Vista is giving me such a hard time. Recently, after restarting my laptop, it just won't boot anymore. After the loading bars and before the log in screen, the monitor just turns black. I can't see anthing, no cursor, no whatever. It just stays like that forever.

I've tried startup repair, but after a while, it just says an error has occurred and it can't be repaired. So I tried starting up in safe mode, heck it won't even start up in safe mode. It stops when it says its loaded windows\system32\drivers\crcdisc.sys.

Also, when I try to do a system restore, it says it can't find any restore points. Is this a virus or what? It's driving me nuts. The only option I have is to backup all the contents of the hard drive onto an external and reinstall Vista. But my laptop didn't come with a Vista install disc and I don't want to have to buy an external hd.

Help! What should I do?

You might try and borrow a Vista DVD. You can boot to it and get to a command prompt. Try chdsk or sfc.exe /scannow.

That system file is Disk Block Verification Filter Driver. Some people suggest an issue with the version of vista, some suggest an issue with pcmcia and others suggest a few ideas that relate to usb. Remove any usb devices to and try that also.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

You really should get the OEM media.

I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

"If you're like most PC users, you probably got Windows Vista with a new PC or laptop. And if you're like 99% of the population, you get your new machines from one of the major manufacturers. Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, they all have one thing in common: they don't give you a real Windows Vista installation disc with your purchase. Instead, they bundle what they call a "recovery disc" (that's if you're lucky - otherwise you'll have a recovery partition instead) with your machine and leave it at that.

It doesn't matter that you just paid a thousand dollars for a machine that comes with a valid Windows Vista license - your computer manufacturer just don't want to spend the money (or perhaps take on the responsibility) of giving you a Windows Vista installation DVD to accompany your expensive purchase.

The problem is, with Windows Vista, the installation media serves more than one purpose. It's not just a way to get Windows installed, it's also the only way of recovering a borked installation. The Windows Vista DVD has a "recovery center" that provides you with the option of recovering your system via automated recovery (searches for problems and attempts to fix them automatically), rolling-back to a system restore point, recovering a full PC backup, or accessing a command-line recovery console for advanced recovery purposes.

Microsoft seems to have realized this problem, and have thankfully made a recovery disc for this purpose. It contains the contents of the Windows Vista DVD's "recovery center," as we've come to refer to it. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and just serves as a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, one could re-create this installation media with freely-downloadable media from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK kit, a multi-gigabyte download); but it's damn-decent of Microsoft to make this available to Windows' users who might not be capable of creating such a thing on their own.

NeoSmart Technologies is hosting a copy of the Windows Vista Recovery Disc for your convenience. It is a 120 MiB download, and in the standard ISO format."

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windo...