Windows Vista failed to start.

Windows Vista 64 Home premium edition.

My computer has been working great. I get home from work today and
start it up and it seems to work normally. I put my password in to log
into Vista and i get the blue screen of death and my computer shuts
down.

Upon restarting it, it says that Windows failed to shut down properly
and asked me how I wanted to boot. I chose the normal windows mode
figuring it was just a glitch; but it failed to load at all this time
(didn't even get to the password screen).

So I try starting it one more time and it said that windows has failed
to start and recommends running the Windows Start Up Repair; which I
did. After about 10 minutes it said that it didn't find any problems
and if the problem persists to contact the manufacturer and then shuts
down.

Figuring my computer was dead, I tried one more time.... and this time
it started up just fine.

Is there a boot record or something that I can check to see what caused
the problem? The computer is brand new and everything i've installed or
plugged in has been Vista 64 compatible.

I didn't make my recovery disk yet- My Acronis should be here this
week. But now I'm worried that if I make a recovery disk at this point
that it's going to save whatever caused my boot failure.

Suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks!


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rena03sb

Here is my sequence from today using event viewer.

5:28 PM Source: HttpEvent
Unable to initialize the security package Kerberos for server side
authentication. The data field contains the error number.

5:30:14 PM Source: WMI
Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND
TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in
namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot
be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.

5:30:15 PM Source: Service Control Manager Eventlog Provider
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
i8042prt

5:45:30 PM Source: Eventlog
Audit events have been dropped by the transport. The real time backup
file was corrupt due to improper shutdown.

5:45:29 PM Source: Eventlog
The previous system shutdown at 5:31:28 PM on 7/7/2008 was unexpected.

5:45:29 PM Source: HttpEvent
Unable to initialize the security package Kerberos for server side
authentication. The data field contains the error number.

5:45:44 PM Source: WMI
Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND
TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in
namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot
be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.

5:45:44 PM Source: Service Control Manager Eventlog Provider
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
i8042prt

5:46:55 PM Source: Windows Defender
Windows Defender Real-Time Protection agent has detected changes.
Microsoft recommends you analyze the software that made these changes
for potential risks. You can use information about how these programs
operate to choose whether to allow them to run or remove them from your
computer. Allow changes only if you trust the program or the software
publisher. Windows Defender can't undo changes that you allow.
For more information please see the following:
Not Applicable
Scan ID: {CFC3DDDE-30E3-42B3-9B40-208E98C7CFE1}
User: Matt-PC\Matt
Name: Unknown
ID:
Severity ID:
Category ID:
Path Found: driver:PCD5SRVC{E2AF211B-86DA020A-05040000};file:C:\Program
Files (x86)\PC-Doctor 5 for Windows\PCD5SRVC_x64.pkms
Alert Type: Unclassified software
Detection Type:

:eek: <---- what i look like reading all that.


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rena03sb

Since I have a laptop with XP on it, I felt it was worthwhile to try
restarting my computer to see if it happened again.

Windows started up flawlessly (even though it felt like an eternity
watch the flashing curser in the upper left hand corner of the screen
while waiting for the Windows startup screen... but it was probably
only 2 or 3 seconds which i think is normal)

Anyway, I thought my solution would be in all that stuff I posted
above. But I went into Event Viewer to see what a "good" boot looks
like and still have these:

-6:58-
-Unable to initialize the security package Kerberos for server side
authentication. The data field contains the error number.-

-6:59-
-Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND
TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in
namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot
be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.-

-6:59-
-The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: -
-i8042prt-


So I guess I'm back at square one... what else should I look for? Or
was it a glitch and don't worry about it, just make my recovery CD's
asap?


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rena03sb

I have a Dell inspiron 1545 with windows vista home basic and it's says that windows failed to start I try to repair it with the cd but startup repair says they cannot repair it can you help me please

Look, there is a recovery partition inside my computer. That partition is needed to run the recovery of system. If you had formatted your computer before and that partition is lost then it will be a bit tough to restore. If that is not a issue then check that your hard drive is properly shown in the bios system. There are some default keys set by Dell to run a system recovery, and that only possible if you have not deleted the factory partition. Or else you will need to run a clean installation.