Installing MS Vista through Boot Camp

Hi All..I'm new here but I figured the best place to ask this question would be here on the website. I'm installed Vista today on my Macbook, the installtion went through and completed, but when I try to run Windows I get a Windows Boot Manager error message:
Windows did not start correctly. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
File: Windows\system32\winload.exe
It ask me to insert the install disc and run a recovery but I cannot get to that. Does anyone know how to get around this so the OS can load properly.
Thanks for the help.

Meiso wrote:
Hi All..I'm new here but I figured the best place to ask this question would be here on the website. I'm installed Vista today on my Macbook, the installtion went through and completed, but when I try to run Windows I get a Windows Boot Manager error message:
Windows did not start correctly. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
File: Windows\system32\winload.exe
It ask me to insert the install disc and run a recovery but I cannot get to that. Does anyone know how to get around this so the OS can load properly.
Thanks for the help.
Welcome to the Apple boards:
You are better off posting in the BootCamp forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237
I know it's not easy navigating here the first few times
Having said that, you should be able to boot into the Vista CD or DVD instead of Vista directly, and one of the menu options is for a system repair.
The program should be able to find your Vista install and fix it.
To boot into the Vista disk:
Insert the disk and turn off the computer.
Restart the computer, holding down the Option key.
You should see three icons, OSX, The failed Vista and the DVD
Select the DVD and click the arrow below it.
That should get you started.

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