What you need to know to bring a crashed Vista PC system back to life. When Windows Vista fails and won't boot, separate the hardware from the software and get it fixed with the help of PCSTATS - Version 1.0.0
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Windows Vista appears to be at least as resilient and stable as Windows XP in operation, yet it's still quite vulnerable to a variety of errors which can leave the operating system in an non-bootable state. In fact, given the relative newness of Vista, it's more vulnerable to several specific problems such as bad or incorrect driver installations and errors arising from attempting to 'dual-boot' Windows Vista with other operating systems.
*Source: PC Stats (
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2264)*
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