Hi,

No DOS (doesn't exist anyways), the non-gui mode is available from the boot
menu by hitting F8 at startup. You don't need an installation disk for this.
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> -Are you saying just install another copy of Vista in a different
> folder then try to repair from there?[/color]

No, I'm saying you can create a new installation and recover your data from
it. You can't do a repair install of the old installation unless you can
boot it.

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"Sjac" <Sjac.3uiw48@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi again
>
> Thanks for replying to my problem!
>
> Firstly, I noticed I have made a small mistake in original post - The
> loading bar for Vista _does_ come up and run for a second or two before
> the computer shuts down and reboots - not sure if that would make any
> difference to the issue.
>
> Rick Rogers
>
> - Command line mode (non-gui) and run rstrui.exe to load system restore
> would
> be your best choice.-
>
> I am assuming the only way I can boot to DOS is with a boot cd? I will
> have to acquire another computer to make one as I only have a floppy
> and this computer has no floppy drive. :( I will try and do that today.
> Would a USB drive work as a boot disk?
>
> - 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.
>
> -Are you saying just install another copy of Vista in a different
> folder then try to repair from there?
>
> Mike Hall
>
> - If you used the shutdown procedure, you would have gotten the message
> NOT to
> turn it off while the updates were configured. Did you force the total
> shutdown?-
>
> I did use the shutdown process to switch off computer. The updates had
> finished installing then it wanted to restart to finish configuration.
> When I used the shutdown process it came up with a screen telling me
> that it was configuring the updates. I figured the problem may be that
> it also needed to restart to finish those configurations but couldn't
> because I had selected shutdown.
>
> - You may have experienced a co-incident hardware failure.
> For example a dying power supply can cause what you describe
>
> -Hopefully not.. although I'm not sure which would be better!
> If the power supply was faulty I would assume that it wouldn't allow me
> to access this Asus Utility page? There doesn't appear to be any other
> problems apart from Vista not loading and the computer restarting.
>
>
> Thanks again guys, Hope to hear back soon.
> Will let you know if I have any luck.
>
> Kind Regards
> Sam
>
>
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> Sjac
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