all the patches, all offer and yet no results. Any suggestions or corrections us would be great!

  MacBook Pro mid 2012

  -i7

  Evo - Samsung 500GB SSD

  -Ram 16

  -Latest version of Mac OS x

  -L' use of 64 GB PNY flash drive

  Your Mac 2012 supported creating a USB Installer to help BC Assistant. Do not use a DVD, a USB Flash drive. Your USB drive must be a USB2 flash drive, if you choose the USB mode and you will need a Windows ISO.

  See also create an ISO image for Windows - Apple Support installation media Boot Camp .

• Windows recovery system cannot read the recovery disk

  I have Vista laptop computer model pavilion POS, when I bought it, I made a creation of recovery disks, but now when I put it in my PC to see contains I see an error that Sandra insert your disc and system cannot fix it and I also used microsoft fixed it Center but cannot fix it.

  Hello

  Here are all the HP information on different methods to recover back to factory settings

  Three ways to recover the PC to original operating status

  You have a choice of three ways to run a recovery and restore your computer to its original state. The recovery process may take an hour upwards or more and is not complete until the prompt to connect to the computer. When the recovery is complete, don't forget to run the update of Microsoft Windows and the HP health check to install all the drivers updated and software.
  1. If the computer can boot to the Windows desktop, start the Recovery Manager.
  2. At startup, press f11 to start Recovery Manager.
  3. Restore the PC to its original state with the HP Recovery Manager of in Windows Vista
     If the PC can be started and opens on the Windows desktop, you can use the HP recovery disk to restore the PC to original factory State by following the steps below.
     1. Click Start and enter the recovery in the field of research. Select Recovery Manager in the list, when it becomes available. Allow the action to proceed, if you are prompted. The HP Recovery Manager opens.
        Alternatively, click Start , all programs , Recovery Manager , and then Recovery Manager . Allow the action to proceed, if you are prompted. The HP Recovery Manager opens.
     2. Click Advanced options , System Recovery , and then click Next . The PC will restart and reopen the Recovery Manager.
        Alternatively, if the advanced options is disabled, click Next , and then System Recovery . The PC will restart.
     3. When the PC restarts, select the System Recovery option and click Next .
     4. If you are prompted to use the Microsoft System Restore , click No and then click Next .
     5. When you are prompted, select back up your files first (recommended) , and then click Next . Follow the on-screen instructions.
     6. When you are prompted to recover without backing up your files , please STOP before you click Next .

        CAUTION:

        It's the last chance to change your mind recovery PC and delete all the files and programs. Once you click Next , the restore process cannot be stopped

     7. If you are convinced that you want to start the recovery process, click Next . The PC immediately starts formatting the disk hard drive and destroy all data.
     The recovery process may take up to several hours and will return the PC to its original state. All custom, settings drivers, software and upgrades or hardware updates are lost and must be reinstalled.
     Restore the PC to its original state with the HP Recovery Manager if Windows Vista is not accessible

     If the PC does not start under Windows, it may still be possible to use the HP recovery disk to restore the computer to its original state. The Recovery Manager can be started during the boot process by following the steps below.

     1. Press on the button / stop to start the PC and press the f11 key when the standard BIOS guests appear on the black screen.

        NOTE:

        By pressing the f11 key at startup on a computer with an image factory HP will start the system recovery process, even if the message is not displayed.

        • If the HP Recovery Manager can access the hard disk recovery partition, a prompt to back up user files before you start the recovery
     . Follow the instructions.
     • If the HP Recovery Manager cannot access the hard disk to resolve system errors, you need to use the recovery disk custom that you created to recover the hard disk to its original state.
     • If you have not created the custom recovery disk, or disks are damaged, you can order a replacement of HP recovery CD.

  4. When the Recovery Manager starts, follow the instructions of recovery step by step , shown above.
  Solve a common problem of recovery.
  If the original operating system is changed to a non - Vista OS, the Recovery Manager cannot be launched either office or by pressing f11 at startup. You can use the recovery disk to restore the computer to the original state of Vista. If you are using a non - Vista OS, you can use a third-party partition management program to recover hard disk space.
  Restore the PC to its original state with the recovery discs

  If the PC cannot access the Windows desktop, and the Recovery Manager cannot be started by selecting the f11 at startup key, you can use either the recovery disc custom that you created, or you can order a recovery CD to replace HP, to boot the PC and restore the hard drive to its original operating state.

  NOTE:

  Run the recovery process by using the custom recovery disk you created can take less than an hour, while you use replacement discs ordered directly from HP can take four to six hours and includes several reboots.

  If the HP Recovery Disk Manager can access the hard drive, it will attempt to repair the recovery partition. If successful, a prompt to continue execution of the recovery using the Recovery Disk Manager.

  Use the recovery discs to restore the PC by following the steps below.

  1. Insert the recovery disc into the optical disc drive and start the computer.
     If the computer is running, insert the reinstallation disc and immediately click on Start and select restart to force the computer to boot from the recovery disc.
  2. When prompted, Press any key to boot from the CD or DVD, press any key on the keyboard.
  3. Leave the recovery disk boot and load the files required, while the Microsoft loading screen appears. It may take several minutes to load the required files.
  4. When the HP Recovery Manager window appears, click Advanced options , System Recovery , and then click Next to open the Recovery Manager.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions and perform the necessary actions.

     NOTE:

     Do not interrupt the recovery process even though the computer may restart, and the Windows desktop can display at different times.

  • When you are prompted, follow the on-screen instructions to backup user files.
  • After completing the backup, when you are prompted, reinsert the recovery disk, and then click Next to continue the recovery process.
    A status box is displayed to indicate the State of the recovery and the estimated remaining time.
  • If you have used several disks when you created the custom recovery discs, follow the prompts to remove the first disc and insert requested discs.
  5. When you are prompted to Insert additional driver disk , take one of the following actions:
     • If you purchased a replacement of HP recovery disk and it included an extra driver disc, insert the disc, and then click OK or Next . The recovery program checks the additional drive and installs the necessary files.
       After you install the additional files, a prompt to remove extra disc and insert the original recovery disk.

     • If you bought a replacement at HP recovery disc, and he didn't get an extra driver disk, click ignore or Cancel . The recovery program will ignore the request and install the following file on the recovery disk.

     • If you have created a personal recovery disc, press Next to continue.

  6. Continue following the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.

  NOTE:

  If you have not created a personal recovery disk or the recovery disk will fail or corrupt, see HP - order recovery discs for Windows 7, Vista or XP laptops for more information.

  7. Satellite L300D-222: "insert the boot disk and press any key".

     Hello

     My laptop froze this morning and so I stopped it when restarting it however, I received the message "No boot device - insert boot disk and press any key", what it means?

     I didn't not get discs with the laptop, or have I made the recovery discs. The instruction manual says to press f8 when I restart and go to "menu of advanced start", but it doesn't matter. Where should I go from here, is there a program I can download that would have this disc? All my work on the computer will be lost?

     Thanks in advance for any help!

     Hello

     He looks at the HARD drive died and so the laptop can not boot from the HARD drive but request disk bootable.
     But to be sure, you need to access the BIOS (press F2) and check if the HARD drive is recognized in the BIOS.
     If it s not recognized, then you need a new HARD drive.

     The recovery disc can be ordered here:
     https://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

     Good bye

  8. Equium M50 cannot read the recovery disk

     I have a fairly old Toshiba Equium M50 - 164. I lost a few configuration etc files and wants to rest to factory settings.
     I have the recovery disk, however, the reader does not read it. I tried other discs and that they is not read.

     Any suggestions? Thank you

     And what is with the operating system?
     Different discs are readable on operating system?

  9. My SSD is not appear in the menu on the boot disk (macbook pro 2012)

     Hello world.  So I just got the macbook pro 2012 and starts to do-it-yourself work last night.  I took out the optical drive, transferred the existing location HARD disk (w / caddy) and installed an SSD in its place.  Then I cloned the SSD HARD drive.  No problems so far.

     When I went to change the boot drive startup disk preferences is where I ran into a problem.  My original HARD drive is the only projection.  I had the problem in choosing the boot drive during the reboot (the SSD will appear in this menu) and makes it the default value it.  SSD works very well and is now my main boot drive.  However, I still would like to show in startup disk preferences.  Is it possible to do (preferably without erasing the SSD)?

     Thank you!

     Relevant info - I'm running El Capitan and I used SuperDuper! to clone the HARD disk.

     OK, can I have found the problem.  Map of partition of the SSD has been MBR, no GUID.  I deleted it, reformatted and I am re-cloning it now.  I'll post the result (I hope that as a confirmed for another solution which meets with this).

  10. Create the boot disk

      I have a laptop ACER Aspire 5150, running Windows vista.  I want to exchange the disc for a hard drive over but cannot transfer the data that there is not enough space on the current drive.  I have not received a disc with my pc and I would like to reinstall windows back to the factory settings or create boot diskettes so that I can install the new hard drive.  I can do either?  which would be best?

      In addition to the info below, disk manufacturers hard software power of cloning to do what you want to do.

      Buy Acer recovery disks, or create your own.
      How to request to Acer for.

      How to get Vista recovery Media and/or to use the Vista recovery Partition on your computer.

      There is no Vista free download legal available.

      https://secure.TX.Acer.com/rcdb/main.aspx?brand=Acer

      Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a recovery disk/s Vista set.

      Normally, they do this for a cost of $ small.

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      http://support.Acer.com/

      You can also make recovery disk/s of the recovery Partition before you delete it.

      They will tell you how to do this.

       

      Every computer manufacturer has their way of doing recovery disk/s.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, etc).
      A good Vista DVD contains all versions of Vista.
      The product key determines which version of Vista is installed.

      There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

      If install a cleaning is required with a good DVD of Vista (not HP, Dell recovery disks):

      Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

      At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu

      http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/918884

      MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

      http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

      A tutorial on the use of a clean install

      http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

      Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

      After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

      Save all data, because it will be lost during a clean installation.

      See you soon.

      Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

  11. my computer cannot read the startup disk.

      Hello
      I tried to reinstall the operating system using a boot disk. The computer to load the part of the program, but then I get a pop up window telling me that I have to re - install windows. I tried everything and the computer will not accept the disc. The boot floppy is the manufacturer, and it has worked before. I don't know what to do. I have to buy a new hard drive to perform a new installation?

      If you have problems with the manufacturer's recovery disk, you will need to contact them.
      It is the manufacturer, not Microsoft software/process.

      You reinstall Vista using a DVD of Vista, or the manufacturer's recovery disc.

      Contact the manufacturer of your computer.

      Here's the General info re do a restore to factory settings:

      How to get Vista recovery Media and/or to use the Vista recovery Partition on your computer.

      There is no Vista free download legal available.

      Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a recovery disk/s Vista set.

      Normally, they do this for a cost of $ small.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      In addition, ask them if you have a recovery Partition on your computer/laptop to restore it to factory settings.

      See if a manual provided with the computer or go to the manufacturer's website, email or you can call for information on how to make a recovery.

      Normally, you have to press F10 or F11 at startup to start the recovery process...

      Another way I've seen on some models is press F8 and go to a list of startup options, and launch a recovery of standards of plant with it, by selecting the repair option.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      You can also make recovery disk/s for the recovery Partition in case of a system Crash or hard drive failure.

      They will tell you how to do this.

      Every computer manufacturer has their way of doing recovery disk/s.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, etc).
      A good Vista DVD contains all versions of Vista.
      The product key determines which version of Vista is installed.

      There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

      If install a cleaning is required with a good DVD of Vista (not HP, Dell recovery disks):

      Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

      At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu

      http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/918884

      MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

      http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

      A tutorial on the use of a clean install

      http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

      Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

      After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

      Save all data, because it will be lost during a clean installation.

      See you soon.

      Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

  12. When running Disk Management, get the error - failed to connect to the virtual disk Service.

      When I run the Snap on the local server disk management, I get an error message in the status bar: unable to connect to the virtual disk Service.

      Thanks, I have tried these things and nothing has solved the problem.  Here's what I did:

      (a) check the VDS service was manual and failures later per second are 'take no action '.
      ANSWER: Yes to manual and following, second has not changed to "restart the service" of "non-action".
       
      (b) sfc/scannow as administrator
      ANSWER: the System File Checker has found no problem (program reported no problem and findstr/c: "[SR]" on CBS.log doesn't have the list of issues)

      (c) restore to a previous system restore point
      ANSWER: I have tried restore points several more early, each of them failed

  13. Size of the boot disk is full

      I deleted all my VMs and the startup disk is always full. Help?

      YoungJ97 wrote: well, I tried to install a Windows XP MCE and the size of the disk was, get this, 40 GB. That's why I asked.

      This is the default size of a virtual hard disk of Windows XP and it can be changed if you want and does not directly address the host disk space however it relates it indirectly we should ensure far enough host disk space is available for what we're doing.  BTW, if this is what prompted your OP then you should have read this in the op and it would have spared you jump in a still reasonable different tangent on my part!

      BTW just an info... Windows XP MCE is not officially taken in charge and in the past, others have had problems with it in the sense not all MCE components work of course YMMV.

  14. try to get the Boot Disk Defragmenter.

      I begin of choice of tools system Disc Defrag regularly or to administer mode get User Account Control nothings happens.  I tried my right click computer properties, tools, defragment and once again nothing. Family Vista premium, all updates are current and all drivers are up to date. There is a new recall defrag was working fine before the update of windows. Updated driver occurred after problems to start defragmentation.

      Windows disk defragmentation must be performed by calendar. You shouldn't have to run it manually, not to mention that it takes forever to complete if you run manually.
      Once fixed, the Windows Disk Defragmenter is designed to run silently in full. You won't see her progress.
      Here is a tutorial to show how your disk defrag schedule.
      http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/configure-disk-defragmenter-schedule-in-Windows-Vista/

      If you're dead set to run manually and monitor progress, I recommend Augslogics.
      It allows you to decide which drive to defragment.
      It shows you the process, "play by play".
      It gives you a summary report.
      Augslogics link:
      http://download.CNET.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10567503.html For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

  15. Cannot find the boot disk

      End 2012 17 "iMac with 1.12 GB Drive El Capitan Fusion running.  When I turn on the iMac, I get a black screen with white text that tells me to insert the bootable disc.  If I press the Option key while powering and I select the Macintosh computer hard drive starts very well.  Any ideas what is happening or what I need to do to solve the problem?

      Sounds like something crashed. See if you can boot to the recovery (command-R on startup) Partition and select disk utility and then run First aid. If you cannot start the recovery partition, chances are that the player broke down.

  16. Wipe the boot disk

      I sell a Mac Mini (late 2010) and the need to erase the disc. I don't have the original installation media. Can I boot from an external source (floppy disk or memory stick, USB) loaded with a flavor of Linus, OS - X or (gag) Windows?

      O/s current is 10.9.x

      Thank you!

      You can buy Snow Leopard for $20 on the Apple Store.