Vista will not boot - not even in Safe Mode

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Guest

I have been dual booting Windows Vista and Windows XP for several months now
after having built a custom computer. I have been running XP without any
problems on one hard drive, and I am currently writing this question on it.

Last Friday, I booted up into Vista and it wouldn't start unless I
registered it, as I had kept putting it off (I'm a bit of a procrastinator).
Anyway, I registered it "successfully", yet in the bottom of the screen it
still said that my copy was not genuine. I figured it was just a bug, so I
powered off and went about my day.

Today, when I tried booting into Vista, after loading all of the drivers, my
computer hangs at a black screen. After unsuccessfully trying to boot
normally, I tried booting into safe mode. After loading all of the drivers,
it rebooted my computer.

What is going on here? Why can I not boot into Vista? Does it have something
to doing with my copy not being "genuine"? If so, how do I fix this problem?
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Restoring Vista functionality once in reduced functionality mode
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-56073.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I have been dual booting Windows Vista and Windows XP for several months now
after having built a custom computer. I have been running XP without any
problems on one hard drive, and I am currently writing this question on it.

Last Friday, I booted up into Vista and it wouldn't start unless I
registered it, as I had kept putting it off (I'm a bit of a procrastinator).
Anyway, I registered it "successfully", yet in the bottom of the screen it
still said that my copy was not genuine. I figured it was just a bug, so I
powered off and went about my day.

Today, when I tried booting into Vista, after loading all of the drivers, my
computer hangs at a black screen. After unsuccessfully trying to boot
normally, I tried booting into safe mode. After loading all of the drivers,
it rebooted my computer.

What is going on here? Why can I not boot into Vista? Does it have something
to doing with my copy not being "genuine"? If so, how do I fix this problem?
 

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