No operating system on the Windows recovery disc

I'm trying to troubleshoot an Unmountable_Boot_Volume error that crashes my computer while booting.

When I boot from the Windows installation CD and select 'Repair', I am prompted to select the operating system, I want to fix it. However, no operating system are listed.

The hard drive with Vista on it is recognized in the BIOS and is connected to the computer through SATA.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

A.J.

Disconnect your SATA drive, re - connect. Make sure that the connection is all set up correctly.

If possible, connect the SATA drive to another PC (only if possible) and check for the presence of the IDF.

Then run the Startup Repair.

Also consider a check disk running.

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