Vista Ultimate 64 won't boot after update

[asmolow]

I let windows automatically update my computer and when I restarted I was hit with this error:

Status 0xc0000221

File WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/WINLOAD.EXE possibly corrupt;

header checksum does not match computed checksum

When I insert my windows cd to do a repair, the same error shows up before the windows install menu shows up.
When I enter the boot menu and boot from disk, the same error shows up before the install menu.

I have reset my bios to default settings and have put new ram in while testing different slots.

Anyone know what the deal is?

 

[LoneEagle]

With my friend Google, I found this:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&SiteID=17&PageID=1&PostID=467055

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=2&SiteID=17&PostID=1343608

Good luck.

 

[LoneEagle]

http://www.developerfood.com/0xc000000e-windows-system32-winload-exe/microsoft-public-windows-vista-installation-setup/d3514492-bfd0-449e-b8a7-410b4f372007/article.aspx

 

[asmolow]

Thanks for the links.

I managed to get it to work by disabling a bunch of bios options, which for some reason gave me a 1 second window of oppurtunity to boot from the windows cd before the error showed up.

After repairing it rebooted without any problems... yet.