Vista CD not recognized. Please help!!!!!!

deutschnaftula · 08-09-2009, 08:39 AM

I have a HDD that hade windows me and I wanted to install vista on it, but when I inserted the vista disk it was not recognizable (I check't the BIOS it was set to boot from cd 1st) so I booted in to a live cd and I formatted the hare drive,

but again when I boot from the vista cd it will not recognize it, it says NTLD is missing (the hard drive is empty of course it's missing) it recognize UBCD and hiren's boot cd, so what should I do?
the vista cd is a new cd

Please help= please help

thank you

**Tyree** · 08-09-2009, 09:20 AM

Vista is on DVD. You need a DVD optical device to read it.

08-09-2009, 08:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
deutschnaftula Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15 OS: xp	Vista CD not recognized. Please help!!!!!! I have a HDD that hade windows me and I wanted to install vista on it, but when I inserted the vista disk it was not recognizable (I check't the BIOS it was set to boot from cd 1st) so I booted in to a live cd and I formatted the hare drive, but again when I boot from the vista cd it will not recognize it, it says NTLD is missing (the hard drive is empty of course it's missing) it recognize UBCD and hiren's boot cd, so what should I do? the vista cd is a new cd Please help= please help thank you

08-09-2009, 09:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,746 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Vista CD not recognized. Please help!!!!!! Vista is on DVD. You need a DVD optical device to read it. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.