Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

Mark Hesketh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:20:23 GMT

Brilliant. Thanks a lot Michael. Its 1.20 on a work night and you've just saved my skin!

Worked with windows 7 no problem. Back up and running again!

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

Best — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:42:03 GMT

Thanks.i saw this with my phone cuz my pc got that error

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

K. Simms — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:06:01 GMT

Did the same thing and this fix works. thanks!

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

Et — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:45:22 GMT

Thank you soooo much Michael you saved my computer!! that command prompt worked brilliantly!

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

Stuart — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:14:49 GMT

Thanks! I had the same problem and now it's fixed. Great work.

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

eskey — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:25:45 GMT

Got the same problem and became already nervous.

But now it works again.

Thanks a lot!

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

John Howard -MSFT — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:31:06 GMT

Thanks Michael - good to know even old posts can be useful sometimes :)

Cheers,

John.

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

Michael — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:38:09 GMT

I know this post is ancient, but I came across this after attempting to install XP dual-boot on a Vista system and getting the dreaded 'error loading operating system' message. I've since found an easy solution which I thought I'd post here in case anyone else strikes this.

To fix, load up the Vista recovery screen and open the command prompt. From there, run:

bootrec /FixMbr

bootrec /FixBoot

Worked a treat for me! See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 for more information.

Michael

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

John Howard -MSFT — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:00:49 GMT

Shawn - that was a loooooong time back I hit this. In my case, no, I didn't need to re-install the programs and drivers. However, if you can, I would strongly recommend you take a backup of your data using the recovery console when booting from the Vista CD to install the second instance on a second disk before attempting this.

Thanks,

John.

re: Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

Shawn — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:06:26 GMT

does that mean you have to install all your programs and drivers again? do both vistas now work? can you delete one?. I just screwed up my PC the same way you did, and I'm panicking as I think I may have lost 3TB of stuff...