StartupRepairV2, won't boot

Hi there,
ACER laptop suddenly blue-screened with STOP 0X00000F4 and now won't do startuprepair either. It won't boot up in SafeMode and goes back to the blue-screen each time.
Any thoughts on what to try next? I don't have the install disks for Vista as I bought it second hand...

Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02:6.0.6001.18000.6.001.18000
Problem Signature 03:5
Problem Signature 04:458759
Problem Signature 05:0xf4
Problem Signature 06:BadPatch
Problem Signature 07:0
Problem Signature 08:3
Problem Signature 09:WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10:10
OS Version:6.0.6001.2.1.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1

Root cause found:
Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of hte problem.

Hello and welcome
You could try this first and see if it will do anything for you, In advanced boot options : select the command prompt and use this program : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88009-advanced-boot-options.html

Post back how this works out please.

Hi there,
Thanks for the reply. I opened up Command Prompt and typed in the sfc /scannow . It first said: "Beginning system scan. This process will take some time. There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again."

If I restart and run sfc again, it says the same thing. StartupRepair won't repair anything either at that point...

Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

Dang, try using chkdsk /f command : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-chkdsk.html

Hi Yard Dog,
Thanks again for your help. I'm running chkdsk C: /f now -we'll see what happens!

Ok its finished now.
"Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 116984831 KB total disk space. 116249628 KB in 115194 files. 71548 KB in 22491 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 241619 KB in use by the system. 54128 KB occupied by the log file. 422036 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 29246207 total allocation units on disk. 105509 allocation units available on disk. Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50."

What next?
Thanks!

I am back.. i did a chkdsk /f on mine and then cause it flashed so fast , results . I had to go to event viewer and check the winit log to see my results. You must have some quick eyes, anyways. Lets do the chkdsk /r now. It takes a little longer, but, i want to make sure we have done as much on hard drive as we can , hopefully we can get your software working soon. Post back please how this test went.

Ok great - i've started the chkdsk C: /r so we'll see how that goes.

Ok it just finished. Same spiel as last time - 'Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.' etc etc..
Does that mean that its a hardware issue instead of a software issue?

Any thoughts on what to try next?
Thanks!

Well, we may be in a bind here, you do not have any OEM or Install disks as this computer is second hand, you may need to acquire one or the other so we can do a repair install. We have several tutorials available that show how, but, you have to have the cd/dvd to do it.
We definitely have a software issue, your hard drive seems fine.

Might want to also try to save files /back up just in case. Use this : Use Ubuntu Live CD to Backup Files from Your Dead Windows Computer - How-To Geek

Found this. : Fix Boot MBR in Vista ~ How to fix computer problems ?

Check my last post, i added one last thing that may work.

Hi Yard Dog,
Ok good to know we are looking at a software issue, not a hardware one.
I looked into the fix boot mbr page and instructions. I typed: bootrec.exe and it gave me a list of options of what to do: /FixMbr, /FixBoot, /ScanOs, /RebuildBcd. I then typed in /FixMbr and it said "The operation completed successfully." Would this be fixed now? Or should I try the rest of the commands?
Thanks!

Btw I do have a Windows Vista Drivers disk as well as two Recovery Disks from my other laptop, a Toshiba Satellite..Would either of those do for a repair install?
I also just tried a restart and it still won't load windows...

Great, we may be getting somewhere, i almost forgot this one thing for you to try. See if you can boot up normally now, The one you chose is the one i would have tried first. Give it a shot at starting now and let me know how that works.

I've tried loading it just now in Safe Mode and it loads all the drivers until it gets to \Windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys and then it bluescreens..with the stop 0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0x88DB4140, 0X88DB428C, 0X84C5AAB0)..

Now i'm trying bootrec.exe /Rebuildbcd - It said 'Scanning all disks for Windows installations. Please wait.. Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0. The operation completed successfully.'
Hm.

kaylene said:

Now i'm trying bootrec.exe /Rebuildbcd - It said 'Scanning all disks for Windows installations. Please wait.. Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0. The operation completed successfully.'
Hm.

Click to expand...

Total identified Windows installations: 0. that aint good .

ok did some googling and I found this: ote Use the Bootrec.exe tool to troubleshoot "Bootmgr Is Missing" issue. If rebuilding the BCD does not resolve the startup issue, you can export and delete the BCD, and then run this option again. By doing this, you make sure that the BCD is completely rebuilt.

To do this, type the following commands at the Windows RE command prompt:

• bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
• c:
• cd boot
• attrib bcd -s -h -r
• ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
• bootrec /RebuildBcd

I ran through those commands and it said: Total identified Windows installations: 1. [1] C:\Windows. Add installation to boot list? Yes (Y)/No(N)/All(A): and I said y. 'The operation completed successfully'. I'm going to reboot now and see what happens...Fingers crossed!

Excellent, i was googling around myself, i want you fixed.