Help! Vista doesn't start.

PLEASE HELP ME!
I got my laptop less than a year ago. It's an
_ASUS_G1-S_Gaming_Laptop_. It's running Vista Home Premium 32bit. I had
this problem twice before, but the only thing I didn't really take the
time to figure out the problem. So I reinstalled Vista with the built-in
partition(both times). I bought the laptop brand new, online, but I
didn't get an installation disk. I didn't care back then because I
didn't have barely anything on it. But, now I have the 150 gig. hard
drive almost full.:sarc: So I'm definetly not reinstalling; period.
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My problem is that when I start it up, it loads a screen that says,
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change may be
the problem." Then is recomend to use "Windows Startup Repair". When I
choose to launch that, the screen turns black for about a half second,
then I'm back at that screen. If I choose "Start Window Normally", it
restarts. I *can't* access the screen with the options for "Safe Mode",
"Start From Last Known Good Configuration", etc. I *can* access "Boot
Bios", "Windows Boot Manager", and reinstalling the OS(from partition).
When I access th hard drive on another computer via external enclosure,
It doesn't show any of my games or desktop(along with other things). I
can't get in contact with any of our computer repair guys. I've
tried so many things and read so many threads on so many different
forums. I can't figure it out. Vista makes me sick.:sick: And
unfortunately, this laptop is incompatible with any version of XP.:cry:
_-__________________________________________________ _____________________
On_my_hard_drive_I_have_the_following_thing:-_

-Regular software(iTunes, Firefox[Internet Explorer sucks],
Audacity, WinRAR)

A bunch of games(it is a gaming laptop);
Guitar Hero 3, Oblivion(heavily modded), Assasin's Creed, Call
Of Duty 4, Starwars Battlefront 2, Starwars Republic
Commando, and some other unimportant games

-uTorrent (started crash a month or two ago)

Limewire

System Mechanic 7.0 PRO (I found out today that it's incompatible, but
it has been on there for awhile and I haven't had problems)

I can't remember much else because I haven't been on it for the last
week or two(until today).
__________________________________________________ _____________________

I have an usb external hard drive enclosure, another hard drive(320
gig), and a couple of computers to access the hard drive
from(unfortunately, they're iMacs, so I'm not sure I'll be able to run
any recovery programs). The iMacs do have XP dual installed, but I'm not
sure thats helpful seeing as XP is compatible with Vista, but not the
other way around.

:shock:Please help me solve the problem or recover my data.:shock:

P.S. I'll post this on a couple other forums, so if I get an aswer,
I'll post it.

Oh, and I'm most likely not going to buy anything. I'm a teenager and I
don't have money.


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white_knight319

You don't say how you tried to access Safe Mode.
Did you tap F8 right at startup/power on, to get the option to enter SF?

http://www.knoppix.net/

To save Data, not Programs, download and make a Bootable Live CD, which runs
from your CD/DVD drive.
Get it from Knopper's own site(link on page), and click version 5.3.1(that
is for DVD) until you see version 5.1.1 to make Live CD(696MBs).
Boot your computer with it, and it should give you access to your Data,
which you can copy to a Flash Drive.
Change permissions on FD to allow you to copy to it, instead of read only.
and 1 click things, not 2 like you doin Windows.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"white_knight319" wrote:

>
> PLEASE HELP ME!
> I got my laptop less than a year ago. It's an
> _ASUS_G1-S_Gaming_Laptop_. It's running Vista Home Premium 32bit. I had
> this problem twice before, but the only thing I didn't really take the
> time to figure out the problem. So I reinstalled Vista with the built-in
> partition(both times). I bought the laptop brand new, online, but I
> didn't get an installation disk. I didn't care back then because I
> didn't have barely anything on it. But, now I have the 150 gig. hard
> drive almost full.:sarc: So I'm definetly not reinstalling; period.
> __________________________________________________ _____________________
> My problem is that when I start it up, it loads a screen that says,
> "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change may be
> the problem." Then is recomend to use "Windows Startup Repair". When I
> choose to launch that, the screen turns black for about a half second,
> then I'm back at that screen. If I choose "Start Window Normally", it
> restarts. I *can't* access the screen with the options for "Safe Mode",
> "Start From Last Known Good Configuration", etc. I *can* access "Boot
> Bios", "Windows Boot Manager", and reinstalling the OS(from partition).
> When I access th hard drive on another computer via external enclosure,
> It doesn't show any of my games or desktop(along with other things). I
> can't get in contact with any of our computer repair guys. I've
> tried so many things and read so many threads on so many different
> forums. I can't figure it out. Vista makes me sick.:sick: And
> unfortunately, this laptop is incompatible with any version of XP.:cry:
> _-__________________________________________________ _____________________
> On_my_hard_drive_I_have_the_following_thing:-_
>
> -Regular software(iTunes, Firefox[Internet Explorer sucks],
> Audacity, WinRAR)
>
> A bunch of games(it is a gaming laptop);
> Guitar Hero 3, Oblivion(heavily modded), Assasin's Creed, Call
> Of Duty 4, Starwars Battlefront 2, Starwars Republic
> Commando, and some other unimportant games
>
> -uTorrent (started crash a month or two ago)
>
> Limewire
>
> System Mechanic 7.0 PRO (I found out today that it's incompatible, but
> it has been on there for awhile and I haven't had problems)
>
> I can't remember much else because I haven't been on it for the last
> week or two(until today).
> __________________________________________________ _____________________
>
> I have an usb external hard drive enclosure, another hard drive(320
> gig), and a couple of computers to access the hard drive
> from(unfortunately, they're iMacs, so I'm not sure I'll be able to run
> any recovery programs). The iMacs do have XP dual installed, but I'm not
> sure thats helpful seeing as XP is compatible with Vista, but not the
> other way around.
>
> :shock:Please help me solve the problem or recover my data.:shock:
>
> P.S. I'll post this on a couple other forums, so if I get an aswer,
> I'll post it.
>
> Oh, and I'm most likely not going to buy anything. I'm a teenager and I
> don't have money.
>
>
> --
> white_knight319
>

I'll try that. I can't find 5.1.1, but I'm downloading 5.3.1.

Oh, and I did use F8. I don't know of any other way.


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white_knight319

5.3.1 is the DVD versions, a few gigs worth.

http://torrent.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/
Here is a link above for the torrents downloads.

I got the 5.1.1 version be using one of the mirrored sites from knopps page,
after clicking on download 5.3.1.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"white_knight319" wrote:

>
> I'll try that. I can't find 5.1.1, but I'm downloading 5.3.1.
>
> Oh, and I did use F8. I don't know of any other way.
>
>
> --
> white_knight319
>

Didn't notice those torrents.:huh: Downloading now. I hope I can get it
to work.


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white_knight319