I run a dual core AMD with 4GB Ram. System has a Vista score of 4.
It has been running faultlessly for 2 months. Vista Business
On the weekend it started to refuse to boot Vista. PC boots, does all its
checks, then black screen and nothing!!
Booted in safe mode. It runs perfectly! Ran registry checks, antispyware,
virus checks. No problem.
But it still refuses to boot normally.
Any ideas?? I am stumped!
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Vista booting
Did you check the event viewer? Did you install something just prior to this happening? Did windows just update? If it will start in safe mode it is most likely one of the above that is causing the problem. Did you try doing a system restore to a time before this problem started?
23rd May 2007
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I did no updates, but window does an automated update. Not
sure if this happened.
I have tried doing "last succesful boot up" when booting up,
but this made no difference.
I have not tried a system restore - must do that!
Regards
sure if this happened.
I have tried doing "last succesful boot up" when booting up,
but this made no difference.
I have not tried a system restore - must do that!
Regards
alexius
23rd May 2007
I tried a system recovery - but there were no restore points!
Do not know why. I tried doing repairs using the installation
disk - this did not help.
I suppose I must re-install the operating system?
Would this be the way forward?
Do not know why. I tried doing repairs using the installation
disk - this did not help.
I suppose I must re-install the operating system?
Would this be the way forward?
alexius
25th May 2007
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I had identical problem
I don't know what fixed it, but I updated my video card drivers and ensured that absolutely everything was fully connected and seated inside my case. The problem went away a month ago and has not returned.
23rd May 2007
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I had the same problem
The same thing happened to me the other day and I was stumped for a bit. But then I realized that I had recently installed a TV tuner and Vista was trying to use that as my graphics card instead of my real graphics card. Try and remove any peripherals that you dont need. If you do have a graphics card installed and you have on board video as well, during boot enter your BIOS and turn on board video back down and shut down. Then remove your graphics card and turn it back on. Hope it helps!
18th Sep 2008
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I just fixed a friends Toshiba laptop by going into msconfig and checking "Start Normally."
billshoff
3rd Jul
