Hi Sam,

Command line mode (non-gui) and run rstrui.exe to load system restore would
be your best choice.

You can't affect a repair install by booting the installation disk, that can
only be done as an in-place upgrade from a working installation. You can
install to a new folder, just remove other devices from the list of bootable
items to not give the system any choice as to what to load.

Never, ever shut down a machine in the midst of an update or upgrade, it
must complete first. This is one reason why laptops must be plugged in and
all pc's should be on a UPS during these steps to avoid any loss of power.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Sjac" <Sjac.3uhkw2@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there, my name is Sam. I hope someone out there can please give me
> some help :confused:
>
> I am running Windows Vista 64bit edition on an Asus P5Q Deluxe
> motherboard, Intel Q9540 2.66gz Quadcore processor with 4gb RAM. (Please
> let me know if any more info is required)
> My system has been running fine for the last year and just last night
> (27th June 2009) windows told me there were 3 updates that should be
> installed.
> I only noticed one of the update names which was Internet Explorer 8,
> the other 2 were security updates or something - really not sure though.
> The total of the downloaded updates was around 280mb.
>
> Anyway... So I started installing the updates and walked away. When I
> came back there was a Terms & Agreement box for Internet Explorer 8
> which I agreed to. Once that finished it came back to my desktop and
> said "windows needs to restart to configure the updates, please restart
> now."
> I was heading out for the night so I decided to just switch it off
> rather then restarting it. When I switched it back on this morning it
> gets to the part where the loading bar at the bottom of the screen for
> Vista should appear but instead of loading Vista, the computer switches
> itself off then restarts again.
> This time it comes up with the "Windows was closed incorrectly please
> select an option - Safe mode, Safe mode with network, Last know good
> configuration or start windows normally."
> I selected "start normally" to see if it would just fix itself but done
> the same thing again. I went through each option including the safe mode
> and last known good configuration and after loading the files for the
> option it switched itself off and done the same thing again.
> So.. I figure maybe I need to repair windows. I insert the original
> Vista that is installed on my system into the DVD drive, restart and hit
> a button when it says "hit any button to boot from DVD". It has a blank
> screen for a few seconds then just shuts down and reboots again.
>
> Failing the only 2 options for recovery I am sure about I had a little
> hunt around BIOS but couldn't find anything that could help me. Except
> this ASUS Splash Page which is allowing me to access the internet via
> the motherboard (just a feature of my motherboard)
>
> If anyone has encountered this problem and knows how to fix it or if
> anyone has any other ideas I can try it would be greatly appreciated. I
> am at a total loss of what else to do.
>
> I hope to hear from you soon
>
> Kind Regards
> Sam
>
>
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> Sjac
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