Winload.exe FIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - For me anyway

> Alright people...I had this problem like everyone else...and figured out what
> it was, and when i changed it....Vista didnt display that stupid Winload.exe
> corrupt error again.
> I have 4-5 drives in my computer, I have XP installed on my main drive and
> Vista on a secondary drive.
> Now what you need to do is in your bios...make sure you have BOTH hard
> drives (that you installed on) autodetecting when the computer starts up,
> otherwise it will come up with the error about winload.exe being corrupt, etc.
> Please let me know if this works, as this worked for myself...I only had the
> MAIN xp drive listed previously..and when I had the other one listed in the
> bios, it then started working perfectly.

>
>
> "Taz" wrote:
>

> > Alright people...I had this problem like everyone else...and figured out what
> > it was, and when i changed it....Vista didnt display that stupid Winload.exe
> > corrupt error again.
> > I have 4-5 drives in my computer, I have XP installed on my main drive and
> > Vista on a secondary drive.
> > Now what you need to do is in your bios...make sure you have BOTH hard
> > drives (that you installed on) autodetecting when the computer starts up,
> > otherwise it will come up with the error about winload.exe being corrupt, etc.
> > Please let me know if this works, as this worked for myself...I only had the
> > MAIN xp drive listed previously..and when I had the other one listed in the
> > bios, it then started working perfectly.

>
>
> Tried going into my bios and the hard drive is detected. This is a new
> system specifically built to test vista, so there is only 1 hard drive. Bios
> is detecting it but i am getting this error. any ideas?

> Unfortunately I dont have any other ideas at the moment, as I have only
> tested this on a machine with multiple hard drives.
> Although the drive was specificly for Vista, possibly make sure its the
> master driver, jumper wise?
>
> "kevin" wrote:
>

> >
> >
> > "Taz" wrote:
> >

> > > Alright people...I had this problem like everyone else...and figured out what
> > > it was, and when i changed it....Vista didnt display that stupid Winload.exe
> > > corrupt error again.
> > > I have 4-5 drives in my computer, I have XP installed on my main drive and
> > > Vista on a secondary drive.
> > > Now what you need to do is in your bios...make sure you have BOTH hard
> > > drives (that you installed on) autodetecting when the computer starts up,
> > > otherwise it will come up with the error about winload.exe being corrupt, etc.
> > > Please let me know if this works, as this worked for myself...I only had the
> > > MAIN xp drive listed previously..and when I had the other one listed in the
> > > bios, it then started working perfectly.

> >
> >
> > Tried going into my bios and the hard drive is detected. This is a new
> > system specifically built to test vista, so there is only 1 hard drive. Bios
> > is detecting it but i am getting this error. any ideas?

>i have xp on c:, vista on d:
>
> d: is a hard drive enclosure setup. i have bios set to check usb on boot.
> will this not work? also, i dont even have a dvd drive. i installed vista
> by
> running the iso off c:
>
> tried copying the d:\windows\system32\winload files to c:\...sys32 but
> that
> didnt work. anyone have any other ideas?
>
> "Taz" wrote:
>

>> Unfortunately I dont have any other ideas at the moment, as I have only
>> tested this on a machine with multiple hard drives.
>> Although the drive was specificly for Vista, possibly make sure its the
>> master driver, jumper wise?
>>
>> "kevin" wrote:
>>

>> >
>> >
>> > "Taz" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Alright people...I had this problem like everyone else...and figured
>> > > out what
>> > > it was, and when i changed it....Vista didnt display that stupid
>> > > Winload.exe
>> > > corrupt error again.
>> > > I have 4-5 drives in my computer, I have XP installed on my main
>> > > drive and
>> > > Vista on a secondary drive.
>> > > Now what you need to do is in your bios...make sure you have BOTH
>> > > hard
>> > > drives (that you installed on) autodetecting when the computer starts
>> > > up,
>> > > otherwise it will come up with the error about winload.exe being
>> > > corrupt, etc.
>> > > Please let me know if this works, as this worked for myself...I only
>> > > had the
>> > > MAIN xp drive listed previously..and when I had the other one listed
>> > > in the
>> > > bios, it then started working perfectly.
>> >
>> >
>> > Tried going into my bios and the hard drive is detected. This is a new
>> > system specifically built to test vista, so there is only 1 hard drive.
>> > Bios
>> > is detecting it but i am getting this error. any ideas?

> If your hard drive enclosure is connected via USB, then you can't use it for
> installing Vista. Vista cannot boot from a USB device, even if your BIOS
> allows it.
>
> --
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> "youngcalihottie" <youngcalihottie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E9C0A30D-7016-4BF9-A833-1297B6BA3DFC@microsoft.com...

> >i have xp on c:, vista on d:
> >
> > d: is a hard drive enclosure setup. i have bios set to check usb on boot.
> > will this not work? also, i dont even have a dvd drive. i installed vista
> > by
> > running the iso off c:
> >
> > tried copying the d:\windows\system32\winload files to c:\...sys32 but
> > that
> > didnt work. anyone have any other ideas?
> >
> > "Taz" wrote:
> >

> >> Unfortunately I dont have any other ideas at the moment, as I have only
> >> tested this on a machine with multiple hard drives.
> >> Although the drive was specificly for Vista, possibly make sure its the
> >> master driver, jumper wise?
> >>
> >> "kevin" wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Taz" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Alright people...I had this problem like everyone else...and figured
> >> > > out what
> >> > > it was, and when i changed it....Vista didnt display that stupid
> >> > > Winload.exe
> >> > > corrupt error again.
> >> > > I have 4-5 drives in my computer, I have XP installed on my main
> >> > > drive and
> >> > > Vista on a secondary drive.
> >> > > Now what you need to do is in your bios...make sure you have BOTH
> >> > > hard
> >> > > drives (that you installed on) autodetecting when the computer starts
> >> > > up,
> >> > > otherwise it will come up with the error about winload.exe being
> >> > > corrupt, etc.
> >> > > Please let me know if this works, as this worked for myself...I only
> >> > > had the
> >> > > MAIN xp drive listed previously..and when I had the other one listed
> >> > > in the
> >> > > bios, it then started working perfectly.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tried going into my bios and the hard drive is detected. This is a new
> >> > system specifically built to test vista, so there is only 1 hard drive.
> >> > Bios
> >> > is detecting it but i am getting this error. any ideas?

>