updated vista, won't boot

[haleikari]

Hi I'm new to this site. I am having a problem with vista home premium (32bit). I updated Sp2 and it got stuck. rebooted, but it won't go. I booted to a recovery disk and can get to the page with startup repair and won't work. it shows the problem details:

Problem event Name: StartuprepairV2
Problem signature 01: Autofailover
Problem signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.0.0.0.0
Problem signature 03: 0
Problem signature 04: 65537
Problem signature 05: unknown
Problem signature 06: Osversionmismatch
Problem signature 07: 0
Problem signature 08: 0
Problem signature 09: unknown
Problem signature 10: 1168
Os Version: 6.0.60002.0.0.256.1
Locale Id: 1033

As usual I didn't back up my files.
Any help would be appreciated, Thank You in advanced.

 

[richc46]

Welcome

Try to boot in safe mode and do a system restore from before the problem

 

[haleikari]

Thanks for the thought, but I tried that without any luck.

 

[Chase]

Hello haleikari,

I had a very problem about a year ago.

I was able to get the computer to perform a system restore point after I reset my RAM.

 

[haleikari]

I'm fairly computer literate, but could you expalin how to reset my ram? I have four slots, two with 1gig each and two with 512. Thanks in advanced.

 

[Chase]

I'm fairly computer literate, but could you expalin how to reset my ram? I have four slots, two with 1gig each and two with 512. Thanks in advanced.

By resetting the RAM, I was referring to physically taking out the memory cards and replacing them. When doing this, obviously make sure your computer is disconnected from any power source. The cards are usually pretty easy to remove, usually it only requires un-clipping the cards.

If you feel uncomfortable doing this, I would suggest calling your computer's manufacturer's support center for a walk-through.

 

[stoneys-nutz]

Hello haleikari.
Do you have a Vista disk, if so, follow this tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html

If you don't have a Vista disk, follow this tutorial, then follow the above.

How to Make a Windows Vista Repair Disk If You Don’t Have One - How-To Geek

You may need to go into the Bios and reset the boot order, so that the CD/DVD drive boots first, don't forget to re-set it when finished.

Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.

 

[haleikari]

Thanks Stoneys-nuts, but I tried that first but didn't have any luck, I also tried last good configuration. Any other suggestions? Thank you< i'll keep trying before I use the reset to factory settings. I just hate to loose all that software I downloaded and paid for.

 

[richc46]

You should not lose anything. If you paid you must have been given a key, the key will work if you try to install,again.