Unable to boot - Safe Mode stops after crcdisk.sys

Hello, I am attempting to fix my wifes Dell Inspiron 1525 32-bit Vista Home Basic laptop.  She has been complaining that the computer doesn't shut down completely.  When she is forced to force the computer off, it no longer powers up again properly.

When I first started looking into the problem, I noticed that the computer got hung up after attempting to start up in safe mode (this is what led me to this site).  I noticed that the computer got hung up at "crcdisk.sys" and after a relatively short time period, it appeared to reboot properly.  At that time, the computer seemed to be operational.  As I tried to shut down the computer down again, I was required to force it off and in turn no longer started up properly... vicious cycle.

Once I got the computer up and running again, I was able to run "sfc /scannow" and got the below log of "corrupt files";

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mxivjt3q1p0b3r3/x3MtzAoSHh

Please help :)

Hi Everyone,

I know this is years old now but I had the same thing hapen to me on my Windows 2008 R2 Server.

I couldn't even boot from the Original 2008 DVD, It would get up to the Moving Graphic Windows Logo Screen and then the system would just restart at the Cold boot BIOS screen.  I checked all the BIOS settings and couldn't find anything that even looked like a problem.  (This machine is an old Dell 6400 server and the BIOS is really simple).

Different from what the other users here have reported I have a RAID Array and ran a full diagnostic on the raid set and after hours of looking it couldn't find any problems.  At this stage I still thought it is probably a corrupted file which is why I tried to boot from the install disk.

Just for fun I tried booting from an old XP disk into the setup routine and that worked OK.

Of course I didn't actually install XP as I was still hoping to save the previous system.

Again just for fun I popped out my SCSI card and re-seated it again.  The SCSI card doesn't run much more than the DVD drive these days as the RAID controller is completely separate.

Much to my disbelief the machine booted and is now running perfectly.

Who would have thought :)

I hope this post helps someone else dealing with this obscure problem.

Good Luck

David

Was able to restart Vista by using vista recovery disk that suggested system restore. Then sfc /scannow run without error.

Are you nuts? WHY on earth would you give someone 20 things to do as a fix? That's not helpful at all. Plus you didn't read the askers post through because he's already tried at least 3 of the ones you put in there. Talk about overwhelming someone.

Then you have the nerve to put "Most Helpful Reply" in giant letters at the top. Really? Because when you answer a question you're supposed to at least be know what you're talking about instead of throwing everything in, including the kitchen sink!

I see it again and again in this forum. Some of you people think the most important thing is getting  help votes never mind that you really don't know the answer just throw in a bunch and you'll get what you want.

Hi Pippin,

Your not really flaming someone's post from four years ago are you?

The "Most Helpful" bit is voted by other users not the poster. So someone must have liked it the post.

The user who posted that response obviously spent a lot of time on it even if everything in there wasn't perfect.

Sometimes in life it's better to say nothing at all if you can't find something positive to say. :)

David