Thanx to your excellent instruction I now managed to get a step
further, the stop code is
STOP: 0x0000007B (0x82406BA0,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)

Is it possible that this is related to OneCare Live ?


On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:18:05 -0500, "Chad Harris" <fixvistabugsnow.net>
wrote:

>As Jon says have you tried Startup Repair? How about the Bootrec.exe tool
>in the Win RE environment?
>
>Also before the fat lady sings, you need to exhaust every safe mode to
>attempt to run System restore from the F8 Adv Options menu after you try
>those including to run system restore from the command prompt. Sometimes
>running System Restore from one safe mode works when others don't. In my
>experience SR from the Recovery environment works better, but not all the
>time.
>
>How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to
>troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us
>
>A Stop error occurs, or the computer stops responding when you try to start
> Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925810/en-us
>
>I'd deploy these if replacing the driver (provided you can boot) doesn't
>solve the problem:
>
>You run the startup repair tool this way:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925810/en-us
>
>How To Run Startup Repair In Vista Ultimate (Multiple Screenshots)
>http://www.windowsvista.windowsreins...rtup/index.htm
>
>Note The computer must be configured to start from a CD or from a DVD. For
>information about how to configure the computer to start from a CD or from a
>DVD, see the information that came with the computer.
>2. Restart the computer. To do this, click Start, click the arrow next to
>the Lock button, and then click Restart.
>
>This usually means that you enter bios setup by whatever key or keys
>(sometimes there is more than one key that will do it for your model--go to
>pc manufacturer site) and configure CD to be first in the boot order.
>
>See for ref:
>Access/Enter Motherboard BIOS
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
>
>Note If you cannot restart the computer by using this method, use the power
>button to turn off the computer. Then, turn the computer back on.
>3. Set your language preference, and then click Next.
>
>Note In most cases, the startup repair process starts automatically, and you
>do not have the option to select it in the System Recovery Options menu.
>4. Click Repair your computer.
>5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click the operating system
>that you want to repair, and then click Next.
>6. In the System Recovery Options menu, click Startup Repair to start the
>repair process.
>7. When the repair process is complete, click Finish.
>
>Additional References for Startup Repair With Screenshots:
>
>How to Use Startup Repair:
>
>***Accessing Windows RE (Repair Environment):***
>
>1) Insert Media into PC (the DVD you burned)
>
>2) ***You will see on the Vista logo setup screen after lang. options in the
>lower left corner, a link called "System Recovery Options."***
>
>Screenshot: System Recovery Options (Lower Left Link)
>http://blogs.itecn.net/photos/liuhui...4/500x375.aspx
>
>Screenshot: (Click first option "Startup Repair"
>http://www.leedesmond.com/images/img...SysRecOpt2.bmp
>
>How To Run Startup Repair In Vista Ultimate (Multiple Screenshots)
>http://www.windowsvista.windowsreins...rtup/index.htm
>
>3) Select your OS for repair.
>
>4) Its been my experience that you can see some causes of the crash from
>theWin RE feature:
>
>You'll have a choice there of using:
>
>1) Startup Repair
>2) System Restore
>3) Complete PC Restore
>
>You could also:
>
>Try to F8 to the Windows Adv Options Menu>try 3 safe modes there (I don't
>use WGA) and Last Known Good>then I go to Win RE in Vista. That gives you a
>choice of Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking,and Safe Mode with Command
>Prompt.
>
>These methods are outlined in
>
>A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP/and Vista
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/
>
>You will need this reference:
>
>How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449/en-us
>
>The command to use for system restore at the safe mode cmd prompt is:
>
>%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
>
>The reason for doing this is one of these choices may work, when the other
>doesn't. My experience is that people do not fully try F8 when they think
>or have said they have. It is that they can almost always reach Windows
>Advanced Options though.
>
>
>Good luck,
>
>CH
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"nojetlag" <nojetlag******.com> wrote in message
>news:1170709512.740806.30170@j27g2000cwj.googlegr oups.com...
>> Hi there,
>> all of the sudden my machine won't start anymore. I'm running Vista
>> Ultimate and the first problem is that the
>> machine goes into boot-bluescreen-boot-bluescreen cycle so I can't
>> read what's on the blue screen. So i figured out that the Vista Repair
>> Tools would help me and therefore booted from the DVD. Memory Test was
>> ok, no error found in the start up sequence. However a System Restore
>> to a the time when I did install the latest WPF CTP failed with a
>> (0x80070005) error. The machine won't do last good known, nor will it
>> make into safe mode (without anything else), the last thing it loads
>> on its way to safe mode is crcdisk. After that it goes into reboot. I
>> assume a hardware issue since I haven't installed any new device
>> lately. However not having a clear diagnose in 2007 makes me a bit
>> frustrated. Is there a log file that I could have a look at ? All this
>> fantastic system reliability tools from Vista don't help now :(
>>
>