I'm having a something of a catch-22 problem with starting Vista. I started my Dell Inspiron 1420 from sleep mode, got a blue screen of death (uncommon, but not unusual), and have entered into a startup repair loop. I've found a similar issue reported on other help sites (including this one). It loads the BIOS, then attempts to load Vista, which returns an error saying startup didn't occur properly, and gives me the option of starting Vista normally or launching startup repair. Startup repair gives me the following when it completes:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 458757
Problem Signature 05: 0x7e
Problem Signature 06: 0x7e
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 2
Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10: 2
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
I had accepted that I would probably have to format and reinstall the OS; I was planning on doing this anyways. However, when I attempt to run anything from CD (the Vista Repair disk or a LiveCD to retrieve my data), the drive is not detected. It does not show up in the BIOS (version A00) under onboard devices, though it does open and close properly.
tl;dr My OS won't start and my CD drive doesn't work. The former is most likely a problem with the OS, while the latter is most likely a problem with the BIOS. However, as far as I've found, I can't update the BIOS to recognize the CD drive (or a USB) without having a CD drive. How can I rectify this issue?
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 458757
Problem Signature 05: 0x7e
Problem Signature 06: 0x7e
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 2
Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10: 2
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
I had accepted that I would probably have to format and reinstall the OS; I was planning on doing this anyways. However, when I attempt to run anything from CD (the Vista Repair disk or a LiveCD to retrieve my data), the drive is not detected. It does not show up in the BIOS (version A00) under onboard devices, though it does open and close properly.
tl;dr My OS won't start and my CD drive doesn't work. The former is most likely a problem with the OS, while the latter is most likely a problem with the BIOS. However, as far as I've found, I can't update the BIOS to recognize the CD drive (or a USB) without having a CD drive. How can I rectify this issue?
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