| Subject: New system, no OS, can't even get past setup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/26/2008 1:20:01 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?dGVyemFnaGk=?= [Email Address Protection] |
I put together a new pc, and when I try to boot from my vista cd I get the error pfn_boot_corrupt right when it is done loading files and is ready to start setup. I did not reformat my old hdd before trying it on my new system. Could this be the cause of my error, even though I am booting from a cd? If so, is there a way to reformat from the bios, as I do not have windows or dos or anything else installed and working. |
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| Subject: Re: New system, no OS, can't even get past setup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/26/2008 1:33:08 PM |
| From: "Dustin Harper" [Email Address Protection] |
It shouldn't matter if your hard drive has stuff on it at all, you are given the option to format or delete partitions during setup. You might check for scratches on the DVD itself, then try a different CD drive. You might also run the memory check from the Vista DVD as well. But, as I can't find any information on that error, it's hard to pinpoint what the exact problem. -- Dustin Harper dharper@vistarip.com http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer "terzaghi" <terzaghi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0E701F44-8B20-4B39-B292-E39F521C520F@microsoft.com... >I put together a new pc, and when I try to boot from my vista cd I get the > error pfn_boot_corrupt right when it is done loading files and is ready to > start setup. > > I did not reformat my old hdd before trying it on my new system. Could > this > be the cause of my error, even though I am booting from a cd? If so, is > there a way to reformat from the bios, as I do not have windows or dos or > anything else installed and working. |
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| Subject: Re: New system, no OS, can't even get past setup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/26/2008 3:03:26 PM |
| From: "Colin Barnhorst" [Email Address Protection] |
Does an XP cd boot and get you far enough to delete the partition? If not try a Win98 Setup disk (you can download a file to create one from bootdisk.com) and fdisk the drive. I googled on pfn_boot and got a whole bunch of Linux hits but no Windows. "terzaghi" <terzaghi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0E701F44-8B20-4B39-B292-E39F521C520F@microsoft.com... >I put together a new pc, and when I try to boot from my vista cd I get the > error pfn_boot_corrupt right when it is done loading files and is ready to > start setup. > > I did not reformat my old hdd before trying it on my new system. Could > this > be the cause of my error, even though I am booting from a cd? If so, is > there a way to reformat from the bios, as I do not have windows or dos or > anything else installed and working. |
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