Vista 32 - Startup Repair, Stuck without options it seems...

LT1FirebirdSLP

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This might get a little long-winded but I want to give you guys as much information as possible.

I have a Dell Inspirion 1525 Laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium 32. The computer was working fine perfectly until Friday night and then it just would not boot anymore. If I just turn the power button on and let it ride it will take you to the boot options menu and if it times out it will try to boot normal but will get hung up on a black blank screen. Here is what I have tried so far.

Attempt 1 - Safe Mode
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen

Attempt 2 - Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen

Attempt 3 - Recovery Mode
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen

Attempt 4 - Shift and F11 - Dell Recovery Partition
Result - System boots the recovery partition and it takes forever, about 10 minutes, and then gets stuck with a box saying something along the lines of "Application failed to find COMDLG32.dll. Try reinstalling the program to resolve the problem."

Attempt 5 - Download and Burn Vista Recovery Disk ISO
Result - CD Boots and I actually got this thing to work. Got to the point where you had to select your OS, and my OS wasn't listed so I just hit OK, and then selected Startup Repair. Computer ran for about an hour and did find an error and then when it checked its own work it was good to go. Upon reboot, it still did not boot up and then would not boot into the recovery disk anymore.

Attempt 6 - Download Vista Home Premium ISO and Burn
Result - Running DVD in test computer loads disk just fine, treats it just like a windows disk so I know it works. The computer that I am trying to repair will load the disk but will get hung up before it lets me pick my keyboard layout or select my region.

Attempt 7 - Run Ultimate Boot CD
Result - UBCD will load but nothing lets me get into a command prompt that I can use to actually fix anything on either hard disk.

Extra Stuff - Went through the BIOS and everything looks clean, no issues, hard disk is being detected and no errors are showing. No bizzare noises are coming from the laptop.

So with all that being said, does anybody have any ideas here. Also, I have one license for Vista Home Premium so the ISO download of Vista Home Premium is legit. If there was either some way to fix whatever is causing the computer to hang while loading vista or at least get me into a command prompt that would be great, I could work with that. I am kind of at a dead end right now though. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
 

My Computer

LT,

Try to install or repair Vista with one RAM stick. Could be bad RAM.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway P7805u FX
    CPU
    Intel Core2Duo T9600 2.80GHz 1066MHz FSB
    Motherboard
    Intel PM45
    Memory
    8GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS 1GB DDR3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 17" WUXGA TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1920x 1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 2x500GB
    Case
    notebook
    Other Info
    BT/BD
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