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My HP dv9000 Vista laptop recently got the BSOD with error 0x0000c1f5. The only way to fix this error is to be able to boot from CD/DVD and use some repair software I have. The problem is that the laptop REFUSES to boot from any CD/DVD I try. I've changed the boot order so the CD/DVD is first, and I can hear the drive spin up a bit upon power-up, but after a second, it spins down and then the laptop tries to boot from hard drive. Any ideas? (I've tried lots of CDs so it's not the media itself) Thanks much!

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Maybe you can try boot from a memory stick, get into a console and then try get to your CD drive.

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thanks - I'm going to try that today - I hope it works! – ScottEdwards2000 Feb 1 '10 at 21:18
I was able to get it to boot from the USB drive with the Vista Recovery Disk installed, but after the "Loading" progress bar finishes, it goes to the more typical "graphical" vista loading screen (with the animated progress bar), where I can see it is accessing the hard drive. After a few seconds, I'm back to the same BSOD with 0x0000c1f5 error! I found a video (youtube.com/watch?v=SwSvIhyZRVc) that suggests using SysRescCD. What do you think of that? It doesn't look as easy to install on a USB stick though. Thanks, Scott – ScottEdwards2000 Feb 4 '10 at 19:25
I can't comment on what you'd do to repair the installation from systemrescuecd because i haven't used it for that purpose, but here is the instructions for installing to USB: sysresccd.org/… – Robert S Ciaccio Oct 7 '10 at 15:31
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