Solutions Log » boot issues http://solutions.unixsherpa.com by Dan Reiland Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:28:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 When you start a Windows Vista-based computer, the system may stop responding (hang) at a black screen http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2008/12/16/when-you-start-a-windows-vista-based-computer-the-system-may-stop-responding-hang-at-a-black-screen/ http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2008/12/16/when-you-start-a-windows-vista-based-computer-the-system-may-stop-responding-hang-at-a-black-screen/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:53:26 +0000 admin http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2008/12/16/when-you-start-a-windows-vista-based-computer-the-system-may-stop-responding-hang-at-a-black-screen/ Issue:
When you start a Windows Vista-based computer, the system may stop responding (hang) at a black screen.

Additionally, you may experience the following symptoms when you try to recover from this problem:

  • If you restart the computer, press F8 before the Windows Vista progress indicator appears, and then click the Safe Mode option, the same problem occurs.
  • If you start Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to restore the Windows Vista-based computer, WinRE stops responding.If you try to use Windows Vista installation media to repair the system, the system stops responding.

Cause:
This problem may occur because of file system corruption within the $Txf directory. This corruption causes a deadlock condition between the Transactional NTFS (TxF) process and the Autocheck process.

Resolution:
To work around this problem, perform a clean installation or a parallel installation of Windows Vista.

Status:
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows Vista RTM. This problem was corrected in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946532

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