Windows failed to start,a recent hardware or software change might be the cause?
How do I boot up my Laptop windows vista because it will not start up?
it has start up repair option that vista did not have
Windows defender software
click the circle with the window's sign.
Software Explorer
You should be able to as it will to it anyway. If there is no start up then just insert it into the XP OS and start from there.
for system administrators purposes on windows server and for end users windows xp/vista
When you boot up just watch the screen and if it says 'Windows Vista' anywhere on it, then your operating system is Vista.
I'm not sure how your computer works but I had the same problem my laptop came with windows vista but recently I had to restart from scratch I still had windows vista.you should still have vista
Windows vista Windows Vista is designed to work with computer hardware that supports Windows Xp and can even outperform-windows XP on the same hardware.Windows vista is also designed to take advantage of modern hardware capabilities.from start up to shutdown, Microsoft windows vista is different from earlier version of windows. not only is the operating system more versatile than its predecessors are, but it also introduces revolutionary architecture that fundamentally changes the way you work with and manage computers running the operating system.
Unhide all files - C:\Program >Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start >>Menu\Programs\Start Up
c:\windows\system32\logfiles\srt\srttrail.txt