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I been having problems logging in to vista for the last week. It will go to startup repair every time and it wont boot. if i uninstall the nvidia drivers it will work fine.Ive tried old and new drivers.I even clean up the driver with driver sweeper.I just ordered a new video card just in case. any clues?

hp Pavilion m9040n
geforce 8400 GS
Win Vista Home Premium 32

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This looks like a graphics-driver–related boot loop. Given 's report and the suggestions from and , use a short, ordered checklist to isolate hardware, disk/memory health, driver corruption, and system-file problems before doing any reinstall.

  • Boot to Safe Mode (F8). If it starts, open Event Viewer and look for critical errors logged during normal boot that name display drivers or kernel errors — capture exact filenames and timestamps.
  • In Safe Mode, remove the display driver cleanly (use a display-driver cleaner in Safe Mode if possible), then install the vendor-matched driver from the PC maker first (OEM drivers can differ from generic vendor builds).
  • Test memory by reseating modules and running Memtest86+ (one stick at a time) to rule out DIMM faults; physical reseating is quick and often revealing.
  • Check disk health from the Recovery Environment: run a boot-time chkdsk and review SMART values with the OEM diagnostics. Bad sectors or failing drives can trigger repair loops.
  • If drivers and hardware look OK, run System File Checker from Safe Mode or the Vista Recovery Console (backup important files first) or try a System Restore to a known-good point.
  • If the problem follows the GPU to another machine the card is bad; if it stays with the PC the issue is in the OS/hardware on the motherboard.

Caution: back up data before BIOS updates, repair installs, or repeated driver flashes. Collect exact error messages and Event Viewer entries if further help is needed.

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I been having problems logging in to vista for the last week. It will go to startup repair every time and it wont boot. if i uninstall the nvidia drivers it will work fine.Ive tried old and new drivers.I even clean up the driver with driver sweeper.I just ordered a new video card just in case. any clues?

hp Pavilion m9040n
geforce 8400 GS
Win Vista Home Premium 32

Not really, are 100 percent sure that you are installing the correct driver? Anyway that sould not effekt the startup process. I think that is a random coincident, try running spinright from grc.com. i cost but you will get your money back if i does not work.

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I been having problems logging in to vista for the last week. It will go to startup repair every time and it wont boot. if i uninstall the nvidia drivers it will work fine.Ive tried old and new drivers.I even clean up the driver with driver sweeper.I just ordered a new video card just in case. any clues?

hp Pavilion m9040n
geforce 8400 GS
Win Vista Home Premium 32

If you have xtra ram installed it might be that. I know with my PC sometimes it will go to the Dell boot screen and thats where it stays. I have to pop the 2gig card out and put it back in and restart and it boots ups. Sorry if this doesn't help.

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