Vista Tutorial - Windows failed to start

Hi, i was using my fairly new Vista Home Premium pre-installed laptop, left it for about 5 minutes, came back it was in hibernation or w/e; rebooted it and it gave me the Windows boot manager screen.
I have tried booting from the CD and using Startup Repair but it fails and says it cannot repair the process automatically.
On the Boot manager screen the names they give are
File:WDFLDR.SYS
Status:0xc0000098
Info:Windows failed to load because a required file is missing, or corrupt.

The details of the failed windows startup repair are :
Problem Signature:
Problem event name: StartuprepairV2
Problem signature 01:ExternalMedia
Problem signature 02:6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6000.16386
Problem signature 03:6
Problem signature 04:720912
Problem signature 05:Corrupt File
Problem signature 06:Corrupt File
Problem signature 07:3221225624
Problem signature 08:3
Problem signature 09:WrpRepair
Problem signature 10:0
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033



I dont know what much of this means, but I was hoping someone has seen this before or could possibly give me advice on the next step without erasing the entire or reformatting the hard drive or at least how to save it without windows starting up or something.

Thanks

wdfldr.sys is a vista system driver.
Try booting into safe mode then do a repair.

thanks for the response but unless im doing something wrong which is possible, every time I try to boot in safe mode, I go back to that same screen

Thanks

also I would like to add that in the Diagnosis and repair details in Startup Repair, it mentions
"Boot critical file C:\Windows\system32\drivers\Wdf01000.sys is corrupt."
as well as "Boot critical file C:\WDFLDR.SYS is corrupt."

"jonyosh" <jonyosh.32kzm2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:jonyosh.32kzm2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...That's all too complicated for a normal person like yourself to try to
solve. Maybe if you were a MS Windows engineer you'd probably go in and find
that there is a problem, then reformat and reinstall Vista.

Keith

Boot from your recovery cd that came with your laptop and it will restore
you to factory state.


"jonyosh" <jonyosh.32kur1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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is there anyway to save or backup any of the documents and files currently on the computer before I reset it back to factory state and erase everything?

thanks

I am having this same problem with my machine. However mine is a desktop and my main coputer. My computer is also not new so I dont want to lose my files on it. I am not sure how this problem occured I just restarted my computer and it happened. Is there any other way I can fix the currupted files?

-Justin

The same problem? What problem?
When posting, please quote relevant information so that others may learn and
benefit from the issue. Some people, including those who might be able to
help you, may have missed the original post.


"JustinW" <JustinW.35go92@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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