On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:28:56 -0500, sloshed <>
wrote:
>
>I've just instaled SP2 for Vista on a clean install and it constantly
>keep rebooting, it won't get to the login screen.
>
>It's not even booting into Safe Mode.
>
>So far the boot goes as far as "Configuring Updates: State 3 of 3
>Complete 0%"
>
>And then it restarts. The most annoying thing is that I haven't
>installed any updates, for this to happen. All other updates that need
>to be done are finished and the computer has rebooted a number of times
>before hand.
>
>I've got all my drivers and such updated but the problem still
>persists. The only way I can get around it is by reinstalling the OS all
>over again. I've tried System restore but even with that the problem
>continues.
>
>Anyone got any idea on what's happening?
Sloshed:
I had a similar issue after SP2. Every restart would just crash to
power off state. I tried startup repair; safe mode; I even got into
system restore once but it too had issues. Nothing worked. They all
crashed before even the point you got to.
Since my system didn't come with a Vista OS disk (just a format the
drive / reload disk), and since I had a few data items on the hard
drive that had not hit a daily backup, I decided to boot my XP CD,
install it, get my data, then run the manufacturers reload disk. To my
surprise, the first time I booted with a CD in the CD drive, it booted
up just fine, finished the updates, and I was all set. Sounds AFU, I
know, but just putting the boot able CD in the drive seemed to change
the conditions enough that it got past whatever conditions it had
created for itself - and it booted. Vista is one f'd up OS!
Might be worth a try.
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