dell inspiron 1525 win vista

got dell inspiron 1525 with vista on start i get dell logo and than nothing happens tried to start in safe mode but goes into blue screen with msg i have original vista cd but cont get it to start or dont know how to get it to work so please help (blue scrn says 'CONFIG_LIST_FAILED')
stop msg says 0x00000073(0x00000001,0xc000017D,0x00000004,0xf6be2bb8)

CONFIG_LIST_FAILED usually means lack of RAM, or disk space is extremely low. it's possible, you're running out of space on HD or not enough ram (Ram gone bad)?

It could also mean you have a boot sector virus on your laptop !

Insert your windows disc the reboot the pc , when the dell logo comes up hit f1 or del select your DVD\CD as first boot device , saves changes then reboot and you should be able to get into windows disc setup to check\repair your system.

If the above does not work, select F12 and select your dvdrom as first boot device from the dell boot manager. Let us know if you can get through these steps!

Thank u very much for the reply the only problem is that i dont have the any Win CD so any other way to do the task

i downloaded vista recovery disc ISO but so far not been able to do any thing but i didnt give it a try by hitting F1 so let me do that n will write back
Thanx again

3dsoundz wrote:

i downloaded vista recovery disc ISO but so far not been able to do any thing but i didnt give it a try by hitting F1 so let me do that n will write back
Thanx again

If it is a Mnfrg recovery disc be careful because it might restore the pc as you first brought it home from the store!

i dont think it was from Mnfrg it was some website which i dont remember but i just gave it a 1 more shot by F12 n it ran the disc (i guess) showed me maicrosoft corp with bar but o logo n now just got blue vista style scrn but no logo again so let me see n hope it will not reset to factory default

i got install windows window do u think it will celn everything up n set to factory pls let me know (i will not hit next untill u tell me to) unless u say its too late thna i'll have no choice

3dsoundz wrote:

i got install windows window do u think it will celn everything up n set to factory pls let me know (i will not hit next untill u tell me to) unless u say its too late thna i'll have no choice

I would say not being able to see your exact configuration , backup files first it might format everything then install!

how do i back up files without being able to see the HDD

Go into your bios , set CDROM as first boot device.

Reboot

Then throw in your Winodws Vista Disc and boot off that selecting repair and this should take care of the issue. If not your hardware went bad!

Take the hard drive out and put it into another computer then just transfer the files to that computer , burn to DVD\CD or put on thumb drive!