cant boot up

I was installing SP2 for vista, rebooted and got an error. I have linux on a separate partition which I am currently on. GRUB doesnt show the recovery partition or the linux. I dont have a repair option in advanced options, nor any vista discs.
Any suggestions as to what to do?? My data is backed up so I dont mind formatting if its necessary.

Asus g50vt x-5
vista home basic 64 bit

*Would I be able to just get windows 7 and do an install instead of trying to setup vista again??

 

OK, slow down...

So you had Linux on your laptop and wanted to install Windows?

During installation you got an error - and now your laptop wont boot?


I suspect the boot loader is "gone" - so you can fix that with a Linux LiveCD - refer to the Linux forum for a how to.

On the Windows Install - you can buy Win7 and use that rather than Vista, the thing is, there is little real gain - no gain at all if Vista runs well - so why spend money if you have something that is just as good? (its the same OS at its core, Win7 is just tidied up a bit and cleaned up).

Generally you install Windows first followed by Linux.

 

Sorry, I could have clarified a little better. Vista was already on my laptop, I was just updating it. I wanted to mention the dual boot for linux as thats what I read the error was from. When I first got the error, GRUB would load and show all the partitions, but after I fooled around in linux GRUB now only shows the two memory tests and the vista os partition.

As far as the windows 7 upgrade, I was just thinking of torrenting it.

 

OK - under those circumstance - scrap Win7.

About the bootloader - you'll possibly have to repair it using a Linux Live CD - that should fix your problem unless something broke on the OS during the update.