Hi,
Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the green
bar going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe mode ok and
have also tried last known good config and booted from the Vista disk to do
a restore, but still doesn't work.
I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services and
everything in startup.
Any other ideas?

Thanks

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23eHgopIlJHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
> Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the green
> bar going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe mode ok
> and have also tried last known good config and booted from the Vista disk
> to do a restore, but still doesn't work.
> I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services and
> everything in startup.
> Any other ideas?[/color]

Have you tried tapping 'F8' at startup?
From there you can make the choice(s) to serve your interests.
Let us know if it worked for you.
[color=blue]
>
> Thanks[/color]

yup don't that, tried repair computer, last known good config, the only one
that works is safe mode and safe mode with networking


"webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
news:OpCmeuIlJHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23eHgopIlJHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the green
>> bar going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe mode ok
>> and have also tried last known good config and booted from the Vista disk
>> to do a restore, but still doesn't work.
>> I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services and
>> everything in startup.
>> Any other ideas?[/color]
>
> Have you tried tapping 'F8' at startup?
> From there you can make the choice(s) to serve your interests.
> Let us know if it worked for you.
>[color=green]
>>
>> Thanks[/color]
>[/color]

I've taken the drive out of the laptop and plugged it into a USB external
enclosure, it detects the drive but says F:\ is not accessible, The file or
directory is corrupted and unreadable



"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23VPL3xIlJHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> yup don't that, tried repair computer, last known good config, the only
> one that works is safe mode and safe mode with networking
>
>
> "webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
> news:OpCmeuIlJHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:%23eHgopIlJHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Hi,
>>> Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the
>>> green bar going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe
>>> mode ok and have also tried last known good config and booted from the
>>> Vista disk to do a restore, but still doesn't work.
>>> I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services
>>> and everything in startup.
>>> Any other ideas?[/color]
>>
>> Have you tried tapping 'F8' at startup?
>> From there you can make the choice(s) to serve your interests.
>> Let us know if it worked for you.
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Thanks[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Just a shot in the dark. Used any registry tools lately ?

--
Peter

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"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23JkU47IlJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I've taken the drive out of the laptop and plugged it into a USB external
> enclosure, it detects the drive but says F:\ is not accessible, The file or
> directory is corrupted and unreadable
>
>
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23VPL3xIlJHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> yup don't that, tried repair computer, last known good config, the only one that
>> works is safe mode and safe mode with networking
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
>> news:OpCmeuIlJHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>>> news:%23eHgopIlJHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the green bar
>>>> going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe mode ok and have
>>>> also tried last known good config and booted from the Vista disk to do a
>>>> restore, but still doesn't work.
>>>> I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services and
>>>> everything in startup.
>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>
>>> Have you tried tapping 'F8' at startup?
>>> From there you can make the choice(s) to serve your interests.
>>> Let us know if it worked for you.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23JkU47IlJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I've taken the drive out of the laptop and plugged it into a USB external
> enclosure, it detects the drive but says F:\ is not accessible, The file
> or directory is corrupted and unreadable[/color]

Something drastic happened, do you know what?
Usually it's caused by a bad program or download.
There is a way to invoke self help in Vista, but at the moment I'm drawing a
blank, since F8 didn't get you anywhere. Someone will probably come up with
an idea, with a little patience.
Don't forget it's a weekend.
BTW do you see the 2 things in the upper right hand corner in the opening
screen?
Forget what exactly it says, but you have to click on one of them in order
to get somewhere.
Best of luck.
[color=blue]
>
>
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23VPL3xIlJHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> yup don't that, tried repair computer, last known good config, the only
>> one that works is safe mode and safe mode with networking
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
>> news:OpCmeuIlJHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>>> news:%23eHgopIlJHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the
>>>> green bar going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe
>>>> mode ok and have also tried last known good config and booted from the
>>>> Vista disk to do a restore, but still doesn't work.
>>>> I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services
>>>> and everything in startup.
>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>
>>> Have you tried tapping 'F8' at startup?
>>> From there you can make the choice(s) to serve your interests.
>>> Let us know if it worked for you.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

I don't know what


"webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
news:%23hhzSxJlJHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23JkU47IlJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> I've taken the drive out of the laptop and plugged it into a USB external
>> enclosure, it detects the drive but says F:\ is not accessible, The file
>> or directory is corrupted and unreadable[/color]
>
> Something drastic happened, do you know what?
> Usually it's caused by a bad program or download.
> There is a way to invoke self help in Vista, but at the moment I'm drawing
> a blank, since F8 didn't get you anywhere. Someone will probably come up
> with an idea, with a little patience.
> Don't forget it's a weekend.
> BTW do you see the 2 things in the upper right hand corner in the opening
> screen?
> Forget what exactly it says, but you have to click on one of them in order
> to get somewhere.
> Best of luck.
>[color=green]
>>
>>
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:%23VPL3xIlJHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> yup don't that, tried repair computer, last known good config, the only
>>> one that works is safe mode and safe mode with networking
>>>
>>>
>>> "webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OpCmeuIlJHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23eHgopIlJHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Just trying to startup my laptop but all it is doing is showing the
>>>>> green bar going forward and nothing else happens, I can boot into safe
>>>>> mode ok and have also tried last known good config and booted from the
>>>>> Vista disk to do a restore, but still doesn't work.
>>>>> I have also gone into msconfig and disable all non microsoft services
>>>>> and everything in startup.
>>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried tapping 'F8' at startup?
>>>> From there you can make the choice(s) to serve your interests.
>>>> Let us know if it worked for you.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

I plugged the drive into a vista machine and it did a chkdsk on restart fix
many problems, I can now access the drive contents but still will not boot
into windows on the laptop


"SIW2" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:736ac3027ca6ed630266ac0390b34ce9@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> Clayton;974558 Wrote:[color=green]
>> I don't know what
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23hhzSxJlJHA.3760@xxxxxx> > >[color=darkred]
>> > >
>> > > "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > > news:%23JkU47IlJHA.5732@xxxxxx> > > > >
>> > > >> I've taken the drive out of the laptop and plugged it into a USB
>> > > external
>> > > >> enclosure, it detects the drive but says F:\ is not accessible,
>> > > >> The
>> > > file
>> > > >> or directory is corrupted and unreadable> > > > >
>> > > Something drastic happened, do you know what?
>> > > Usually it's caused by a bad program or download.
>> > > There is a way to invoke self help in Vista, but at the moment
>> > I'm drawing
>> > > a blank, since F8 didn't get you anywhere. Someone will probably
>> > come up
>> > > with an idea, with a little patience.
>> > > Don't forget it's a weekend.
>> > > BTW do you see the 2 things in the upper right hand corner in the
>> > opening
>> > > screen?
>> > > Forget what exactly it says, but you have to click on one of them
>> > in order
>> > > to get somewhere.
>> > > Best of luck.
>> > >> > > > >
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > > >> news:%23VPL3xIlJHA.1248@xxxxxx
>> > > >>> > > > > > >[/color][/color]
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You might try running checkdisk from the command prompt in system
> recovery options:
>
> [url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/194765-system-recovery-options.html[/url]
>
> Methods 2 and 3 here :
>
> [url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-chkdsk.html[/url]
>
> Hope it helps
>
> SIW2
>
>
> --
> SIW2[/color]

All sorted, ran Ultimate Boot CD to test the hard drive, came back as errors
and ask to fixed them which I said yes too and then rebooted and did a 5 of
5 chkdsk and now I can load windows, not sure if the disk is damaged


"Rob3rd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:e0a9c09b02ed64a8b9a1fd5883262356@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> Wow I have same problem, mine started wed. and I've tried everything
> except the registry.
>
>
> --
> Rob3rd[/color]

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23tm%237IUlJHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> All sorted, ran Ultimate Boot CD to test the hard drive, came back as
> errors and ask to fixed them which I said yes too and then rebooted and
> did a 5 of 5 chkdsk and now I can load windows, not sure if the disk is
> damaged[/color]

Thanks for the feedback and glad you got it worked out.
Checking your disk for damage shouldn't be a problem, unless you don't care
to know.

Harry.
[color=blue]
>
>
> "Rob3rd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> news:e0a9c09b02ed64a8b9a1fd5883262356@nntp-gateway.com...[color=green]
>>
>> Wow I have same problem, mine started wed. and I've tried everything
>> except the registry.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rob3rd[/color]
>[/color]

After the repair I think I saw something about 4 bad blocks, I guess they
have been marked as unusable, ran the WD diagonis tool and it reported back
that the drive is ok, if it happens again, I'll replace the drive.

Thanks guys for your help


"webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
news:eJw0EwVlJHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23tm%237IUlJHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> All sorted, ran Ultimate Boot CD to test the hard drive, came back as
>> errors and ask to fixed them which I said yes too and then rebooted and
>> did a 5 of 5 chkdsk and now I can load windows, not sure if the disk is
>> damaged[/color]
>
> Thanks for the feedback and glad you got it worked out.
> Checking your disk for damage shouldn't be a problem, unless you don't
> care to know.
>
> Harry.
>[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Rob3rd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
>> news:e0a9c09b02ed64a8b9a1fd5883262356@nntp-gateway.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Wow I have same problem, mine started wed. and I've tried everything
>>> except the registry.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rob3rd[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:OCNXHchlJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> After the repair I think I saw something about 4 bad blocks, I guess they
> have been marked as unusable, ran the WD diagonis tool and it reported
> back that the drive is ok, if it happens again, I'll replace the drive.
>
> Thanks guys for your help[/color]

You are very welcome.
[color=blue]
>
>
> "webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
> news:eJw0EwVlJHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:%23tm%237IUlJHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> All sorted, ran Ultimate Boot CD to test the hard drive, came back as
>>> errors and ask to fixed them which I said yes too and then rebooted and
>>> did a 5 of 5 chkdsk and now I can load windows, not sure if the disk is
>>> damaged[/color]
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback and glad you got it worked out.
>> Checking your disk for damage shouldn't be a problem, unless you don't
>> care to know.
>>
>> Harry.
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rob3rd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e0a9c09b02ed64a8b9a1fd5883262356@nntp-gateway.com...
>>>>
>>>> Wow I have same problem, mine started wed. and I've tried everything
>>>> except the registry.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rob3rd
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]