Vista Recovery Disk
If you have service pack 1 you can create one from a working machine or you can download it from the internet.
You will have the options to try and repair, or restore from a previous point. might be right up your alley.
I am new and this is first post..hope i do this right
here we go
have acer aspire 3680 laptop and it comes with windows vista ultimate and program called ePowerTechnology..was intalling add-ons for this app like recovery, power management etc and after install pc needed to reboot. when i rebooted i got as far as screen where it is configuring updates step 3 and it goes no further. it will reboot and go to same spot every time and reboot again..will do this as long as i keep pc on. Next thing i did was try F8 and try safe mode and safe mode with networking, last known configuration etc..none of the options worked same thing happened. Next thing i did was try Alt + F10 which gave me this:
"booting windows vista"
acpi
vista loader 2.1.2
acpi: reclaim memory not found
done!
fallback 1
find--set--root /bootmgr
(hd 0,1)
filesystem type is ntfs partition type 0x7
chain loader /bootmgr
will boot ntldr from drive= 0x80, partition= 0x1 (hidden sectors= 0xC593A6)
then edit boot edit options screen comes up where i see following:
edit windows boot options for: microsoft windows vista
path: \windows\system32\winload.exe
partition: 2
hard disk: 6ec7342f
/noexecute=optin
enter=submit esc=cancel
Need help on what to enter here to get me to windows to where i can repair damage. thank you in advance for any help Don

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