Black Screen on Boot with RC1

Sorry, forget my first reply, these are the correct steps:

Put in the Vista DVD in the ROM and restart the computer
When it comes up, continue to the screen that offers the Repair. Select
Repair and let it do the job.

As soon as Vista comes up and you are logged on, burn/copy your data files
to a DVD or another hard drive( internal or external) for safe keeping.

Next, download and install the VistaBoot Pro
http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php

For Single Booting:

1. Open the VistaBoot Pro and click on the Configure tab and under the
Bootloader section, select Vista from the drop down box to be your default
OS.
2. Set the Boot time out for 3 seconds. Click apply.
3. IF you want to rename the Vista install to another name, in the
Entry-Based section, click on Select OS to modify. Select the Vista name and
in the Rename to window, type in whatever name you want to give it.
4. Click on the Manage Entries tab, and highlight the OS in the window that
you want to be the first in the boot menu, and if it is not in the list
first, click the Up tab to move it up.
5. Then click the Backup/Restore tab and save a backup of the new boot menu,
create a new folder on the XP drive and save it there, just in case.
Then close out of VistaBoot Pro and reboot

Your new boot menu should appear on restart


Hope this helps.

Jan
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Thanks. However, I have tried the startup repair option. Unfortunately, I
am still faced will the same black screen on reboot and cannot logon to Vista.

Any other ideas?

"Jan Il" wrote:

> Sorry, forget my first reply, these are the correct steps:
>
> Put in the Vista DVD in the ROM and restart the computer
> When it comes up, continue to the screen that offers the Repair. Select
> Repair and let it do the job.
>
> As soon as Vista comes up and you are logged on, burn/copy your data files
> to a DVD or another hard drive( internal or external) for safe keeping.
>
> Next, download and install the VistaBoot Pro
> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
>
> For Single Booting:
>
> 1. Open the VistaBoot Pro and click on the Configure tab and under the
> Bootloader section, select Vista from the drop down box to be your default
> OS.
> 2. Set the Boot time out for 3 seconds. Click apply.
> 3. IF you want to rename the Vista install to another name, in the
> Entry-Based section, click on Select OS to modify. Select the Vista name and
> in the Rename to window, type in whatever name you want to give it.
> 4. Click on the Manage Entries tab, and highlight the OS in the window that
> you want to be the first in the boot menu, and if it is not in the list
> first, click the Up tab to move it up.
> 5. Then click the Backup/Restore tab and save a backup of the new boot menu,
> create a new folder on the XP drive and save it there, just in case.
> Then close out of VistaBoot Pro and reboot
>
> Your new boot menu should appear on restart
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jan
> MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
> Smiles are meant to be shared,
> that's why they're so contagious.
>
> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
> How to make a good newsgroup post:
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>

Hi encee :-)

Then all I can suggrest is that you either reinstall XP or Vista, and let
them reformat the hard drive in the install process.

Jan

> Thanks. However, I have tried the startup repair option. Unfortunately,
> I
> am still faced will the same black screen on reboot and cannot logon to
> Vista.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>

>> Sorry, forget my first reply, these are the correct steps:
>>
>> Put in the Vista DVD in the ROM and restart the computer
>> When it comes up, continue to the screen that offers the Repair. Select
>> Repair and let it do the job.
>>
>> As soon as Vista comes up and you are logged on, burn/copy your data
>> files
>> to a DVD or another hard drive( internal or external) for safe keeping.
>>
>> Next, download and install the VistaBoot Pro
>> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
>>
>> For Single Booting:
>>
>> 1. Open the VistaBoot Pro and click on the Configure tab and under the
>> Bootloader section, select Vista from the drop down box to be your
>> default
>> OS.
>> 2. Set the Boot time out for 3 seconds. Click apply.
>> 3. IF you want to rename the Vista install to another name, in the
>> Entry-Based section, click on Select OS to modify. Select the Vista name
>> and
>> in the Rename to window, type in whatever name you want to give it.
>> 4. Click on the Manage Entries tab, and highlight the OS in the window
>> that
>> you want to be the first in the boot menu, and if it is not in the list
>> first, click the Up tab to move it up.
>> 5. Then click the Backup/Restore tab and save a backup of the new boot
>> menu,
>> create a new folder on the XP drive and save it there, just in case.
>> Then close out of VistaBoot Pro and reboot
>>
>> Your new boot menu should appear on restart
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
>> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> readers.
>> How to make a good newsgroup post:
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>

I need to recover the data that was in the failed backup. I have a second
hard drive and an external usb drive that this could be copied to.

Do you know of any utilities that I can use to access my data before
reformatting?

"Jan Il" wrote:

> Hi encee :-)
>
> Then all I can suggrest is that you either reinstall XP or Vista, and let
> them reformat the hard drive in the install process.
>
> Jan
>

> > Thanks. However, I have tried the startup repair option. Unfortunately,
> > I
> > am still faced will the same black screen on reboot and cannot logon to
> > Vista.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > "Jan Il" wrote:
> >

> >> Sorry, forget my first reply, these are the correct steps:
> >>
> >> Put in the Vista DVD in the ROM and restart the computer
> >> When it comes up, continue to the screen that offers the Repair. Select
> >> Repair and let it do the job.
> >>
> >> As soon as Vista comes up and you are logged on, burn/copy your data
> >> files
> >> to a DVD or another hard drive( internal or external) for safe keeping.
> >>
> >> Next, download and install the VistaBoot Pro
> >> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
> >>
> >> For Single Booting:
> >>
> >> 1. Open the VistaBoot Pro and click on the Configure tab and under the
> >> Bootloader section, select Vista from the drop down box to be your
> >> default
> >> OS.
> >> 2. Set the Boot time out for 3 seconds. Click apply.
> >> 3. IF you want to rename the Vista install to another name, in the
> >> Entry-Based section, click on Select OS to modify. Select the Vista name
> >> and
> >> in the Rename to window, type in whatever name you want to give it.
> >> 4. Click on the Manage Entries tab, and highlight the OS in the window
> >> that
> >> you want to be the first in the boot menu, and if it is not in the list
> >> first, click the Up tab to move it up.
> >> 5. Then click the Backup/Restore tab and save a backup of the new boot
> >> menu,
> >> create a new folder on the XP drive and save it there, just in case.
> >> Then close out of VistaBoot Pro and reboot
> >>
> >> Your new boot menu should appear on restart
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Jan
> >> MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
> >> Smiles are meant to be shared,
> >> that's why they're so contagious.
> >>
> >> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
> >> readers.
> >> How to make a good newsgroup post:
> >> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
>

I'm currently experiencing the exact same problems. Did you manage to find
any solution yet?

"encee" wrote:

> Hi, I have just booted my PC this morning to be greeted by a black screen
> (apart from the Vista RC1 5600 version number and my mouse pointer). I have
> to this point been using RC1 with no problems for a couple of weeks.
>
> Booting into safe mode results in the same screen.
>
> What are my options to recover this installation?
>
> Unfortunately, I have found out that System restore was disabled after the
> upgrade from XP and that my backup is corrupted!!
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>

Hi emhdave :-)

Have you by chance seen the replies to this post? Have you tried any of the
suggestions that have been offered here? Did no none of them work for you?
If not, what happened?

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
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> I'm currently experiencing the exact same problems. Did you manage to find
> any solution yet?
>
> "encee" wrote:
>

>> Hi, I have just booted my PC this morning to be greeted by a black screen
>> (apart from the Vista RC1 5600 version number and my mouse pointer). I
>> have
>> to this point been using RC1 with no problems for a couple of weeks.
>>
>> Booting into safe mode results in the same screen.
>>
>> What are my options to recover this installation?
>>
>> Unfortunately, I have found out that System restore was disabled after
>> the
>> upgrade from XP and that my backup is corrupted!!
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>

Yeh, I tried them all out, and none of them worked.

In the end I had to use the repair mode on the setup disc and restore the
system to a restore point. This seemed to work.

I believe the error came from trying to connect a video camera to the system
yesterday using a firewire card, I had multiple errors when trying to
connect. But I restarted my computer since then and didn't have the
problem.... it still remains a mystery.

"Jan Il" wrote:

> Hi emhdave :-)
>
> Have you by chance seen the replies to this post? Have you tried any of the
> suggestions that have been offered here? Did no none of them work for you?
> If not, what happened?
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jan
> MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
> Smiles are meant to be shared,
> that's why they're so contagious.
>
> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
> How to make a good newsgroup post:
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>

> > I'm currently experiencing the exact same problems. Did you manage to find
> > any solution yet?
> >
> > "encee" wrote:
> >

> >> Hi, I have just booted my PC this morning to be greeted by a black screen
> >> (apart from the Vista RC1 5600 version number and my mouse pointer). I
> >> have
> >> to this point been using RC1 with no problems for a couple of weeks.
> >>
> >> Booting into safe mode results in the same screen.
> >>
> >> What are my options to recover this installation?
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, I have found out that System restore was disabled after
> >> the
> >> upgrade from XP and that my backup is corrupted!!
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
>

Hi emhdave :-)

I'm very glad to hear you were able to resolve your problem. Good job!

Thank you very much for posting back and letting us know what worked for
you, and for the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

> Yeh, I tried them all out, and none of them worked.
>
> In the end I had to use the repair mode on the setup disc and restore the
> system to a restore point. This seemed to work.
>
> I believe the error came from trying to connect a video camera to the
> system
> yesterday using a firewire card, I had multiple errors when trying to
> connect. But I restarted my computer since then and didn't have the
> problem.... it still remains a mystery.
>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>

>> Hi emhdave :-)
>>
>> Have you by chance seen the replies to this post? Have you tried any of
>> the
>> suggestions that have been offered here? Did no none of them work for
>> you?
>> If not, what happened?
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE [DTS/AumHa]
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
>> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> readers.
>> How to make a good newsgroup post:
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>

>> > I'm currently experiencing the exact same problems. Did you manage to
>> > find
>> > any solution yet?
>> >
>> > "encee" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi, I have just booted my PC this morning to be greeted by a black
>> >> screen
>> >> (apart from the Vista RC1 5600 version number and my mouse pointer).
>> >> I
>> >> have
>> >> to this point been using RC1 with no problems for a couple of weeks.
>> >>
>> >> Booting into safe mode results in the same screen.
>> >>
>> >> What are my options to recover this installation?
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, I have found out that System restore was disabled after
>> >> the
>> >> upgrade from XP and that my backup is corrupted!!
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>
>>