Vista repair

I'm trying to find a solution to repair an installation of Vista (Home?) on an Aspire 5920. The blue notebook with a Stop error message displays code 00000F4 when it is started in Safe Mode and Normal. This problem started after installing a program, although it may also have a virus/malware issue. The integrated startup repair and system restore both fail.

I have the Acer recovery disks, but the Acer eRecovery site suggests that all personal data will be lost if they are used. Is it possible to repair the installation of the OS since the recovery rather than reinstall disks?

Thank you very much.

I managed to find a solution that involves copying and pasting the older hive files. This allowed me to get the laptop to restart Windows normally without the need to repair or reinstall the operating system. Thank you for your suggestions/help, have a happy new year and a great 2015. Thank you very much

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