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    cmeeks Posts: 754, Reputation: 64
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    Mar 17, 2009, 08:12 PM
    Vista Boot problems
    I am looking for some help. I am a Linux – Mac geek and I have a sick Windows 32 bit Vista Home Premium HP Pavilion DV900 with AMD Turion 64 x2 @ 1.6 GHz and 1gb of RAM.
    The computer boots to the progress bar then the screen goes blank and it sits there. I can boot in safe made. I ran msconfig and turned off all start up items and this made no change. I have restored the start up items to where I found them.
    No reinstall disk are available.
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    seahwk83 Posts: 3,276, Reputation: 212
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    Mar 17, 2009, 10:37 PM

    Is this something new or been awhile?

    As long as you can get into safe mode, you can try a system restore to an earlier time.

    The link below is labeled XP but the process is the same for Vista

    Just do this in safe mode

    How to use System Restore to restore Windows XP to a previous state
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

    If you can get hold of an Vista Install disk, you could do a repair installation
    How to automatically repair Windows Vista using Startup Repair
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    b_harish123 Posts: 18, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 18, 2009, 04:17 AM

    If you try with Last Known good configuration from the safe boot screen that will also help...
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    cmeeks Posts: 754, Reputation: 64
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    Mar 18, 2009, 04:47 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by seahwk83 View Post
    Is this something new or been awhile?

    As long as you can get into safe mode, you can try a system restore to an earlier time.

    The link below is labled XP but the process is the same for Vista

    Just do this in safe mode

    How to use System Restore to restore Windows XP to a previous state
    How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

    If you can get hold of an Vista Install disk, you could do a repair installation
    How to automatically repair Windows Vista using Startup Repair
    Thanks would love to the feature was turned off by the owner. There are no restore points
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    Mar 18, 2009, 05:08 AM
    I have seen this with PC that has a corrupted Registry. The fix is a little intensive on the command line in Repair Mode but it does require an OS disk to copy the Default Registry files back to the PC in order to get it to boot.
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    Mar 18, 2009, 07:39 AM

    Hopefully you can get a hold of a Vista disc from somewhere (someone) to borrow and try the repair option.
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    Oct 13, 2010, 02:18 PM
    In the boot menu, is the RAM and other settings proper? I had problems when my PCI-e defaulted to on board PCI-I'ld start there. Any beeps after it starts to boot up, when it gets to progress screen? You could also try removing first one memory module, then the other and see if that makes any difference. If none of this works, I'ld bet on the reg issue also-HP support has dics for Vista-I know I got a set from them just a couple months ago-paid about $20.
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    Oct 13, 2010, 06:03 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by olderexgeek View Post
    in the boot menu, is the RAM and other settings proper? I had problems when my PCI-e defaulted to on board PCI-I'ld start there. Any beeps after it starts to boot up, when it gets to progress screen? you could also try removing first one memory module, then the other and see if that makes any difference. If none of this works, i'ld bet on the reg issue also-HP support has dics for Vista-I know I got a set from them just a couple months ago-paid about $20.
    Please check the post dates of the topics before replying. This is an old topic.

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