> The BSOD is only on the screen for a split second, then the machine does a
> warm start.
>
> "James Matthews" wrote:
>
>> Whats the message on the BSOD
>>
>> --
>>
>>
http://www.goldwatches.com/watches.asp?Brand=39>> "Dave Wakefield" <DaveWakefield[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:4930ADB7-FB6D-4414-BF18-8B232C3A0B5A[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Rick,
>> > Thanks for the advice. No AV program installed yet and I
>> > double-checked
>> > that the MBR protection in the BIOS is disabled.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Just a thought, but do you have any AV program that may be loading in
>> >> real
>> >> mode, or any BIOS-based antivirus (boot time protection) that is not
>> >> disabled when you try to correct this problem?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >>
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >> My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com>> >>
>> >> "Dave Wakefield" <Dave Wakefield[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:4E92FF3C-BAF7-433E-A6F6-AC4F16727C9F[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> > I've failed to troubleshoot this problem on my own for the last four
>> >> > days.
>> >> > After clean install of Vista Home Premium as the the only OS on the
>> >> > drive,
>> >> > Vista will eventually BSOD. Upon restart, Vista fails to start and
>> >> > gives
>> >> > the
>> >> > following message:
>> >> >
>> >> > File: \Boot\BCD
>> >> > Status: 0xc000000f
>> >> > Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot
>> >> > configuration
>> >> > data.
>> >> >
>> >> > Automatic repair using Vista install disk fail. The repair
>> >> > attempts,
>> >> > but
>> >> > fails, to add the following startup options:
>> >> > Name: (recovered)
>> >> > Path: Windows
>> >> > Windows Device: Partition=C: (24350 MB)
>> >> >
>> >> > Startup Repair fails and reports the following problem signature:
>> >> > Event Name: StartupRepair V2
>> >> > Signature 01: ExternaMedia
>> >> > Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.0.0.0.0
>> >> > Signature 03: 0
>> >> > Signature 04: 65537
>> >> > Signature 05: unknown
>> >> > Signature 06: NoOsinstalled
>> >> > Signature 07: 0
>> >> > Signature 08: 1
>> >> > Signature 09: FixPartitionTable
>> >> > Signature 10: 1392
>> >> > OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
>> >> > Locale ID: 1033
>> >> >
>> >> > Manual repair from KB article 927392 had no effect
>> >> > (
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927392/en-us). In
>> >> > fact,
>> >> > after
>> >> > rebuilding the BCD and attempting file operations on it, i.e. enum,
>> >> > attrib,
>> >> > etc., BCD is reported as not found.
>> >> >
>> >> > Memory and hard drive diagnostics pass.
>> >> >
>> >> > Clean install of Windows XP Pro worked fine. Deleted partition and
>> >> > clean
>> >> > installed Ubuntu Linux 7.0.4, which also worked fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > After successive clean reinstalls of Vista as the only OS on one
>> >> > large
>> >> > partition, same problem occurs within 45 minutes of starting the OS
>> >> > for
>> >> > the
>> >> > first time, sometimes during installation, sometimes after logon.
>> >> > This
>> >> > failure is consistent and repeatable.
>> >> >
>> >> > So, my question is why the BSOD that repeatedly makes Vista
>> >> > unbootable
>> >> > and
>> >> > unrepairable?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>