Windows Vista won't boot

[EndGame]

So my stuffty Inspiron 1525 won't boot Windows Vista anymore. Great.

I want to recover everything that I can before I hit it with a hammer, so I'm looking for advice to recover any last files that I can.

So here's what I can do with it:

- Boot Ubuntu
- Do stuff with Ubuntu

And here's what I can't do:

- Boot Windows normally (starts loading, never stops)
- Boot Windows in safe mode (restarts after it supposedly loads
- Last known good configuration (advanced) (gives me another endless loading cycle)
- Boot the OS installation disc (loads Windows files, loads, get black screen, mouse won't pop up)

And here's the message that I get when I follow this tutorial to access my Windows files through Ubuntu:

Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.
The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which
could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command.

so uh
Any ideas?
I'm expecting a "you are forgeted".

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[Woolys]

I read this as "Windows Vista won't poot"

lol'd

[Darkness ZXW]

Get a new computer with Windows 7 or XP because Vista sucks ass.

[._maxwell23461_.]

I read this as "Windows Vista won't poot"

lol'd

Pootvista here.

[NEkram]

Get Windows 7 or something else, Vista is bad in my opinion but we all have our preferences.

[Woolys]

Get Windows 7 or something else, Vista is bad in my opinion but we all have our preferences.

He should be fine if he keeps pooting it.

[._maxwell23461_.]

Get Windows 7 or something else, Vista is bad in my opinion but we all have our preferences.

vista is fine. I have it and no problems at all, works as fast as it did on first day. What is bad about it? Is everybody saying this just to 'fit in'?

[Darkness ZXW]

vista is fine. I have it and no problems at all, works as fast as it did on first day. What is bad about it? Is everybody saying this just to 'fit in'?

Vista is pretty much useless. It breaks ever year and your files are corrupted. Not to mention that every virus know to man infects it. It's got terrible overlays, and it's Microsoft ONCE AGAIN trying to be like Apple and failing miserably.

[Max4344]

Vista is an ok os. Why does everyone hate it

[NEkram]

vista is fine. I have it and no problems at all, works as fast as it did on first day. What is bad about it? Is everybody saying this just to 'fit in'?

Wasn't fine on my computer at all. It was like really slow, it took like half a minute to finally go to the log on screen, some applications didn't run, and no, it's not to "fit in", XP is still my favorite OS, but i use 7.

People say that once you install SP2 it would be better, and it didn't let me install it. :(

[Unwritten Calender]

He should be fine if he keeps pooting it.

you should probably just leave the topic since you're not helping at all


anyway, like other people have said, buy a new one. what I did is buy a pre-built and then add/take away parts.

[matthewbim11]

Vista was released way too early, lots of flaws. Also, it was designed to give the government easier access into your computer, so yeah :I.

[FaecDog]

Get a new computer with Windows 7 or XP because Vista sucks ass.

[._maxwell23461_.]

Vista is pretty much useless. "wah I can't game on my netbook which has vista which pretty much renders vista useless wahhh!"
It breaks ever year and your files are corrupted. You obviously did something to it.
Not to mention that every virus know to man infects it. That's strange, I've had mine for 2 years and it has never got a virus.
It's got terrible overlays. They're fine.

Vista is fine, it might not be the super awesomist neatest!! OS in the world but that doesn't mean it is the worst.

[Max4344]

Also, it was designed to give the government easier access into your computer, so yeah :I.

Any proof. Because this seems you pulled it out of your ass