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• Satellite P200 - 17 c - Vista won't start up - how replace/repair boot.ini

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba P200 - 17 c of the vista computer and it won't start, freezes on the splash screen. I have
  used iso image to boot from and ran repair disk, makes no difference.
  Machine will not get beyond microsoft loading page (with yellowish scroll bar).

  My question is: How can I replace / repair the boot.ini file to get the machine to start or disable all applications / drivers for applications in order to get the machine to start.

  I have not (my fault) create a back up or restore disk.
  After booting the machine from cd, system repair running and try to run the system restore doesn't work...

  Can anyone advise on a way to replace/repair boot.ini or turn off the drivers?

  Try to avoid to pay another £30 pounds for a recovery disc that I already paid for the licensed software, don't know why.
  If you pay because you do not get a copy of Vista with machine...

  Anyway any help would be most appreciated.

  G

  Hello

  > How to replace / repair the boot.ini file to get the machine to start or disable all applications / drivers for applications in order to get the machine to start.
  I doubt that this could be done under Vista cannot modify the boot.ini as on Win XP OS.
  To edit the boot.ini file you must use the BCDEDIT command.
  However, I put t think it would start the Vista correctly.

  In my opinion you have two options;
  You can use the safe mode and might attempt to start the Vista slim or you have to reinstall the entire operating system yet.
  But I doubt you'll be able to start in safe mode if the system repair and system restore didn't work too.

  So in my opinion the last real solution could be the new facility.

  Concerning

• Vista won't start and F8 does not work

  I got a SONY VGN-SR140D laptop, when I try to start the system. It behaves as follows:

  
  

  After past the Sony logo it enters a black screen with an indicator of underscore flashing on top of the left hand and remains there goes no where.

  I try to press F8, it does not work. However I still be able to get into the bios.

  I use windows vista DVD to start the system and perform the Startup Repair, but it shows that there is no error. Can I use the memory diagnostic tool to check the memory, but it will not display any errors. Therefore, I use the command prompt to perform the disk check, it displays no error.

  After all, I'm trying to restore to the last point, it shows that I don't have a restore restore point. As a result, I am stuck here, please help.

  
  

  Hello

  Looks like there is some kind of hardware problem. Check with a real store of the computer (not the leeks and pics
  at a Best Buy or other department stores) or the Sony Support.

  Data may be saved by placing the hard drive on another computer as 2nd car, or in a
  box external USB drive - or you can copy the data to removable media such as CD, DVD.
  or other USB keys.

  You should be able to do a clean install of Windows which would require programs to be reinstalled
  and the data restored from backups (see above). That might not work system exists without repair.

  Sony - Contacts
  http://eSupport.Sony.com/us/Perl/contact-land.pl

  Sony - drivers
  http://eSupport.Sony.com/Perl/select-System.pl

  Sony - Support
  http://eSupport.Sony.com/

  Happy holidays!

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• Windows Vista won, t start

  By turning on the computer, Windows vista does not start. I turn off by holding down the power button. It when me runs through a device to repair that sometimes work does'nt. That happen to fear only twice a month, but not all the time. When it happens I lose my updates on my Norton security

  Hello

  Do you not see repair option before going through it or the (repair) process starts by itself?

  You get to advance boot menu options if your computer stopped unexpectedly on the previous session. Do you have any external device connected to your computer?

  Since it is a random question, I recommend you remove all external devices except the keyboard and mouse and check what is happening. Also, you can try to use his computer in start state in minimum mode for a period of time and check if you are experiencing the same.

  To perform a clean boot on a computer that is running Windows Vista, follow these steps.

  1. click on start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

  2. in the general tab, click Selective startup.

  3. under Selective startup, clear the check box load startup items.

  4. click on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable all.

  5. click on OK.

  6. When you are prompted, click on restart.

  7. after starting the computer, reinstall and run the program and see if the problem is resolved.

  Check if you have the same problem... If your issue is resolved, follow the how to determine what is causing the problem section in KB article to narrow down the exact source.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/331796

  To restore your computer to a Normal startup mode, follow these steps.

  1. click on start in the box start the search.

  2. type msconfig and press ENTER.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

  3. click on the general tab.

  4. click on Normal Startup - load all device drivers and services and then click OK.

  5. When you are prompted, click on restart to restart the computer

  Let us know if this helps

  Concerning
  Anthony.

• Windows Vista won't load - black screen each laptop time starts

  I have a Dell Insipron 1525, which does not load Windows Vista.

  I can't go past the Recovery Manager screen every time you start, and although I tried all the options available, it does not open in safe mode or normally.

  I tried the system restore (even if it says that it cannot find valid 'points'), as well as the repair of the system, and I have also run the Diagnostics, who said there is no error (although I could not see the final report). All paths lead ultimately to the black screen and although I can see and move the cursor, it is that I can get. Any ideas please?

  Thank you very much!

  Hi ZD_123,

  ·         Did you the latest changes on the computer?

  ·         You receive an error message?

  I suggest you follow the provided article and check if it helps.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/946532

• Equium L40 - Vista won't start after installation of product recovery

  Hello

  I had to realize a product uses recovery provided restore disk on an Equium L40 computer laptop (PLS41). The recovery procedure done his job to the end, reformats and copy all the files and then restarts. Now the problem starts...
  The pc gets in front of the BIOS boot screen, then it goes completely black with only a cursor to underscore flashing in the upper corner of the screen. No HARD or CD-rom drive activity.

  I did the cover about ten times now. All with the same result. I tried the repair procedure using a Vista boot CD and I also tried using another disk supplied with the computer, anytime upgrade from Vista. Here they are without defects, see the hard drive and shows that the vista files are on it, also sees the winRE partition.

  I tired even fresh install from the disc at any time. It also reformats the disk, copies and decompresses all files needed, begins to install the updates on the disk and then said: he needs to restart. It restarts and goes to black screen with flashing underscore cursor. What happens if I press the 'coup of any key to boot from CD' or leave it to boot from the HARD drive.

  I tried to fix this for two days now, including endless hours of forum to research, the computer belongs to my friend gets very angry I am. I need help. No one knows how to fix?

  Hello

  According to your message, I think that the HARD drive is faulty.
  I think there's a defective recording of MBR (MBR) of the drive and therefore the laptop refuses to boot.

  One question; have you tried to set the BIOS default settings? If this is not the case, try this.

  If it doesn t help and the laptop still does not start upward, then you should ask ASP for verification.
  I think it s a problem of HARD disk and, possibly, the HARD drive must be replaced!

  Greetings

• Vista won't start after the last update of Silverlight - restarts constantly

  I installed the latest version of Silverlight from Microsoft Update, July 21.  There are 2 updates, but the other would not move.  My computer worked nomally and later when I stopped it, I got the "Configuring updates... do not turn off your computer" message.  It seemed to take a while, so I went to bed and the next morning, I saw that the computer had finally stopped.  I started it and I got the message "configuration updates stage 3 of 3." 0% complete.  Do not turn off your computer. "After anywhere from 10 seconds to a few minutes, it restarts.  She's constantly - he keeps just reboot and it displays the updates configuration message.  In the System Recovery Options, Startup Repair indicates that everything is OK.  "System Restore" to go to the restore point previous does not work.  What can I do?  The only other option and restore utility is all erase and install the drive from the factory.

  I have Windows Vista, the latest service pack and updates.  I have F-Secure anti virus/firewall.

  He has also failed to the previous Microsoft Update a week or 2 but it gave an error code of that time.  I looked at the error to Microsoft code and it says that the update log was full and there was a command to enter to remedy.  I did that and installed the update and everything was fine.  Unfortuately I have more error code or order more.

  Perhaps related to this problem?  My computer is pretty much dead now after Silverlight updated because it constantly restarts.

  Don't boot from the XP CD.

  Do an ERD of VistaBootable of the info below:

  As is the case with most computers/laptops these days, they do not come with good Vista disc to repair only the recovery disks.

  As your grave in the category above, download the ISO on the link provided and make a bootdisk of it.

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu.

  When you have changed that, insert the Bootable disk you did in the drive and reboot.

  You can make a tool to restart system, System Restore, etc. with it.

  Read all the info on the website on how to create and use it.

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2008/Windows-Vista-recovery-disc-download/

  ISO Burner: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/active-isoburner.html

  It's a very good Vista repair disc.

  You can do a system restart tool, system, etc it restore.

  There is not a disk of resettlement.

  And the 32-bit is what normally comes on a computer, unless 64-bit.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Vista won't start no-repair system restore/start cannot set

  Have Vista running on Dell Inspiron 1720. All of a sudden I can't start Windows. Startup Repair cannot fix the problem and restore the system can not solve the problem either. Begins to panic.

  Startup Repair listed the following as the details of the problem, but it leaves me clueless.

  Problem event name: Startup repairV2

  Signature of the problem 01: AutoFailure

  Prob Sig 02: 6.0.6001.18000.6.0.6001.18000

  Prob Sig 03:6

  Prob GIS 04:786444

  Prob Sig 05: Corruptvolume

  Prob Sig 06: NoRootCause

  Prob GIS 07:0

  Prob GIS 08:2

  Prob Sig 09: WrpRepair

  Prob GIS 10:87

  OS version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
  Local ID: 1003

  Used Dell pre-start checks and all physical systems seem to be software. Can anyone help?

  Thank you

  Hello Buzbyb6,

  Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.

  I have a few questions to help you solve your problem.

  • When you try to start you get a blue screen? If so, then try to get the error code number that appears. This will give us more insight as to what might be causing your problem.
  • You can start safe mode? Press F8 boot to Vista. then select Safe Mode.

  Some of the things that might cause this problem would be a corrupt file system, bad Ram, or a defective hardware.

  • If you can access the SafeMode. Run CHKDSK to fix the file system. Go to a command prompt and type chkdsk/r
  • Check the RAM with Memtest since a bootable floppy or CD. www.memtest.org
  • Check the disk for bad sectors.
  • If it's just a damaged OS, backup your data and run recovery to restore Windows to its factory condition.

  If please post again and let us know if your problem is resolved or if you need further assistance.

  Sincerely,

  Marilyn
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• HP Pavilion A6700y Desktop using Win Vista won't start up

  I bought a HP Pavilion model a6700y desktop running Windows Vista in November 2008. I plugged it in for the first time June 2014, after the installation, I registered it with HP and since it has been recorded, it has not completed a full boot sequence. He won ' stay long enough to download and install any updates. She is exceeded for any type of technical support of HP, so I'm on my own. Anyone have any ideas why this computer does not start? FYI - the BIOS battery maintains the date and time.

  Buy a used computer from a place like Craigs list is a roll of the dice, you really don't know what you have found.

  It seems to me that option 2 would be the obvious choice, at least you know what as your having and it's a reasonable price to pay.  Mark the message that better help as solved if you wish.  The decision is yours.

  When you retrieve the computer and it is healthy, I suggest that you make every week a backup image to restore your computer to an exact copy, you have now, including the OS, programs and data.  In this way, you will avoid all the hassles that you had.  I suggest to Macrium reflect free site, Yoda would be proud of you:

  http://www.Macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

• Vista won't start do not and the Startup Repair tool suspended

  Hello

  I just came across some problems with Vista.  I initially became a problem with my network card that he was unable to start the driver.  I made the mistake of unistalling thinking Vista would be to reinstall it when it restarted.  Since then it crashes just as soon as he gets to the start screen.  He did the same in all modes of security and restore last known good configuration.  I dug my CD and tried to do the Startup Repair.  He gets through loading files, but when it gets to the screen where you choose your language input method, etc., it freezes.  I can't even NumLock to switch on the keyboard, it seems to be completely hooked.  I think I installed SP2 and my CD is probably only SP1, so I think that may restrict some of my options.  Any help is appreciated.

  Thanks for the help.  I ended up out of the network card and could come out in safe mode, and then in normal mode.  Get that far, I plugged the card back and all was well again.  Not sure why she needed a time-out or why that hung near the top of Vista via the CD.

• No office, no windows task manager Vista won't start

  My computer blue projected earlier today. I restarted and it lets me put my password, but it took longer than usual to load. When it finally loaded everything that I had was a grey-white screen and my mouse pointer. I can't run it the future programme and when I try ctrl alt del, I see that the Task Manager is missing. I didn't have time to write the error code given by the blue screen because my computer auto closed after that he ended up dumping physical memory. I tried to start in safe mode and the safe mode with cmd prompt and it's always the same. What can I do to fix this?

  Hi sd_fubar,

  Follow the instructions below that may help you resolve the issue.

  Let us perform a startup repair that may help you resolve the issue.

  Startup Repair is a Windows Vista recovery tool that can fix certain problems, such as system files missing or damaged that may prevent Windows from starting correctly. When you run the Startup Repair, it scans your computer for the problem and then tries to fix it so that your computer can start correctly.

  Follow the instructions in the link below to perform the Startup Repair.

  Startup Repair: frequently asked questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/startup-repair-frequently-asked-questions

  Please post back and let us know if it helped to solve your problem.

  Kind regards

  KarthiK TP

• Qosmio G35-650AV - Vista won't start, freezes and the fan is noisy

  Hello

  I installed sp1 vista winwows 4times on qosmio g35 and whenever I have this same problem, and I don't know how to fix it.

  The last time I did it:
  1 installed vista
  2 installed sp2
  3 insalled all the drivers in the order I found on thosiba support page.
  then evrythings worked well, I restarted laptop several times during the installation of the drivers and vista started every time.
  4. connect to the internet and installed 3 updates from windows update after restarting:
  5. I the first vista progress bar, then the screnn goes black, the hard drive light stops and works fan max.,

  earlier, I have no internet access the qosmio, but I installed the drivers in another order and have the same problem.

  Can U help me?

  /Adrian

  Post edited by: radian

  I can boot into safe mode
  BIOS is 3.9.

  If you need more information please write

  /Radian

  This strange s feels a bit like a hardware problem.
  What happens if you install the Toshiba Recovery disk system?
  Have you tried that? If not, please check it

• my computer laptop presario won't start, the screen is black and a shrill alarm sounds when I turn it on

  My laptop is a Presario F700 l PC, Vista operating system.

  We live in Italy and service broadband and wireless local apartment acquired last week.  We also bought and installed a Canon printer.  This computer was used in Italy before.  It was purchased in 2008 and also used in Manila and Yokohama.  I just had 'set to top' and checked before leaving the United States in September.

  I do not have the complete operating manual and I know what a yellow light on the front does mean something but I have no idea what.  The computer has been acting 'strange' for about a week in which he wont 'stay' at the top of a list of e-mail, the Office does not 'click', and it activates a different screen of the selected.

  IM technologically dim and this computer is my only link with "House" and my source of planning in Italy-travel. "  Im trying not to panic.  Thanks for your suggestions.

  Thank you very much for this - it's reassuring to know the resource and quick response is there.  I had already tried a solution I found online fixed 1/2 of my questions, but feel sure that these steps will finish my dose.  Thank you very much.

• Windows Vista won't start after installation of microsoft updates

  I just install microsoft updates, then the computer is turned off and it does not load windows.  A box appears that says
  Microsoft Visual C ++ Runtime Library.
  This application has requested the execution to terminate in an unusual way.  For more information, contact the application support team.

  The options are to click OK or close the box.  I tried both and it just keeps popping up the same box as above.

  Hi Mas_007,

  Welcome to Microsoft Vista answers Forum!

  I have a few here that might solve the problem.

  A.) Firstly, I suggest that you start the computer in safe mode and check if you are able to boot without any problems, safe mode starts Windows with a limited set of files and drivers. Startup programs do not run in safe mode, and only the basic drivers needed to start Windows are installed that, follow these steps to start the computer in safe mode with networking:

  To restart the computer using safe mode, restart the computer and press the F8 key for about four to five times. Appears in safe mode listed in the advanced options of Windows. Select Safe Mode, and then press ENTER.

  (B) I suggest that you perform a clean boot on your computer, to help troubleshoot error messages and other issues; You can start Windows Vista by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot". A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.

  The following link has steps showing how to perform the clean boot: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

  (1) perform the clean boot (check the link to perform the clean boot)

  (2) enable half the services

  (3) determine whether the problem returns

  (4) enable half of the startup items

  (5) determine if the problem returns

  (6) repeat the steps above until you find out which program or service is causing the issue

  After you determine the startup item or the service that is causing the problem, contact the manufacturer of the program to determine if the problem can be solved. Or, run the System Configuration utility, and then click to clear the check box of the element of the problem.

  Note: Please make sure that the computer is configured to start as usual by following step 7 of article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135.

  (C.) I suggest that you perform a scan of the file system [SFC] checker on the computer, the scan replaces the failed system of files with the original files from version of Windows on the computer system, follow the steps below to perform a scan:

  I suggest to empty the temp folder and later, follow these steps:

  i. Click Start > type % temp % in the start search box > press on enter > delete everything present in the temp folder.

  1. Click Start and type cmd in the box start the search.

  2. right click on cmd in the list programs and then click Run as administrator.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type your password or click on continue

  3. at the command calls, the following line and press ENTER: sfc/scannow

  When the analysis is complete, test to see if the problem you are experiencing is resolved.

  Additional information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212

  Hope this information is useful.
  Let me know if it worked.
  All the best!

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Swathi B - Microsoft technical support.
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• Vista won't start does not correctly

  I just reinstalled Vista OS because my computer just kept a loop saying a recent hardware or software installation may cause a problem but I haven't installed hardware or software. After the reinstallation of Vista, I still get the same loop, but it starts not eventful. Can someone help me solve this problem? Thank you

  I hope that you formatted the HD before reinstalling, if not, then format & let auto install vista. This

  is a clean install, unplug the network cable, printers, etc. before you start. Also, if it's a desktop pc,

  replace battery MB, manual reading, & intel recommend to wait 10 minutes before a new

  installed, this clears the CMOS memory. Once thru, on reboot, reset date/time etc., as it is by default, as well as change to

  material of the add-on.