Vista - Black Screen on Boot with RC1

Hi emhdave :-)

I'm very glad to hear you were able to resolve your problem. Good job!

Thank you very much for posting back and letting us know what worked for
you, and for the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.


> Yeh, I tried them all out, and none of them worked.
>
> In the end I had to use the repair mode on the setup disc and restore the
> system to a restore point. This seemed to work.
>
> I believe the error came from trying to connect a video camera to the
> system
> yesterday using a firewire card, I had multiple errors when trying to
> connect. But I restarted my computer since then and didn't have the
> problem.... it still remains a mystery.
>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>
>> Hi emhdave :-)
>>
>> Have you by chance seen the replies to this post? Have you tried any of
>> the
>> suggestions that have been offered here? Did no none of them work for
>> you?
>> If not, what happened?
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
>> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> readers.
>> How to make a good newsgroup post:
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> > I'm currently experiencing the exact same problems. Did you manage to
>> > find
>> > any solution yet?
>> >
>> > "encee" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi, I have just booted my PC this morning to be greeted by a black
>> >> screen
>> >> (apart from the Vista RC1 5600 version number and my mouse pointer).
>> >> I
>> >> have
>> >> to this point been using RC1 with no problems for a couple of weeks.
>> >>
>> >> Booting into safe mode results in the same screen.
>> >>
>> >> What are my options to recover this installation?
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, I have found out that System restore was disabled after
>> >> the
>> >> upgrade from XP and that my backup is corrupted!!
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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