Installation Problem-Black Screen Installing and Upgrading Vista Discuss Installation Problem-Black Screen in the Windows Vista forums; Originally Posted by SeaTan OK, just to clear everyone up. I 'installed' what now seems to be a hacked version of vista on my drive D which contains all my ...

[Znod]

Originally Posted by SeaTan

OK, just to clear everyone up. I 'installed' what now seems to be a hacked version of vista on my drive D which contains all my music for my iPod. However it didnt work, and ended up ruining my computer. When I start up my computer, a black screen with some strange icons and script comes up, not allowing me to procede any further. Windows XP does not load up, and I havent been able to run it in safe mode either. Some of you have suggested I re-format the disk using the XP CD, whilst felix8406 suggested I run fixboot and fixmbr. So far, I have insterted the XP CD in, opened the recovery console, however, the problem is that the computer only recognises XP (which is on Drive C), and so does not let me run fixboot or fixmbr on drive D. To clarify, I would prefer to keep the contents of drive D, although if I have to re-format it to fix the computer, it would not be the end of the world, as I can then take the music back off my iPod onto the computer. What therefore is the best thing left for me to do, and how can I do it?

Thanks for your help.

Thank much for the clarifications. Now, we can get back to business. I have nothing to add at this point, but please destroy that disk.

[SeaTan]

Thanks.
The D drive isnt empty, and has all my music still on, yet no trace of Vista. Ill run lots of disk checks though just in case.
Thanks again.

[Seansmit17]

Totally agree. And, are you a student. If so then you can get an educationally priced Vista Home Premium upgrade here for $70: http://www.academicsuperstore.com/.