Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader) loops

[mbwmex]

Did a fresh install of 8.10 via live cd, downloaded on a Dell E1505 running Vista.

When attempting to access Vista via Grub by selecting Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader), it just loops back to Grub menu.

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 158246911 79122432 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 158246912 212332543 27042816 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 212332544 258298039 22982748 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 258301951 312576704 27137377 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 258301952 259507447 602748 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 259514073 310295474 25390701 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 310295538 312576704 1140583+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1

Thanks for any help.

[caljohnsmith]

If Vista is indeed on your sda1 partition, then your Grub menu entry for Vista is fine; that means most likely what happened is you accidentally installed Grub to the boot sector of your Vista partition at some point, maybe during the Ubuntu installation by having Grub installed to /dev/sda1. If that's the problem, fortunately the fix is usually easy; just boot your Windows Vista Install CD, go to the command line, and do:

bootrec /fixboot
And that will most likely be all it takes to get Vista working again. If you don't have a Vista Install CD that came with your computer, you can instead download a Vista Recovery CD from here (http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/) and use that instead. Let me know how it goes. :)

[meindian523]

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better people are in charge :)
<and as an aside to the OP,it's not because of the beans,please don't tend towards judging people's answers by the number of beans they have>

[monoiz15]

i kinda have the same problem. i have a 250 gig hd in my laptop and vistas taking up like 140 n then i have ubuntu on a 100 gig partition n then another 10 gig partition with ubuntu as well. somehow vista got messed up like with the bootloader or something.. the vista install disc wont work and neither did that command.. it loads the little bar at the bottom, flashes the blue screen, and dies. help?? thank you :)