Critical system files used to boot the system (gone are the days of autoexec.bat and config.sys I'm afraid) were probably corrupted, causing Vista to ask if you want to repair.
-- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: CH9675@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chrishallsworth7266----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:01 PM Subject: [access-uk] Vista Start up Problem
Sorry to reply to my own message, but I decided to try the easy option (notthe Recommended one) and it worked. The machine now boots normally. Why Windows made such a fuss when there was nothing really wrong, I don't know. Might be useful to someone else in the future, though. Again, apologies for wasting anyone else's time. Thanks, Douglas On 1 Jan 2009 at 12:05, access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:I am afraid that I have made a bad start to the New Year - now I cannot get my main (Vista) machine to boot up at all. I know what caused the problem. I had connected a USB floppy drive to check what was on some old floppies, and absent mindedly re-booted the machine with a floppy still in the drive. I realised my mistake and rapidly removed the disk, but too late! Windows must have been trying to boot from it and as a result seems to have been damaged. When I try to boot now I am told that I am being given the choice of Launching Start Up repair or "Start Windows Normally" - the former is highlighted and marked Recommended.I am tempted to try first highlighting the start Windows normally and seewhat happens, but I am a little out of my depth here. Any advice from an expert would be much appreciated. Douglas-- -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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