Vista hangs at crcdisk.sys

I'm thinking it is a driver issue, but I can't uninstall the driver because it doesn't appear in the Device Manger if the hardware is disabled and I can't get into windows if it is enabled.

Any suggestions? That happen to me, but it takes only some seconds, after that it keeps loading other files and then start. I've tried "last known good configuration" with no success.

Also tried Chkdisk and SpinRite and neither found disk problems. I also tried a repair using the Windows CD, but that too found no problems.

I still believe it is a driver or hardware issue with the Intel Wireless card because disabling it resolves the problem. I just don't know how to uninstall the driver if the device is disabled. The device also does not appear in Device manager because I have disabled it in the bios, but as I mentioned before, if I enable it in the bios, Windows won't start.

And that's my catch 22 situation Probably a bad driver. Did you update your driver and then had this issue or did it just start randomly? It should list what loaded when Windows was starting. The last entry should be the problem-causing file. Oh, have you tried the startup repair option? Click that, choose your installation folder, and the Startup Repair option will check for various problems. I will try the boot logging suggestion. I did try startup repair, but it didn't find any problems. I believe the problem is a hardware issue.

I reformatted the hard drive, then tried to reinstall Windows. The install would not start if my wireless card was enabled. I disabled the card and was able to install Windows. But still when I enable the wireless card, windows fails to boot. Request you to try following the below steps:. Since you donot have the OS disc do send me the system service tag via private message. I will check and see what can be done.

Run the Dell F12 pre-boot diagnostics and any extended tests. Run any extended tests. This will tell you the condition of the hard drive. Next follow page and download a copy of the setup files from Digital River using another computer and make a bootable USB. If you fix the Vista boot problem and the performance of your machine is bad then follow A Clean Install of Windows Vista on page ; carry out Step 1c to backup your product activation.

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