I have Vista and it has stopped loading to my computer. I have run all the
diagnostics, all the repairs (they have all run more than 24 hours without
change) and tried to reinstall (which I've let run for 24 hours without
change). There is no change to my computer status; it still won't run, Vista
is no longer present, and I've spent hours on the phone with Dell running all
this as well as rerunning it on my own. I have only 1 hdd. Vista came
preinstalled and worked fine until 11/16. It ran all my weekly scans; when I
turned my computer back on the next day, Vista did not load. There were no
error messages. Can anyone help me; I'm seeing similar but not quite the
same issues on the forum. I'm on someone else's computer and I have limited
access because my computer won't work.

Specifics: I've run the hdd diagnostics - all pass. I've run all the
hardware configuration tests and all pass. My BIOS works fine. I've tried
reinstalling from cd/dvd that comes with system - it has run for 24 hours
without a change in status. The 'Attempting repairs' has also run for 16
hours without change in status. I've spoken to Dell, and now I come here.
Again, all the tests and diagnostics tell me my hardware's fine. The
software simply is not working nor is it repairing or reinstalling as it
should. Any suggestions? Ask any questions you may need to get the
information required to give a response. Do NOT post a link unless
absolutely necessary to explain your procedure. Thank you!



Oh, and if this is not the appropriate discussion group, please be aware
that there are two others I will post on because I simply don't know what
this would fall under.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:34:01 -0800, NervaVels
<NervaVels@xxxxxx> wrote:

>I have Vista and it has stopped loading to my computer. I have run all the
>diagnostics, all the repairs (they have all run more than 24 hours without
>change) and tried to reinstall (which I've let run for 24 hours without
>change). There is no change to my computer status; it still won't run, Vista
>is no longer present, and I've spent hours on the phone with Dell running all
>this as well as rerunning it on my own. I have only 1 hdd. Vista came
>preinstalled and worked fine until 11/16. It ran all my weekly scans; when I
>turned my computer back on the next day, Vista did not load. There were no
>error messages. Can anyone help me; I'm seeing similar but not quite the
>same issues on the forum. I'm on someone else's computer and I have limited
>access because my computer won't work.
>
>Specifics: I've run the hdd diagnostics - all pass. I've run all the
>hardware configuration tests and all pass. My BIOS works fine. I've tried
>reinstalling from cd/dvd that comes with system - it has run for 24 hours
>without a change in status. The 'Attempting repairs' has also run for 16
>hours without change in status. I've spoken to Dell, and now I come here.
>Again, all the tests and diagnostics tell me my hardware's fine. The
>software simply is not working nor is it repairing or reinstalling as it
>should. Any suggestions? Ask any questions you may need to get the
>information required to give a response. Do NOT post a link unless
>absolutely necessary to explain your procedure. Thank you!
>
>Oh, and if this is not the appropriate discussion group, please be aware
>that there are two others I will post on because I simply don't know what
>this would fall under.

Reboot the machine, holding down the F8 key while it comes up, when it
beeps constantly let go of the F8 key. It will come up with a list of
options, chose the one that loads the most recent Restore Point.

Hi,

It would help to know how far it loads before it halts. Does the transfer to
the hard drive take place? Do you see anything beyond the POST?

You mentioned running "all the diagnostics", but do not specify which. Was
one of them a memory test?

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"f/fgeorge" <ffgeorge@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:34:01 -0800, NervaVels
> <NervaVels@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

>>I have Vista and it has stopped loading to my computer. I have run all
>>the
>>diagnostics, all the repairs (they have all run more than 24 hours without
>>change) and tried to reinstall (which I've let run for 24 hours without
>>change). There is no change to my computer status; it still won't run,
>>Vista
>>is no longer present, and I've spent hours on the phone with Dell running
>>all
>>this as well as rerunning it on my own. I have only 1 hdd. Vista came
>>preinstalled and worked fine until 11/16. It ran all my weekly scans;
>>when I
>>turned my computer back on the next day, Vista did not load. There were
>>no
>>error messages. Can anyone help me; I'm seeing similar but not quite the
>>same issues on the forum. I'm on someone else's computer and I have
>>limited
>>access because my computer won't work.
>>
>>Specifics: I've run the hdd diagnostics - all pass. I've run all the
>>hardware configuration tests and all pass. My BIOS works fine. I've tried
>>reinstalling from cd/dvd that comes with system - it has run for 24 hours
>>without a change in status. The 'Attempting repairs' has also run for 16
>>hours without change in status. I've spoken to Dell, and now I come here.
>>Again, all the tests and diagnostics tell me my hardware's fine. The
>>software simply is not working nor is it repairing or reinstalling as it
>>should. Any suggestions? Ask any questions you may need to get the
>>information required to give a response. Do NOT post a link unless
>>absolutely necessary to explain your procedure. Thank you!
>>
>>Oh, and if this is not the appropriate discussion group, please be aware
>>that there are two others I will post on because I simply don't know what
>>this would fall under.

>
> Reboot the machine, holding down the F8 key while it comes up, when it
> beeps constantly let go of the F8 key. It will come up with a list of
> options, chose the one that loads the most recent Restore Point.

all right
im hopin you have an attansic NIC as your ethernet card..because windows vista released an important update for that, which did the same thing for me, if this is the card you have, you should be able to boot into safemode, uninstall the driver, run normally, and install your driver that came with the cd

Thank you all for the response. Yes, I did the F8 thing and tried to
restore, but it just stopped at the restore prompt. When I tried to
reinstall, it stopped just before giving me any instructions - all I got was
the 'please wait' screen and a stationary hourglass.

I don't think I got the ethernet card you speak of, but if I do, and it was
that, even the Dell people were stumped because the system simply would not
touch the OS, not even for restore. I did run memory tests and they came up
as 'pass'. What Dell is doing now is that they will send me a new disk
drive. If that doesn't work, they will start on the memory.

If this is an update problem, it should be listed somewhere, no? I am
angry, but not upset. I was told, by the way, that I cannot downgrade to XP
and THAT is frustrating. Ah well. I welcome any thoughts or ideas as to why
this could have occurred, and I will be glad to note if the new hdd works or
not.

Call your computers Manufactuer!

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"NervaVels" <NervaVels@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4ED497DE-0FAD-4C34-BB3C-E67B42C2E849@xxxxxx

>I have Vista and it has stopped loading to my computer. I have run all the
> diagnostics, all the repairs (they have all run more than 24 hours without
> change) and tried to reinstall (which I've let run for 24 hours without
> change). There is no change to my computer status; it still won't run,
> Vista
> is no longer present, and I've spent hours on the phone with Dell running
> all
> this as well as rerunning it on my own. I have only 1 hdd. Vista came
> preinstalled and worked fine until 11/16. It ran all my weekly scans;
> when I
> turned my computer back on the next day, Vista did not load. There were
> no
> error messages. Can anyone help me; I'm seeing similar but not quite the
> same issues on the forum. I'm on someone else's computer and I have
> limited
> access because my computer won't work.
>
> Specifics: I've run the hdd diagnostics - all pass. I've run all the
> hardware configuration tests and all pass. My BIOS works fine. I've tried
> reinstalling from cd/dvd that comes with system - it has run for 24 hours
> without a change in status. The 'Attempting repairs' has also run for 16
> hours without change in status. I've spoken to Dell, and now I come here.
> Again, all the tests and diagnostics tell me my hardware's fine. The
> software simply is not working nor is it repairing or reinstalling as it
> should. Any suggestions? Ask any questions you may need to get the
> information required to give a response. Do NOT post a link unless
> absolutely necessary to explain your procedure. Thank you!
>
> Oh, and if this is not the appropriate discussion group, please be aware
> that there are two others I will post on because I simply don't know what
> this would fall under.