My computer has been working fine until just now. When I trie to start
it up i get an error message:
-Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be
the cause. To fix the problem:



1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."

If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or
computer manufacturer for assistance.

File: \Boot\BCD

Status: 0xc000000f

Info: An error occured while attemtping to read the boot configuration
data.-

I have already tried to do as it told me. When i insert my Windows
Vista disc, nothing happends. The computer starts, and I get the same
error message.

I have also pressed DEL to change settings in the BIAS so it will start
up from the cd. When I do that, the computer enters a screen saying it
is loading from the cd, then a few seconds later i am back to this
error message.

I have spent hours googling without any success. I need help!

Please help, kind reguards, Sibbe.


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"Sibbe" <Sibbe.2wlw3e@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> My computer has been working fine until just now. When I trie to start
> it up i get an error message:
> -Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be
> the cause. To fix the problem:
>
> 1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
> 2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
> 3. Click "Repair your computer."
>
> If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or
> computer manufacturer for assistance.
>
> File: \Boot\BCD
>
> Status: 0xc000000f
>
> Info: An error occured while attemtping to read the boot configuration
> data.-
>
> I have already tried to do as it told me. When i insert my Windows
> Vista disc, nothing happends. The computer starts, and I get the same
> error message.
>
> I have also pressed DEL to change settings in the BIAS so it will start
> up from the cd. When I do that, the computer enters a screen saying it
> is loading from the cd, then a few seconds later i am back to this
> error message.
>
> I have spent hours googling without any success. I need help!
>
> Please help, kind reguards, Sibbe.
>
>
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> Sibbe
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Make sure you press a key after you've chosen the option to boot from your
Vista DVD, otherwise it will continue to boot from the hard drive.

--
Jon

I just now tried what you said. If I press a button after I boot from
the cd, it only goes to the error message faster, rather than waiting a
few seconds.
I tried several buttons, same results.

Any other ideas?
If there is any information I can provide for you, I will gladly do
that.


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"Repair your computer" is an option on the Vista DVD. Do you see a text
message that says "Press any key to Boot from CD or DVD..." when you start
your computer with the DVD inserted? If so, you have to press a key on your
keyboard.

How to automatically repair Windows Vista using Startup Repair:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial148.html

You may have to run the repair option from the DVD two, three or four times,
if the first, second, etc., attempt doesn't work...

"Sibbe" <Sibbe.2wlw3e@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> My computer has been working fine until just now. When I trie to start
> it up i get an error message:
> -Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be
> the cause. To fix the problem:
>
> 1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
> 2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
> 3. Click "Repair your computer."
>
> If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or
> computer manufacturer for assistance.
>
> File: \Boot\BCD
>
> Status: 0xc000000f
>
> Info: An error occured while attemtping to read the boot configuration
> data.-
>
> I have already tried to do as it told me. When i insert my Windows
> Vista disc, nothing happends. The computer starts, and I get the same
> error message.
>
> I have also pressed DEL to change settings in the BIAS so it will start
> up from the cd. When I do that, the computer enters a screen saying it
> is loading from the cd, then a few seconds later i am back to this
> error message.
>
> I have spent hours googling without any success. I need help!
>
> Please help, kind reguards, Sibbe.
>
>
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There is no such text.

I know what you are talking about, I have seen it in screenshots, and I
dont get that text. Don't know why.


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"Sibbe" <Sibbe.2wm1nd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I just now tried what you said. If I press a button after I boot from
> the cd, it only goes to the error message faster, rather than waiting a
> few seconds.
> I tried several buttons, same results.
>
> Any other ideas?
> If there is any information I can provide for you, I will gladly do
> that.
>
>

Given that it appears you can no longer boot neither from a CD / DVD, nor
from your hard disc, and given also the sudden nature of the change, then I
would suspect a hardware failure.

You could try booting from another CD / DVD, that you know to be bootable
(eg an XP disc), if you have one, and if that works then the DVD may be
faulty. Other than that pressing f8 soon after boot and choosing 'Last known
good configuration', or safe mode, is also worth trying.

If it's a hardware failure, then that may require a trip to the repair shop.

--
Jon

I tried to press F8 and you said but nothing happends.
I also tried to use a different disc, a windows 98 S.E. and the
computer responded to that. Tried to install it as well, but I didnt
get far. When the windows 98 disc was checking my computer for
problems, it said I had a cluster error and it gave me a bunch of
numbers. Then I came back to the error message.

Since t responses to the windows 98 disc and not to the vista disc,
that tells me something is wrong with the vista disc i assume, right?


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Check the cables to your DVD drive. It appears your BIOS can't see that
optical drive.

"Sibbe" <Sibbe.2wm4ff@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> There is no such text.
>
> I know what you are talking about, I have seen it in screenshots, and I
> dont get that text. Don't know why.
>
>
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"Sibbe" <Sibbe.2wm77f@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I tried to press F8 and you said but nothing happends.
> I also tried to use a different disc, a windows 98 S.E. and the
> computer responded to that. Tried to install it as well, but I didnt
> get far. When the windows 98 disc was checking my computer for
> problems, it said I had a cluster error and it gave me a bunch of
> numbers. Then I came back to the error message.
>
> Since t responses to the windows 98 disc and not to the vista disc,
> that tells me something is wrong with the vista disc i assume, right?
>
>

Probably, unless you're attempting to boot a Vista DVD from a CD-Rom drive,
or your Vista DVD is a particularly non-standard recovery disc from an OEM.

--
Jon

Your Windows 98 Install disc is a CD. The Vista Install disc is a DVD. Do
you have two different optical drives, that is, one for CD, and one for DVD?
Or just one player that is capable of reading both?

Also, you can't install Windows 98 on a hard drive formatted in NTFS, which
is why it didn't get very far...


"Sibbe" <Sibbe.2wm77f@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I tried to press F8 and you said but nothing happends.
> I also tried to use a different disc, a windows 98 S.E. and the
> computer responded to that. Tried to install it as well, but I didnt
> get far. When the windows 98 disc was checking my computer for
> problems, it said I had a cluster error and it gave me a bunch of
> numbers. Then I came back to the error message.
>
> Since t responses to the windows 98 disc and not to the vista disc,
> that tells me something is wrong with the vista disc i assume, right?
>
>
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