Vista Ultimate Windows Error Recovery Loop

I have an Asus Lamborghini VX2S. Intel Core Duo, Nvidia 8800GTS, .

Yesterday, my computer has crashed due to a sleep mode error. It came
preinstalled with Vista Ultimate. I was not issued with an OEM disk but was
given the Asustek Recovery Disk.

All patches and software upgrades done.

It worked flawlessly when I first took it - except in one respect.

When it went to sleep, it wouldn't wake up. It stayed totally asleep,
despite waiting, or pressing the esc button etc.. The only way out of the
problem was switching it off and rebooting. Once I even had to take out the
power battery and wait awhile before rebooting it.

Anyways, Vista sleep errors seem to be very very common and so after reading
what other users did, I fixed the problem by not enabling the screensaver
and disabling the power management.

And it works perfectly again.

But over Christmas, I thought I'd enable the screensaver.

Yesterday at about midnight, after doing some internet surfing, (I went
out - came back) the computer went to sleep and wouldn't wake up. I pressed
the shut down button and later restarted the machine. This always worked
before.

Instead I get the black error page:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Windows Error Recovery
Windows failed to start. A hardware or software change might be the cause.
If Windows files have been damaged, Startup Repair can help diagnose and fix
the problem. (Use the arrow keys to highlight your choice.)
Launch Startup Repair (recommended)
Start Windows Normally
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Both options don't work and lead back to the same Windows Error Recovery
page.

I tried booting in safemode but have the same result.

My only option it now seems is to use the Asustek Recovery Disk- but that
will wipe out the C partition where I stored my recent Christmas photos and
emails which I am anxious to keep.

What else can I do?

Just change of title sorry.

"Blackadder XXIV" <> wrote in message
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>I have an Asus Lamborghini VX2S. Intel Core Duo, Nvidia 8800GTS, .
>
> Yesterday, my computer crashed due to a sleep mode error. It came
> preinstalled with Vista Ultimate. I was not issued with an OEM disk but
> was given the Asustek Recovery Disk.
>
> All patches and software upgrades done.
>
> It worked flawlessly when I first took it - except in one respect.
>
> When it went to sleep, it wouldn't wake up. It stayed totally asleep,
> despite waiting, or pressing the esc button etc.. The only way out of the
> problem was switching it off and rebooting. Once I even had to take out
> the power battery and wait awhile before rebooting it.
>
> Anyways, Vista sleep errors seem to be very very common and so after
> reading what other users did, I fixed the problem by not enabling the
> screensaver and disabling the power management.
>
> And it works perfectly again.
>
> But over Christmas, I thought I'd enable the screensaver.
>
> Yesterday at about midnight, after doing some internet surfing, (I went
> out - came back) the computer went to sleep and wouldn't wake up. I
> pressed the shut down button and later restarted the machine. This always
> worked before.
>
> Instead I get the black error page:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Windows Error Recovery
> Windows failed to start. A hardware or software change might be the cause.
> If Windows files have been damaged, Startup Repair can help diagnose and
> fix the problem. (Use the arrow keys to highlight your choice.)
> Launch Startup Repair (recommended)
> Start Windows Normally
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Both options don't work and lead back to the same Windows Error Recovery
> page.
>
> I tried booting in safemode but have the same result.
>
> My only option it now seems is to use the Asustek Recovery Disk- but that
> will wipe out the C partition where I stored my recent Christmas photos
> and emails which I am anxious to keep.
>
> What else can I do?
>
>
>
>
>

Have you tried using the 'Last Known Good Configuration'?
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...3621d1033.mspx
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Blackadder XXIV" <> wrote in message
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>I have an Asus Lamborghini VX2S. Intel Core Duo, Nvidia 8800GTS, .
>
> Yesterday, my computer has crashed due to a sleep mode error. It came
> preinstalled with Vista Ultimate. I was not issued with an OEM disk but
> was given the Asustek Recovery Disk.
>
> All patches and software upgrades done.
>
> It worked flawlessly when I first took it - except in one respect.
>
> When it went to sleep, it wouldn't wake up. It stayed totally asleep,
> despite waiting, or pressing the esc button etc.. The only way out of the
> problem was switching it off and rebooting. Once I even had to take out
> the power battery and wait awhile before rebooting it.
>
> Anyways, Vista sleep errors seem to be very very common and so after
> reading what other users did, I fixed the problem by not enabling the
> screensaver and disabling the power management.
>
> And it works perfectly again.
>
> But over Christmas, I thought I'd enable the screensaver.
>
> Yesterday at about midnight, after doing some internet surfing, (I went
> out - came back) the computer went to sleep and wouldn't wake up. I
> pressed the shut down button and later restarted the machine. This always
> worked before.
>
> Instead I get the black error page:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Windows Error Recovery
> Windows failed to start. A hardware or software change might be the cause.
> If Windows files have been damaged, Startup Repair can help diagnose and
> fix the problem. (Use the arrow keys to highlight your choice.)
> Launch Startup Repair (recommended)
> Start Windows Normally
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Both options don't work and lead back to the same Windows Error Recovery
> page.
>
> I tried booting in safemode but have the same result.
>
> My only option it now seems is to use the Asustek Recovery Disk- but that
> will wipe out the C partition where I stored my recent Christmas photos
> and emails which I am anxious to keep.
>
> What else can I do?
>
>
>
>
>

Hello Andre,

Thanks for the prompt reply. No, it results in the same result. Back to the
Windows Error Recovery.

My only recommendation is to borrow a friends Windows Vista DVD and do a
repair installation with it.

Boot from your Windows Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on the
setup screen, select 'Repair Computer > Select your installation of Windows
> select Startup Repair option and follow instructions.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Blackadder XXIV" <> wrote in message
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> Hello Andre,
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply. No, it results in the same result. Back to
> the Windows Error Recovery.
>

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> My only recommendation is to borrow a friends Windows Vista DVD and do a
> repair installation with it.
>
> Boot from your Windows Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on the
> setup screen, select 'Repair Computer > Select your installation of
> Windows
> > select Startup Repair option and follow instructions.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com


Thanks Andre,

One of my friends was about to try Fedora Live or BARTPE to try and recover
the data. But I'll give this a go first.

Will let the forum know about the outcome.

BA

Looking forward to the update.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Blackadder XXIV" <> wrote in message
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> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> My only recommendation is to borrow a friends Windows Vista DVD and do a
>> repair installation with it.
>>
>> Boot from your Windows Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on
>> the setup screen, select 'Repair Computer > Select your installation of
>> Windows
>> > select Startup Repair option and follow instructions.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>
>
> Thanks Andre,
>
> One of my friends was about to try Fedora Live or BARTPE to try and
> recover the data. But I'll give this a go first.
>
> Will let the forum know about the outcome.
>
> BA
>

In article <47770600$0$26468$> ,
Blackadder XXIV <> wrote:
>
>What else can I do?
>

As far as getting the machine working probably nothing. But to
rescue your files:

You can get a little gadget called something like an IDE/USB
adapter. It's exactly the same idea as those little usb hard drives
but external. They come in various configurations and finding one that
plugs into a 2.5" notebook drive isn't hard.

Remove your drive from the notebook and caddy (seldom difficult,
look in your owner's manual) and using the usb adapter plug it into another
machine. It will come up just like any other usb drive. Get your valuable
data off, then put it back and reinstall.

Here's the kind of thing I'm talking about. I'm not recommending
the vendor or anything just showing you what I mean:

http://www.usb-ware.com/usb-2-ide-sata-adapter-2352.htm

Thanks Wharf. Will also give that a try too tomorrow.

Just worried that it may void the warranty on the Asus.



"the wharf rat" <> wrote in message
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> In article <47770600$0$26468$> ,
> Blackadder XXIV <> wrote:
>>
>>What else can I do?
>>
>
> As far as getting the machine working probably nothing. But to
> rescue your files:
>
> You can get a little gadget called something like an IDE/USB
> adapter. It's exactly the same idea as those little usb hard drives
> but external. They come in various configurations and finding one that
> plugs into a 2.5" notebook drive isn't hard.
>
> Remove your drive from the notebook and caddy (seldom difficult,
> look in your owner's manual) and using the usb adapter plug it into
> another
> machine. It will come up just like any other usb drive. Get your
> valuable
> data off, then put it back and reinstall.
>
> Here's the kind of thing I'm talking about. I'm not recommending
> the vendor or anything just showing you what I mean:
>
> http://www.usb-ware.com/usb-2-ide-sata-adapter-2352.htm
>
>
>

I borrowed a friend's install disk but its not an (off-the-shelf) Vista. Its
a Dell re-install disk.

(I did ask around but the only one of my friend who has a copy- a Vista
Corporate has it in his office which is closed)

When I used the Dell - it didn't go to a System Repair Option. It instead
entered into a Install page - which had three questions about language
version, keyboard.

Should i proceed? Or wait til Monday to get that Corporate disk?

(My version is a Vista Ultimate)

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
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> Looking forward to the update.
> --