On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:49:02 -0800, ncontorno
<ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> So I had Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed and it worked fine on my home-built
> PC. My vid card got fried and I decided to do some other hardware upgrades
> with it. After putting it all together, Vista won't boot at all even into
> safe mode. Each time I never get to the loading bar and it restarts. No
> error message, just the message that a recent hardware or software change
> prevented Windows from loading. Startup repair fails and system restore
> doesn't do anything.
>
> I've tried unplugging everything but the essentials, tweaking settings in
> the BIOS, disabling firewire/USB, moving around the RAM and cards, memtest
> and chkdsk. Nothing. I really don't want to have to reinstall Vista. I was
> just getting used to it![/color]


A new motherboard? Unless it's identical to the old one, that always
means at *least* a repair installation.

Certainly try the repair installation, and keep your fingers crossed.
But be aware that sometimes a repair installation isn't sufficient,
and whether you want to or not, you *have to* do a clean installation.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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