Vista crash after sp1 - can't recover, can't repair, can't reinsta

I have VISTA Home Premium OEM version (32bit), and it has been fine for over
a year, with automatic updates installing without any problems.
Yesterday Vista tried to install SP1 all by itself, and after the second
reboot, it has killed Vista.

It will start loading, then get halfway through the green
backwards-and-forwards status bar with the black screen, then bluescreens out
and reboots immediately. The blue screen is saying that windows had to shut
down the pc to protect it from damage, or something like that.

I have tried every option to get it to load (safe mode, etc),
it boots up, goes through to 'windows failed to load due to newly installed
hardware or software', then tells me to select safe mode or put in your vista
disk and repair the installation.

In safe mode the list of drivers stream down the screen, and it stops when
it gets to c:\windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys, the hd groans for a few
seconds, then it reboots.

When I put my windows disk in to try to repair it, it is supposed to ask me
to select a language, then proceed, but I can't even get that far. It just
dies at the same point.

Next I downloaded a Vista_repair torrent recommended on a help site and
tried to get it going with that. It dies at the same spot.

Next I give up and decide to kill the windows directory and attempt a
reinstall (my Vista disk won't even give me an option to reinstall on
startup) so I create a bootcd to get to a dos prompt so I can rename or
delete the windows directory (something I have done in past versions of OEM
windows) but whenever I try to use DEL or REN, it errors out saying that it
is an invalid directory. All the attributes seems to be read only, but if I
try to change that, it errors with System error 1. This happens on any file
in the HD.

So I really don't know what to do next. My only option is to slave the hd to
my other XP machine and try to kill the files from there.

This is all a bit extreme for a Vista SP1 update! Obviously something has
gone wrong with a driver, but I don't know how to fix it.

Any suggestions? Download a pirate version of Vista that isn't OEM so as I
can get the bloody thing to work? Vista is the worst $150 I have ever spent.

Please help!

Free SP1 technical support from Microsoft:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"GW" <> wrote in message news:B95C3209-94AB-418F-ADE0-...
I have VISTA Home Premium OEM version (32bit), and it has been fine for over
a year, with automatic updates installing without any problems.
Yesterday Vista tried to install SP1 all by itself, and after the second
reboot, it has killed Vista.

It will start loading, then get halfway through the green
backwards-and-forwards status bar with the black screen, then bluescreens out
and reboots immediately. The blue screen is saying that windows had to shut
down the pc to protect it from damage, or something like that.

I have tried every option to get it to load (safe mode, etc),
it boots up, goes through to 'windows failed to load due to newly installed
hardware or software', then tells me to select safe mode or put in your vista
disk and repair the installation.

In safe mode the list of drivers stream down the screen, and it stops when
it gets to c:\windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys, the hd groans for a few
seconds, then it reboots.

When I put my windows disk in to try to repair it, it is supposed to ask me
to select a language, then proceed, but I can't even get that far. It just
dies at the same point.

Next I downloaded a Vista_repair torrent recommended on a help site and
tried to get it going with that. It dies at the same spot.

Next I give up and decide to kill the windows directory and attempt a
reinstall (my Vista disk won't even give me an option to reinstall on
startup) so I create a bootcd to get to a dos prompt so I can rename or
delete the windows directory (something I have done in past versions of OEM
windows) but whenever I try to use DEL or REN, it errors out saying that it
is an invalid directory. All the attributes seems to be read only, but if I
try to change that, it errors with System error 1. This happens on any file
in the HD.

So I really don't know what to do next. My only option is to slave the hd to
my other XP machine and try to kill the files from there.

This is all a bit extreme for a Vista SP1 update! Obviously something has
gone wrong with a driver, but I don't know how to fix it.

Any suggestions? Download a pirate version of Vista that isn't OEM so as I
can get the bloody thing to work? Vista is the worst $150 I have ever spent.

Please help!

Error message when you try to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
"Installation was not successful" or "An internal error occurred while
installing the service pack"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366

The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the
computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949358

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GW wrote:
> I have VISTA Home Premium OEM version (32bit), and it has been fine for
> over
> a year, with automatic updates installing without any problems.
> Yesterday Vista tried to install SP1 all by itself, and after the second
> reboot, it has killed Vista.
>
> It will start loading, then get halfway through the green
> backwards-and-forwards status bar with the black screen, then bluescreens
> out and reboots immediately. The blue screen is saying that windows had to
> shut down the pc to protect it from damage, or something like that.
>
> I have tried every option to get it to load (safe mode, etc),
> it boots up, goes through to 'windows failed to load due to newly
> installed
> hardware or software', then tells me to select safe mode or put in your
> vista disk and repair the installation.
>
> In safe mode the list of drivers stream down the screen, and it stops when
> it gets to c:\windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys, the hd groans for a
> few
> seconds, then it reboots.
>
> When I put my windows disk in to try to repair it, it is supposed to ask
> me
> to select a language, then proceed, but I can't even get that far. It just
> dies at the same point.
>
> Next I downloaded a Vista_repair torrent recommended on a help site and
> tried to get it going with that. It dies at the same spot.
>
> Next I give up and decide to kill the windows directory and attempt a
> reinstall (my Vista disk won't even give me an option to reinstall on
> startup) so I create a bootcd to get to a dos prompt so I can rename or
> delete the windows directory (something I have done in past versions of
> OEM
> windows) but whenever I try to use DEL or REN, it errors out saying that
> it
> is an invalid directory. All the attributes seems to be read only, but if
> I
> try to change that, it errors with System error 1. This happens on any
> file
> in the HD.
>
> So I really don't know what to do next. My only option is to slave the hd
> to
> my other XP machine and try to kill the files from there.
>
> This is all a bit extreme for a Vista SP1 update! Obviously something has
> gone wrong with a driver, but I don't know how to fix it.
>
> Any suggestions? Download a pirate version of Vista that isn't OEM so as I
> can get the bloody thing to work? Vista is the worst $150 I have ever
> spent.
>
> Please help!