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Hi to all sythe member, i got an booting error which i can't get into my operating system (My os is vista) the Error said like that below:

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problems:

1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next".
3. Click Repair your computer.

If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.


Status: 0xc0000001

Info: An Unexpected error has occurred



So I try to reinstall the but when i try to press the with the CD (Recovery DVD ASUATeK Computer Inc.) but still get back the same windows, so to ask everyone hear even your friends may i know all the hot-keys for asus f8s and how to solve this problem and how to prevent it.

 

That's a vague error on windows vista.

What you need to do is grab your vista disk and boot from it, and then select startup repair. That only works 5% of the time. The other 95% you need to reformat. Sorry dude.

 

So do i need to buy a new windows vista or used my recovery disk to reinstall?

 

You should formant and install from scratch.

 

So as above, so do i need to:

1.buy a new Windows vista OS CD or used the recovery CD (Recovery DVD ASUATeK Computer Inc.), but i try to boot the installation (insert CD and press F9) but i don't see the blue windows.

2.May i know all the hotkey for my laptop.

If can Try to give me the steps for reinstall the OS.

 

Your recovery disk should suffice. It's effectively a reformat disk. You may need to restore to factory image with the recovery disk instead of formatting... It's effectively the same thing in this case.

 

I suggest not using Vista.

Try using a bootdisk though.

 

ok Thanks everyone, now i have fix it, i choose to reinstall the com but i wounder there is another way to fix this or prevent it without reinstalling ?

 

There's a few ways to fix it. Your most likely cause for this problem would be a dead lib. Another cause would be tampering with windows' resources, that could cause the system to permanently lock itself down.

You could try fixing the system with testdisk.
You could also force a manual restore to correct the problem.
You could create an image of your recovery and create a repair disk out of that.
Worst case scenerio you'd need to completely reinstall windows. (delete all your partitions, make sure when windows is installed anew to run your recovery program and get that squared away for future use.

I usually run small windows partitions on a rare occasion, and when I do I fully expect myself to break something. For the most part, i usually do a 20 gig install, and make a cloned image of it. I can use easus to expand the partition at any time so it's not a big dealio, it's just nice to have an easily applied exact copy of what I have. If you have a handy external drive you could use it for cloning a disk.

Not long ago norton made a neat utility called "norton ghost" that served a similar purpose.

Norton Ghost Info

It's 5am and my vision is blurry, they ceased production on it some time ago, looks like they're selling it again, I didn't read it but if it's anything like the old ghost you can use it to clone an image of your OS amongst other nice features.

Anyway, if you have any questions feel free to give a pm, I'll check it out in the morn

Sincerely, 1ce