Vista Won't Boot and it was running just fine

[Guest]

I have been using Vista for several weeks and it worked fine.

I downloaded MS Save as PDF and installed it. I then uninstalled Adobe
Acrobat 6.0. The computer rebooted and now Vista will not start .

I tried System Restore and went back before the PDF install and Acrobat
Uninstall. Both Restores were sucessful. I tried System Recovery tools,
Start-up Repair and tried all of the BootRec parameters. Although all of the
processes were successful, nothing worked and Vista still will not boot.

I start my IBM ThinkPad, see the IBM splash screen and then a blank black
screen. The hard drive is working. I listened to it and it seems to be making
a repetitive sound indicating that it is might be in a loop.The memory is
fine. I am able to start from the Vista DVD, but none of the options under
Repair fix the problem. I even tried to Install Vista again, but after
entering the product code, the install doesn't work. The message indicates
that Vista is already installed.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

If you really want to reinstal it, reboot with the Vista DVD in the drive.
It'll reinstall

 

[Guest]

I don't really want to reinstall Vista, but if it is the only option, I would
do it IF it allowed me to reinstall, which it doesn't. I already tried a
reinstall. I inserted the DVD, turned on the computer, clicked on Install,
entered the product code and got a Windows message that Vista is already
installed. It does not allow me to continue a new installation.

 

[John Barnes]

You can try doing a repair install.
What do you mean by you can start from the Vista DVD? List exact steps and
what happens at each step.