[wild05]

i have a laptop with vista home premium and it will not go past the screen "configuring updates: stage 3 of 3"

it just restarts after every time

i have tried all of the restore stuff but they all say that there is no backup points

the laptop came with vista pre-installed so i dont have a cd to reinstall it

ive tried everything that has been mentioned in past posts

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1. Create Vista Recovery Disc.

Option 1:
http://www.c4consult...0SOLUCTIONS.htm

Option 2:
Download Vista Recovery Disc iso image: http://neosmart.net/...-disc-download/
Burn it to CD, or DVD: http://neosmart.net/... to a CD or DVD

2. Boot from created disk.
At first screen click on Repair your computer:

This will bring you to a new screen where the repair process will look for all Windows Vista installations on your computer. When done you will be presented with the System Recovery Options dialog box:

After this, it will present you with a list of options including startup repair, system restore and command prompt:

Try System Restore, first.
If that doesn't work, try Startup Repair.

[Broni]

1. Create Vista Recovery Disc.

Option 1:
http://www.c4consult...0SOLUCTIONS.htm

Option 2:
Download Vista Recovery Disc iso image: http://neosmart.net/...-disc-download/
Burn it to CD, or DVD: http://neosmart.net/... to a CD or DVD

2. Boot from created disk.
At first screen click on Repair your computer:

This will bring you to a new screen where the repair process will look for all Windows Vista installations on your computer. When done you will be presented with the System Recovery Options dialog box:

After this, it will present you with a list of options including startup repair, system restore and command prompt:

Try System Restore, first.
If that doesn't work, try Startup Repair.

[wild05]

i tried that and it still stays in the loop of update step 3

the backups i have dont work because my computer says there is none

any other suggestions?

[Broni]

What exactly did you try? Startup Repair?

[wild05]

i tried downloading the .iso image and burning it to a cd and put it into my computer, but it still goes to that [bleep] configuring updates

and ive done the F8 thing and tried system repair, but none of the options work

when i tried to do system restore it says there are no points to restore to...

[Broni]

i tried downloading the .iso image and burning it to a cd and put it into my computer

Did you actually boot from the CD, and go through the steps listed in my reply #2?

[wild05]

yea, when i select system restore it says no restore points, which i know i have

start up repair says there is nothing wrong

and complete pc restore says no valid backup locations

[Broni]

You may need to remove the hard drive to recover your data, and use recovery CDs/recovery partition to reinstall Vista.

[wild05]

i dont care about my data... but i dont have any recovery cds, i dont think i got any when i bought my notebook

[Broni]

Your computer should have recovery partition.
What brand, and model is it?

[wild05]

i have a toshiba satellite A205-S5843

there might have been a recovery cd with it, but my mother took all the booklets and stuff, and i have since moved out to a different state

[Broni]

Your laptop manual: http://cdgenp01.csd....010_07Feb15.pdf
While computer starting, press, and hold 0 (zero) key to access recovery partition.

[wild05]

thanks, i'll try that out and see if it works....

[wild05]

i tried that but all i got was a startup repair and a new message saying that the problem cant be fixed automatically...

im going to try and download the toshiba recovery cd as an .iso and try that...

if u have any other ideas im up for them

[Broni]

Did you read the manual, I sent you the link to? (page 59)