Vista - Vista won't Boot - Problem Event Name:Startup repairV2

Have Vista running on Dell Inspiron 1720. All of a sudden I can't start Windows. Startup Repair can't fix the problem and System restore can't seem to solve the problem either. Am starting to panic.

Startup Repair listed the following as the problem details but it leaves me clueless.

Problem Event Name:Startup repairV2

Problem Signature 01: AutoFailure

Prob Sig 02: 6.0.6001.18000.6.0.6001.18000

Prob Sig 03: 6

Prob Sig 04: 786444

Prob Sig 05: Corruptvolume

Prob Sig 06: NoRootCause

Prob Sig 07: 0

Prob Sig 08: 2

Prob Sig 09: WrpRepair

Prob Sig 10: 87

OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Local ID: 1003

Have used Dell pre-boot checks and all physical systems seem fine so must be software. Can anyone help?

Thanks

>Startup repairV2

From what you posted it everything seems to point to the Hard Drive

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"Buzbyb6" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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I have done a Dell system check on the hard drive as well as a chkdsk /r /f... which did find some mis-allocations which were fixed but no other abnormalities. When I run System Restore I get the error message: system cannot find the file specified (0x80070002)

Any further thoughts or advice?

Further Info...

Having done a bootlog, everything goes phlooey after the driver crcdisk.sys gets loaded... Does this help?

Buzbyb6

Buzbyb6 wrote:
My experience with the Dell diagnostics is that they aren't particularly
accurate. Test your hard drive with a diagnostic utility downloaded from
the drive mftr. (or use Seagate's SeaTools For DOS). You will create a
bootable CD with the file you download. You will need third-party burning
software to do this such as Roxio, Nero, or the free CDBurnerXP Pro. Burn
as an image, not as data.

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Boot with the CD you made and do a thorough test of the drive. If it fails
any physical tests, replace it.

Malke
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Will do.... I created a bootlog and all goes fine until after crcdisk.sys driver is loaded.. Is this some kind of hard drive checking system? Everyone seems to have had troubles after this driver is loaded. Some people have suggested editing the bios, others deleting driver files.... Yikes?! can you shed any light on this point?

Sorry real newbie in all of this...

Buzbyb6 wrote:
I've re-read your thread and noticed that you said this happened "all of a
sudden". Are you sure you didn't change anything? Add any virtual drive
software (like Daemon Tools)? That error message can refer to a driver,
which would be a software problem, but I've also seen it on machines where
the hard drive was dying.

Since you can't get into Safe Mode, Regular Mode, or Last Known Good
Configuration, can't do Startup Repair or System Restore - you're really
stuck. I would:

1. Retrieve any data that you forgot to back up. Do this by booting with a
rescue CD such as Knoppix (Linux) and copying the files to an external hard
drive or USB thumb drive with enough capacity. Doing this satisfies two
goals - to get your data and to see how the computer behaves when booted
into Linux. If the machine behaves perfectly, then you know that hardware
isn't the issue and Windows is hosed (software). Conversely, if the machine
won't boot to Linux or freezes during use, etc. then you know it's hardware
(probably the hard drive).

2. Let's say the machine is fine under Linux and you've now gotten your data
off. I would still do the long test with a hard drive diagnostic utility
because it won't hurt and it's nice to have that extra reassurance the
drive is healthy. Then if the drive passes, I'd restore to factory
condition using whatever method Dell gave you for that laptop.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ