therock

I'll summarize.

BIOS was setup in the event of a power failure to go back into the state it was last running when power is restored. This was done because of a security system I used to run, I wanted the cameras back on ASAP. It stays off now.

After the failure I come home and see the house clocks and such indicating a PF.
I look at the computer and see the microsoft windows dotted green windows loading scroll bar stuck.

Several reboots including to the Vista disc choosing repair all fail. BIOS defaults are no good either.

The HDD's are two WD640GB Black units in RAID1 on the Intel controller. I have another internal single WD750GB Green for misc storage and an External eSATA Newer Technology Gardian MAXimus with 2 WD 750GB RE3 in RAID 1. And a USB WD500GB My Book.

So I read the replies here and knowing I have SP1 and a non-SP1 Vista disc I see a big hassle coming to create a disc to possibly make a recovery move and just decide to reload windows. I have all my major stuff backed up via Genie Pro on the external.

Then in one last chance move I unplug all my peripherals including the single 750GB internal HDD.

She booted up like nothing happened. Plugged it all back in one by one rebooting each time and all is well! Woo Hoo!