Hi Sam,

You should read: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946084[/url] as it talks about
that error message.

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"Sjac" <Sjac.3ujic3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi again
>
> Rick Rogers, thanks heaps for replying again,
>
> 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.
>
> :o Oh DOS doesn't exist anymore.. Fair enough, I haven't had to repair
> my computers for a fair while! Well anyway I hit F8 to bring up the
> "advanced options" and selected the "Safe mode with Command Prompt"
> which was the option I assume I was meant to select. It done the same
> thing again! Loaded the files for that option, "pretended" it was going
> to load and then shutdown and rebooted :( Never stopped long enough to
> come up with an area to type in rstrui.exe.
>
> I went through the other options available - debugging etc - but each
> option caused the same result.
>
> I clicked on the "do not restart on error" option (something like that)
> so it would show me the error code. It came up with the "Problem has
> been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
> computer. Please follow these steps ...." Then in the technical
> information section listed this code:
> "***STOP: 0x0000C1F5 (0X0000000000000009,0X0000000000000001,
> 0XFFFFFA800610D000,0X0000000000000000)"
>
> Not sure if that means anything to you, or anyone for that matter :)
> When I try to boot from the Vista DVD it comeS up with a similar code,
> its :
> "***STOP: 0x0000C1F5 (0X0000000000000009,0X0000000000000001,
> 0XFFFFFA80D4203000,0X0000000000000000)"
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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.
>
> I don't think I am able to create a new installation because when I put
> the DVD into the drive and restart all that it does is ask me to "push
> any button to load from DVD" which I do, then it just starts to load
> files, and comes up with the message listed above.
>
> Please let me know if I have misunderstood what you are saying or if
> you have anymore ideas :confused:
>
> Thanks for helping, hope to hear from you soon!
>
> Kind Regards
> Sam
>
>
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