I have a Laptop and a Destop both using vista But all of a sudden my Desktop needed to have some things installed when it started up so i left it alone so it can update when i came back it said "Shutting Down" on the screen I thought it was done so i turned it back on and this is what it siad

"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware Or software change might be the cause."
then it says " File: ntoskrnl.exe
Status: 0x0000098
Info: windows failed to load because a required file is missing, or Corrupt

Press Enter to Continue"

so i press Enter and then it says "Choose an operating system to start,or press TAB to select a tool:

> Microsoft Windows Vista

Tools:

> Windows Memory diagnostic

Enter = Choose "
at first i thought it was a mistake so i choosed Microsoft Windows Vista then it said "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware Or software change might be the cause.

Other Options:

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe mode with Command Prompt
Last known good configuration
Start windows Normally

Enter = Choose"

i have tried ALL of those options and i still have the Problem well when i Choose the Tool " Windows Memory Diagnostic" i ran it and said nothing was wrong so i have NO CLUE AT ALL WHAT IS WRONG.

PLEASE HELP ME
THANKS

You will need to put your Vista DVD in and reboot to be able to access a restore point, short of that, those errors typically require a reinstall of Vista.

I cant even Start it up so how can i download the repair ??

whs what is BIOS ?

It's the Basic Input Output System...it's what's going on before your PC starts loading Windows. Every PC has a different key to hit during the POST to get into your BIOS settings, but it should be someplace on the screen (keys like Del, Esc, and F2 are popular ones).

ok
thanks

@whs: It's doing fine here we might be moving soon to saint kitts, well it's a posibillity for us to go there im not sure yet.

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