Vista 64/pc wont start, error

[roadrunner20]

Hello

Bassically i cant start pc without this errror message

Windos unable to start due to a file missing or corrupt please insert vista disc and click repair ect.

file missing is

WDFLDR.SYS
status: 0XC00000E9

I have inserted vista disc rebooted but nothin happens just goes back to the error message. I dont think my pc booting from the DVD drive that why this happening/cant find disc,

BUT

I know that it not starting from DVD due to HUUGE problem with DVD driver and SP2 not working together so having to not allow pc to start via DVD drive....

Really anoyed as vista becoming a right pain, please help.(tried microsoft support but they wont help me cos i have a OEM in my product key which is bull tbh.

 

[Lorien]

It may not be an issue with SP2, but a simple setup issue (I hope). If this drive is otherwise working, this is even more likely. Try the following:

To boot to the CD you may need to change the BIOS to make the CD-drive first in the boot sequence. To do that, reboot and wait for the screen that tells you the F key to push to access the boot menu or boot setup. Push it quickly. Make the changes, save your work, and exit. Put the CD in the drive and reboot. When prompted, push any key to boot from the CD.

Once there, select Recovery Environment and then scroll to the menu of options and select and run Startup Repair. Hopefully that will repair the problem. If not, post back with what happened (whether you were able to boot to the CD and whether you could run Startup Repair and if startup repair said it worked or if it generated an error message (and if so, please post the exact message here word-for-word)). Also note whether the same error message as before still persists. Then we'll look into trying to determine the cause (that file and code will help), finding other ways to resolve that cause, and try other ways to repair the problem (but we might as well start with what the system suggested).

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

 

[roadrunner20]

heres my boot priority atm

1:floppy drive
2:HDD SM samsung
3: ATAPI CD-ROM
4:IDE tSST corp CDDVD

what should i make top then to get the windos repair disc to start?

 

[Lorien]

Do you have two CD drives in your computer? Select one of them as first and the other as second and then the HDD and then the Floppy Drive (if you're using a DVD, select that drive first - if using a CD, it doesn't matter as long as you know which one it is). If you have only one CD/DVD drive, then select whichever one it is as first (go by the name), the HDD second, the floppy third, and the drive that doesn't exist but somehow appears there as last. Be sure to save the settings before you exit BIOS. Then insert the disk in whichever drive you chose to be first and reboot. It should then boot to the disk when you click on the prompt during boot asking if you want to boot from the disk.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

 

[roadrunner20]

i have watercooled pc, and have only 1 visable DVD drive so unsure if the others linked to watercooling

 

[Lorien]

Then choose that one first, the HDD second, the floppy drive third, and the other CD drive last. Be sure to insert the disk in the drive you chose to be first before you reboot.

 

[roadrunner20]

i just got an email from the microsoft guy who last helped me a while back and told me to do the following, and delete certain files, which is interesting compared to the useall advice so far of repair disc.

heres what he said

Keep on tapping the F8 key as soon as you start the computer. This will bring up Windows Advanced Options Menu. > On this screen, choose the option for "Safe Mode" and Press Enter.
>> Once you are on the computer desktop:
· Please create a system restore point on the computer by following the below mentioned steps:
1. Click Start> Start Search> type “system restore” and press Enter.
2. This will open the “System Restore” window.
3. Please click on the link for “Open System Protection”.
4. In the next window, please click on “Create” and follow the on screen instructions to create a restore point.

· Click Start> Start Search> type “cmd”> right click on “cmd” (at the top) and choose the option for “Run as Administrator”.
· This will open up command prompt (black box).
· Type in the following commands in the command prompt and press Enter after each command:
1. cd\
2. cd windows >> press enter >> cd winsxs press enter
3. ren pending.xml pending.old
4. Close the command prompt.
· Click Start> Start Search> type regedit.exe and press Enter.
· This will open up the “registry editor”.
· Please navigate to the following key in the registry editor and highlight it:
“HKey_Local_Machine\Components”
· Please look for the following entries in the right pane on the window and delete them:
1. AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving
2. PendingXMLIdentifier

· Restart the computer and check if you are able to boot to the desktop.

those two entries what exactly they do and deleting them good then ?

 

[Lorien]

I do not know what those two entries represent or the consequences of deleting them (or or doing any of what was suggested) and I do not fully understand the procedure that has been suggested, so I can offer no opinions on it. I can continue to help you as we've been doing to this point, but those are just general suggestions and there's no guarantee they will work (though they often do help) - Startup Repair was the first step - if it didn't work, we'd check other things trying to find the cause and then seeking a solution. I couldn't find anything specific on your error message to assist in narrowing down the problem which is why I did not and still cannot offer any specific procedure to resolve the problem.

If you decide to stop what we've been trying to do this suggested specific solution, you do so entirely at your own risk. If you do decide to try it, be sure to create that system restore point before you start doing anything at all (it may prove to be necessary).

The decision is yours.

Good luck!

 

[roadrunner20]

thanks for the help so far, i managed to get into my BIOS and change the boot priority with my dvd as the first and thus floppy drive as last/swapped.

I then managed to get the vista dvd working and managed to run startup repair, after a while it said it had fixed the problem, sadly i was unable to copy the diag log report it had at the end, unsure if it stored anywhere?

either way, my pc seems to be working fine atm thank goodness.:D

Next thing i got to decide is weather or not to keep dvd as top priority in boot or return it to the way it was, got any suggestions?


p.s any ideas where CPU fan error message option to turn off in BIOS is located? i keep getting a cpu fan error message on start when i only have a watercooling pump connected to the 4 pin cpu fan socket, it kinda anoying beeping on start that id turn to turn off.

cheers

 

[Lorien]

Congratulations! Excellent news! I'm glad it worked and that unknown procedure wasn't needed.

It doesn't really matter if you keep the DVD first or change it to the HDD (or even back to the way it was) - it's more of a personal preference. With DVD first, if you want to boot to a bootable DVD it will present the option and you don't need to mess with changing BIOS, but it will present the option even if you don't want to boot to the DVD (provided a bootable DVD is in the drive) so it may delay startup by 5 seconds or so when that's the case (but you shouldn't keep a bootable DVD in the drive all the time anyway so it's really not an issue). Also, some people have trouble booting when setup this way and prefer to have HDD first (or in those cases, need to have the HDD first - but that doesn't seem to be the case for you so that too doesn't seem to be an issue). Personally, I have mine set for DVD first and then HDD and then the others - I find it to be the most convenient for me. There's no real recommended procedure for all users - it's more of a personal preference.

I don't know how to adjust your BIOS - they are all different and have different options which can vary not only by the maker and version of the BIOS but also by what's on your system and the OS being used. If you can't find it in BIOS it may not be controlled by BIOS or your BIOS may not have the option to control it - I simply don't know (check with the BIOS manufacturer and/or the watercooling pump manufacturer who may be able to help you with this). This may instead be something in startup (not sure, but worth checking). Go to Start and in the search box type msconfig.exe and enter and double-click on the icon that appears and click on the Startup tab and see if there is any entry for the CPU fan. If so, uncheck the box and click OK and that should end the message. If not, then check with those manufacturers for assistance.

Again, I'm very happy to hear that suggestion worked and you're back up and running.

Good luck and best wishes!

 

[roadrunner20]

bad news...

back to square one.

this time i tried the startup repair disc and it said "windows unable to repair the problem"



it looks like i going to have to try this window guy suggestion with the deleting of those regestery files....

i got question though

If i delete these files but first i make a system retore point, then it doesnt work can i then go back to that restore point and the files still be there?

Or does a system restore not cover anything that is changed or deleted in regestery.

i ask this as i want to know if i have a safe gaurd.

 

[Lorien]

In theory, System Restore would return things back the way they were - one of the primary things it does is restore the registry. The thing is, the changes could affect the ability to do a aystem restore so then it would not help. I would also make a backup of the registry just to be on the safe side (that would possibly work even if system restore did not). And I emphasize, you do this at your own risk as I do not know the consequences of that procedure.

Good luck!

 

[roadrunner20]

So far atm im in safe mode and unable to create a system restore point, i guess this something to do with the fact im in safe mode.

I have other restore points ie day before ect so i guess there is no need to create a new one.

like you say i a bit unsure over deleting things ect but atm this seems the only option other than do a very very far back system restore, but then again this might just delay the problem till a later date.

You said ti could affect ability to do a system restore, but as your unsure it hard to be sure this would happen or not, also as windows disc has the recovery options i imagine it also has the ability to do a system restore too.

either way this seems the only option i have so going to give it a try and if it doesnt work i will have to see what else i can do, and if not do the system restore and start all over again