Winload.exe

Here's something new on the Winload. exe

After the upgrade the hard drive of my laptop with 200 GB Hitachi 7200 drive, the first thing you see is the message winload.exe missing or damaged.

This is a simple revision and you can try two ways to fix it. I used the update for Easy Apricorn SATA drives to create the clone. Cheap software and a USB external caddy now my old 2.5 "SATA drive. One thing in particular that the State does not work with Vista - that cloning software in Vista. Still working on a clone or an image commands needed to solve what looks like a small problem - no loss of data, only a little confusion Manager Boot Vista with your new boot process (no more than boot.ini not forget!)

Steps to do

Once you have copied the new drive on your installation CD to boot Vista from instructions for the repair of your system and if it exists, choose "Symbol."

At the prompt, type the following command (found in KB Article 927391).

Bootrec / RebuildBcd - it must find its c: \ windows installation and select "Y". At this point should be "boot" and the message disappears.

Others are reporting that the first does not always work and found another solution - that I found on the website of Hitachi in your PC Upgrade Kit Installation FAQ. The following is the page - although non-specific "when" does. You can do this after launching the installation CD for Vista and the symbol following commands.

Bcdedit? / Bootmgr series () device
Bcdedit? / Set () default boot device
Bcdedit? / Set () osdevice standard boat

Later we also found that the link is a little more discussion on the dual-boot, multi boot, and clones with Vista.