Machine in endless reboot cycle

My machine is in an endless reboot cycle and I'm not sure why.

Specs:
AMD Phenom 9850
4GB RAM
500GB Seagate HDD
NVIDIA 8800
Vista Business x64

The machine had been running flawlessly for about six months. I hadn't
used it in a couple days and when I got to it it appeared to be frozen.
The monitors weren't on and it wasn't responding to keyboard or mouse
input, so I powered it off manually.

I turned it back on and attempted to boot normally, and it got to the
little progress bar, then rebooted.

I tried last known configuration, same thing: progress bar, reboot.

Safe mode gets to crcdisk.sys, then it reboots.

I thought it may be a fan issue but all the temperatures seem to be
fine. I powered it off for a few minutes and tried again with the last
known good configuration, and it booted in to Windows but the display
was garbled. After entering my password, it rebooted.

I'm guessing Windows Update installed something that broke it -- what
that would be I have no idea. Anyone have any suggestions?


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ap0

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ap0 <> wrote:
>
>My machine is in an endless reboot cycle and I'm not sure why.

Sounds like a bad driver. The crcdisk.sys line is misleading,
because the real problem will be the one that loads immediately AFTER
that one.

You'll need to reinstall at this point. Sorry.

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/

If you don't have a proper Vista DVD to boot from, try the above.
Download the ISO file, and then make a Bootable disc.

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
--
Mad Mike


"ap0" wrote:

>
> My machine is in an endless reboot cycle and I'm not sure why.
>
> Specs:
> AMD Phenom 9850
> 4GB RAM
> 500GB Seagate HDD
> NVIDIA 8800
> Vista Business x64
>
> The machine had been running flawlessly for about six months. I hadn't
> used it in a couple days and when I got to it it appeared to be frozen.
> The monitors weren't on and it wasn't responding to keyboard or mouse
> input, so I powered it off manually.
>
> I turned it back on and attempted to boot normally, and it got to the
> little progress bar, then rebooted.
>
> I tried last known configuration, same thing: progress bar, reboot.
>
> Safe mode gets to crcdisk.sys, then it reboots.
>
> I thought it may be a fan issue but all the temperatures seem to be
> fine. I powered it off for a few minutes and tried again with the last
> known good configuration, and it booted in to Windows but the display
> was garbled. After entering my password, it rebooted.
>
> I'm guessing Windows Update installed something that broke it -- what
> that would be I have no idea. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>
> --
> ap0
>

ap0 wrote:
> My machine is in an endless reboot cycle and I'm not sure why.
>
> Specs:
> AMD Phenom 9850
> 4GB RAM
> 500GB Seagate HDD
> NVIDIA 8800
> Vista Business x64
>
> The machine had been running flawlessly for about six months. I hadn't
> used it in a couple days and when I got to it it appeared to be frozen.
> The monitors weren't on and it wasn't responding to keyboard or mouse
> input, so I powered it off manually.
>
> I turned it back on and attempted to boot normally, and it got to the
> little progress bar, then rebooted.
>
> I tried last known configuration, same thing: progress bar, reboot.
>
> Safe mode gets to crcdisk.sys, then it reboots.
>
> I thought it may be a fan issue but all the temperatures seem to be
> fine. I powered it off for a few minutes and tried again with the last
> known good configuration, and it booted in to Windows but the display
> was garbled. After entering my password, it rebooted.
>
> I'm guessing Windows Update installed something that broke it -- what
> that would be I have no idea. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>


The last few times I have seen this happen (Albeit mostly with XP) is a
hard drive failure or some other failure of hardware that has corrupted
a hard drive. You probably have no choice but to reinstall but before
doing so I suggest you run a memory test for some hours (To allow for
temperature effects to show up) and consider a new drive (I use these
things now http://www.kingwin.com/product_pages/kf1000-bk.asp ) so in
future you don't have bits of computer all over the living room /
office. (If you do go this route I don't advise using "Hot swap" by the
way - always turn off before changing)

Keep a backup drive handy, the problem you now have would be far less
serious.