Vista Home Premium unable to startup

[kook]

Hello

Recently, about 3 days ago, i was unable to start up my vista home premium 32bit. Upon switching on the computer, i was directed to Startup Repair. i ran the scans and it didnt solve the problem.

this is the report:

Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 196611
Problem Signature 05: BadDriver
Problem Signature 06: BadDriver
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 0
Problem Signature 09: unknown
Problem Signature 10: 1168
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

It was fine booting up the computer with Ubuntu. Safe mode was not able to start.


Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated.

[hellnoire]

BadDriver... that's not a good sign.

Put in the Windows Vista disk if you have one, and see if you can run System Restore off the disk.

[ding-dong]

try to boot in safe mode then restore it to previous state that work fine

[safeguy]

Seems like a Windows update on Vista that may have caused this problem...

You may try any one of the suggestions at the following links:

1. Use the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to run System Restore



1) Insert the Windows Vista installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer.

2) Press a key when the message indicating "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …". appears.

3) Select a language, a time and currency, and a keyboard or input method, and then click Next.

4) Click Repair your computer.

5) In the System Recovery Options dialog box, choose the drive of your Windows installation and click Next

6) At the System Recovery Options Dialog Box, click on System Restore.

7) Follow the System Restore Wizard instruction as usual and choose the appropriate restore point.

8) Click Finish to restore the system.



2. If it doesn't work, let's try Startup Repair from the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)



1) Insert the Windows Vista installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer.

2) Press a key when the message indicating "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …". appears.

3) Select a language, a time and currency, and a keyboard or input method, and then click Next.

4) Click Repair your computer.

5) In the System Recovery Options dialog box, choose the drive of your Windows installation and click Next.

6) At the System Recovery Options Dialog Box, click on Repair your computer.

7) (Click the operating system that you want to repair), and then click Next.

8) In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Startup Repair.



Note: If you don't own a Windows Vista installation disc, you can download the ISO file at the supplied link, and make a Bootable Disk from it. For detail information, please visit the following website:

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

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I Too have been having problems with the "crcdisk.sys" problem.

However.... i have found a temporary fix. Windows update kept updated the
display drivers to the latest nvidia drivers. This seemed to cause the
problem. So i removed the drivers (in safe mode) and then rebooted the system.

Presto... it worked fine on the generic vista drivers. When you run the
update again..... down she goes.

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On a whim- I went once again into the Bios settings to double-check- where I had been since the start of all of this and all had appeared normal... I basically RESET them to DEFAULT. The laptop is now booting normally and Vista is updating again on SP2.

I am uncertain as to why the BIOS would have been altered during the SP2 Update. But, something to try for others with similar issues.

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[kook]

Hello

Thank you for your time! i am currently running the vista recovery but from a flash drive instead of a cd. i will wait and see if it works.

---------- Post added at 07:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 PM ----------

Hello

The system restore was unable to solve the problem.

Previously before it was unable to be booted, the Vista was starting to start up slower and slower until it was not able to start up at all. the screen just stopped at the 'Microsoft Corperation' with the green bar going on and on to no avail.

Is this a windows problem or a possible virus or malware?

thank you

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:12 PM ----------

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Start up repair was also unable to resolve the problem automatically.

the diagnostic log says the the root cause is a driver.

[tangomouse]

if your windows vista is service pack 1 and your vista cd is also service pack 1 ,then boot from the cd and select upgrade ,this will repair all the system files and also keep your files intact ,this option is the same as windows xp repair option on the cd ,but for this to work it needs to be service pack 1 and possibly service pack 2

[kook]

Hello,

I do not have the installation dics as vista came preloaded. i used the vista recovery software provided at http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/ . my vista was service pack 2 and i install all updates regularly.

Could a update have caused this failure by any chance?

[tangomouse]

Hello,

I do not have the installation dics as vista came preloaded. i used the vista recovery software provided at http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/ . my vista was service pack 2 and i install all updates regularly.

Could a update have caused this failure by any chance?

if it came pre loaded then chances are it has a recovery partition ,if you boot the recovery partition by pressing its hotkey in there you will have the option to do a complete install or partial install , doing a partial install should repair the os

[kook]

Hello

Thank you for your advice. i will try it out and see the outcome.