Otherwise you'll need a Vista disc to boot to and try running the startup repair. Maybe reset the BIOS after noting the non-default settings, especially for the HD controller, if any pertain.
Otherwise you're probably headed for a reinstall (at least I would be).
Safe mode (with command prompt) does the same thing.
I also have a copy of MSDART, but I'm not getting very far with that at the moment.
I've reset the BIOS, no such luck. It doesn't seem like that kind of problem, more of a windows issue.
Obviously, I'd rather avoid a reinstall. I see no reason why this can't be recoverable, I suspect it's just an issue at boot time which needs to be identified.
i experienced this issue the other day but CTRL+ALT+DELETE did work for me it sent me to the options page then i just exited out of the options page and the screen popped right back up
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