Well good deal, glad it's working and have a great weekend.
--
All the best,
SG
ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend
"Captain_Crayfish" <CaptainCrayfish@xxxxxx> wrote in
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> "Captain_Crayfish" wrote:
> Quote:
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>> "SG" wrote:
>> Quote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Do you get any error messages at all?
>> > As for the CD Drive, enter the BIOS and make sure it's set to boot
>> > first.
>> >
>> > --
>> > All the best,
>> > SG
>> >
>> > ALEX NICHOL
>> > (1935-2005)
>> > http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
>> > You will never be forgotten my friend
>> >
>> > "Captain_Crayfish" <Captain_Crayfish@xxxxxx> wrote
>> > in
>> > message news
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>> > >I lost power to my Vista Home Premium PC during shutdown and now can't
>> > > restart. Tried safe mode etc and it just wont load up Windows. Tried
>> > > putting
>> > > in Vista CD and restarting to enable boot from CD and then to
>> > > "Repair"
>> > > but
>> > > CD spins up yet doesn't appear to interact (read).
>> > > Is their something else I can try?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the fast response (wasn't expecting it), and also the
>> > suggestion. Working on it now >
> _________________________________________________________________
> Windows Error message =
> 'Windows failed to start. A recent Hardware change might be the cause. To
> fix the problem insert your windows installation disk and restart your
> computer. Select Next and click "Repair your computer"."
> Tried this (with your help). Received "Windows is loading files".
> Eventualy
> the Vista backdrop appeared, and got to the stage where it asked for
> Repair
> or install. I asked for repair and it asked for drivers disk but went
> knowhere from there. I have now repeated that procedure but this time it
> repaired and I appear to be running again. Phew. Thanks for your help and
> as
> well it has boosted my faith in Vista