I primarily use XP, but I have Vista Premium x64 installed on another HDD... I tried booting into it tonight and every time I try to, I get a screen that says it's in step 3 of 3 of updates, it jumps from 0% to 94%, then says it's shutting down. It never starts up, I've restarted about 20 times.

Originally Posted by Hyphen

I primarily use XP, but I have Vista Premium x64 installed on another HDD... I tried booting into it tonight and every time I try to, I get a screen that says it's in step 3 of 3 of updates, it jumps from 0% to 94%, then says it's shutting down. It never starts up, I've restarted about 20 times.

Hyphen

reboot in safe mode (F8 when booting) then you can un-install whatever update is killing your system. You can find out which in event viewer

if you need any help with this let us know

ken

Originally Posted by zigzag3143

Originally Posted by Hyphen

I primarily use XP, but I have Vista Premium x64 installed on another HDD... I tried booting into it tonight and every time I try to, I get a screen that says it's in step 3 of 3 of updates, it jumps from 0% to 94%, then says it's shutting down. It never starts up, I've restarted about 20 times.

Hyphen

reboot in safe mode (F8 when booting) then you can un-install whatever update is killing your system. You can find out which in event viewer

if you need any help with this let us know

ken

I've tried this, safe mode still attempts to install unfinished updates though before showing you your desktop.

Originally Posted by Hyphen

Originally Posted by zigzag3143

Originally Posted by Hyphen

I primarily use XP, but I have Vista Premium x64 installed on another HDD... I tried booting into it tonight and every time I try to, I get a screen that says it's in step 3 of 3 of updates, it jumps from 0% to 94%, then says it's shutting down. It never starts up, I've restarted about 20 times.

Hyphen

reboot in safe mode (F8 when booting) then you can un-install whatever update is killing your system. You can find out which in event viewer

if you need any help with this let us know

ken

I've tried this, safe mode still attempts to install unfinished updates though before showing you your desktop.

Do you have a backup you can restore from?

MS about this:The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista

Originally Posted by zigzag3143

Originally Posted by Hyphen

Originally Posted by zigzag3143

Hyphen

reboot in safe mode (F8 when booting) then you can un-install whatever update is killing your system. You can find out which in event viewer

if you need any help with this let us know

ken

I've tried this, safe mode still attempts to install unfinished updates though before showing you your desktop.

Do you have a backup you can restore from?

How can I even access my desktop though? There is no boot mode that skips the step 3 of updates screen on boot.

H

there is a way to access device manager from an install dvd.

This happened to me once. It annoyed the hell out of me. I just did a system restore to a couple days before the updates were downloaded/started installing.

You maybe able to get to System restore by booting the dvd - select Repair my Computer ( Uderneath where it says Install Now ).

After it has searched for installed o/s click next and select system restore.

System Recovery Options