Autoruns crashed vista boot

[db]

hello,

I installed autoruns and conveniently disabled
just a few nuiscance startups like google
toolbar updater, javaupdate, msdefender

but after a reboot I could not longer boot
into vista.

there was some error message indicating
autochk corrupted or something to the
affect

and when ever I started in safemode
the system would halt at crcdisk.

anyways since nothing was panning
out via the diagnostic menu or with
a visto boot cd,

I attempted simply to re-install vista.

but since it was only a boot disk setup
would not take my product key.

so here is the clincher, I forgot to press
any key to boot from cd and the system
proceeded to boot normally.

and now I'm in vista.

so can anyone explain why the system would
halt after the crcdisk or why autoruns and
autochk would halt the system from starting
vista?

thanks in advanced for any suggestions or
questions.

-db

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[db]

thanks for the advice.

but once vista was loaded and got
the desktop, I did open autoruns to
double check.

but everything was checked and the
three nuisances were not.

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unfortunately, when it comes to vista
it is hard to figure out what caused
such a disaster.

not even the repair installation could
adequately repair the installation.

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so how did I recover from a halt at
crcdisk.sys error?

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1) I booted with a bartspe and ran a
chkdsk /r and a chkdsk /f on all the
drives.

however, the above proved futile because
I still couldn't boot vista afterwards.

2) so next, I booted again with a emergency
vista boot cd and finally selected "install"
as the only option left to take.

perhaps the minimal setup must have
downloaded some files or the setup
corrected the issue with booting -

3) because when I entered the product
key and it wouldn't take because I
was using an emergency boot disk
I had to abort


after all the above has been said
and done and the system booted
to the diagnostic menu again,

4) I selected "last know good
configuration"

5) and sure enough vista began to
boot and load the desktop

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in conclusion I can only chalk it
up to the action I had taken via
autoruns.

but the question remains if autoruns
caused the error or could it be what
I had disabled attributed to the error,
i.e., google updater, javasch and
msdefender?

the world may never know.....

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in any case I hope the above proves
useful for others.

I won't be using autoruns again -
just in case.

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[Leroy]

What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista?
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2b3724d1-f4ad-5b26-16dc-3e9e66f4be5e1033.mspx

 

[db]

Thanks for the information than an all proved futile.

for one thing I had no system restore points yet I
had reason to believe that there were.

secondly, I tried all the options to repair but
they couldn't circumvent the stall after the
crcdisk.sys

the only thing left for me to do was to boot
with a bartspe and run the chkdsk's.

even then the above couldn't circumvent the
error, what ever it was.

eventually vista came back on line because
I attempted to do a new install.

not sure if the error was due to crcdisk.sys
or whatever system file came after it.

any ideas?

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DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
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- Database Developer
- Accountancy
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