Help a neewbie

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Well to be honest Kazanne that's what I would do.

[kazanne]

OK thanks for all your time & help,i'll re-install & hope for the best.

[Tootech]

After a bit if research, I am pretty sure the error is realated to Vista SP1 installation . There are lots of workarounds, depending on excatly what file is causing the problem. Also, some people are saying that they ended up reinstalling Vista.

 

I have to say that I havn't yet attempted a fix for this problem, and talking you through it may end up making it worse.

 

Two options I think are available to you - perhaps the quickest would be a reinstall of Vista. First thought is, do you have an addional CD/DVD that came with your PC - you will more than likely need the drivers/utilities for you mainboard. if not, can you get it from the PC builder that supplied you. Everything is downloadable, but you would need to know the mainboard make/model to do that. If you can get that info, post it here.

 

The second option is to contact Microsoft - they are supporting Vista SP1 free until March 09 - see link

 

Windows Vista SP1 Support

 

Let us know how you get on.

[kazanne]

TooTech,I do know the person who built it for me,but will not see him till later I will get the relevent info,I have also contacted Microsoft,so fingers crossed.

[kazanne]

Sorry

 

Sorry haven't got back sooner,I am still waiting for the guy who built the PC to come & look at it .He came once & could not do it,but he is coming to clean the hard drive etc,so I will let you know how it goes,I haven't re-installed Windows Vista yet as he wants to see if he can do it so that I wont lose all my data,but as a last resort,I guess that's what it will be.will get back to you asap.:)

[Seth]

Have you tried the Vista Startup repair?

 

Startup Repair: frequently asked questions - Windows Vista Help

[kazanne]

Have you tried the Vista Startup repair?

 

Startup Repair: frequently asked questions - Windows Vista Help

 

The guy still hasn't got back to me,I will try again,I have looked at that link Seth,but I cannot get into windows to do any of that,it either loads forever or gets stuck on the message i posted a few posts ago,so I'm still trying.:o

[kazanne]

I have noted this when I have tried to repair PC,

 

Startup cannot repair PC automatically

 

Problem details:

Problem event name:Start up repair V2

Problem signature 01: ExternalMedia

Problem signature 02: 6.0.6.000.16386.6.0.6001.18000

Problem signature 03: 6

Problem signature 04:524296

Problem signature 05:No BootFailure

Problem signature 06:Bad Patch

Problem signature 07:0

Problem signature 08:3

Problem signature 09:WrpRepair

Problem signature 10: 10

OS Version 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

 

I don't know if this will mean anything to PC experts,to me it's gooble-de-gook,but hopefully it will be a clue

[RandyL]

Problem signature 01: ExternalMedia

 

 

I was just wondering if you have a usb external drive or a thumb drive hooked up while running the repair.

[kazanne]

I was just wondering if you have a usb external drive or a thumb drive hooked up while running the repair.

 

Sorry to be really thick here:confused:I have keyboard,mouse,Thompson speedtouch Router,monitor,printer,speakers,connected,nothing else as far as i know:rolleyes: