Crash During Start-Up

Booted from a shutdown, noticed that the HD was being silent, taskbar icons weren't showing descriptive bubbles. Right-clicked task bar and desktop, screen flashed blue with white text (BSOD?) then went dark with a cursor top left. Several moments later computer restarted, showed Dell splash screen, black screen with cursor top left then a message that the computer couldn't boot with a list of 5 lines that read SATA something (don't recall exactly) and None after each line. Hit the power button and computer turned off. Booted-up in Safe Mode, looked at the Event Viewer which I couldn't decipher, then restored to the last Windows Update successfully.

Any idea what happened and if this bodes poorly for my PC. Anything I should do at this point?

Thanks.

VFN

Please follow these settings to post the required information for debugging a BSOD. Without it we can't help you determine the cause. http://www.vistax64.com/crashes-debugging/282419-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

In order to prevent future occurrences you might try with an SFC scan. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html

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I couldn't create a minidump file and I don't have a memory.dmp file either. I got an error message with the SF Tool which apparently is coming from the Host category so I scanned all individually.

Just did a sfc /scannow and was told problems were found but they couldn't be repaired.

Added attachment of sfcdetails. Not much that wasn't repairable and I don't use a printer.

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I suggest that you follow this guide to repair Vista. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/101393-repair-vista-options-preferred-sequence.html

With regard to the sfc details the problem files are tcpmon.ini which is a common bug apparently and isn't a real problem for the system. Here's just one forum among many many that discusses the problem