Vista - BSOD at Vista Boot

Normally I know enough about computers to fix the problems I create
myself, but from time to time a problem springs up and I have no idea
how to fix it, or even what the problem actually is.

My laptop won't boot up Windows Vista. It blue screens about 5 seconds
into Vista loading up, then it retarts itself. The error code is...
"0x0000007b (0x80599bb0, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)" The
problem all started out of nowhere when I returned home from watching my
sisters kids. I had downloaded and update of some kind that seemed
perfectly innocuous, it installed, I shut my computer down and when i
got home and tried to boot it up, that's what it told me, and has told
me everytime time since. The Repair utillities that I can run won't
touch whatever the problem is. I've run system restore but it doesn't
do anything. And I thought I had backups made, but apparently the
backup utility won't even recognize them. I'd just re-install Windows,
but Acer never gave me a re-install cd. Actually, it never came with
any cd's. Apparently it's been put onto a Partition on the hard drive
that never gets deleted when you re-install. Only problem is, before I
do re-install it (however I manage to do that) there's some pretty
important crap I need off the C drive, and possibly the D drive.

Now, it's been lying around for a bout a month and I'm getting pretty
sick of not being able to use it.

If anyone has any ideas or anything of use I am eternally grateful!


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In article <banjankri.3i54ed@xxxxxx>,
banjankri <banjankri.3i54ed@xxxxxx> wrote:Remove the hard drive and connect it to another computer
using a usb-ide adaptor. They're about 20 bucks and available anywhere.
If you use a Linux machine it'll be easier because Linux is more forgiving
about damaged media and filesystems. Mount the drive and copy your data.

Now reinstall the drive in the laptop and use the factory
restore procedure.