I press F8 when my computer turns on and go to advanced startup options and then press Repair my computer like i did before but now it takes me to a different repair section like the one in the picture above. How do i get it to read from the recovery partition like it used to so i can reinstall Windows Vista
The original repair thing looked similar to the one in the picture but it had the option to restore the computer to factory settings and i need to get it like that again so i can restore Vista. I'm sure it can be done since the recovery partition is still there with all the files.
The computer is an Inspiron 531
Please help me, im sure there is a way to make it work again.
Yes that is partially what it is for.However as i mentioned you alterd the master boot record so there is now no pointers and such to the recovery partition.
if you have no disks then go HERE and request a set.
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Posted May 9th, 2009 10:00
You altered the master boot record when you installed 7. You will have to do a clean reinstall of vista now.