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Tried installing Vista SP1 - epic fail

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kyzen

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I tried installing Vista SP1 on my Vista Ultimate 64 bit system. It got through the download, then through the in-windows installation, then through "Step 1 of 3" - then when it rebooted, it started bluescreening. Every time I turn on my computer now it bluescreens.

Any advice on what to do here?

I and really hoping my drive isn't screwed, I have a ton of pictures on there of a friend who recently moved out of state, along with the pictures from my last 3 vacations with my girlfriend, and my grandmothers funeral. I probably should have backed these up, but I wasn't expecting this crap to happen.

Help? 🙁
 
Originally posted by: hclarkjr
have you tried starting in safe mode?
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yeah just did that a little while ago. It resumed installing SP1, from step 3, with 41% already done.... so it skipped Step 2 and almost half of step 3. Now it's chugging along ridiculously slow.

Think it will finish installing SP1, or will my machine still be FUBAR'd?
 
it will probally finish. one question though, did you have your anti virus turned off or disabled before you started installing the service pack?
 
well after several hours of it trying to install in safe mode, then getting stuck at the "shutting down" screen, i gave up and shut off the pc.

It started up, bluescreened again, so I booted it into safe mode again, where it eventually said "Service Pack did not install." (surprise) "Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer."

It's been sitting there like that for awhile now, and I'm half expecting it to fail miserably again.

EDIT: Oh, and I'm not running any antivirus on this machine.
 
At this point, you can always hook your hard drive up to a working PC and grab the photos. Which would be a great idea. Hard drives ALL fail eventually. Not having backups of important data is playing Russian Roulette.
 
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