I posted this to Windows 64 Bit Computing in error:
I recently ran into an issue being unable to boot into Vista. It would freeze when creating the login screen. I couldn't boot in safemode either. It would stop when loading the crccheck.sys driver. I tried last known good configuration and again it froze when creating the login screen. I did a chkdsk /f from XP64 then Tried to boot, it didn't work. I then tried a logged boot and it finally worked.
I was able to log in and get to the desktop but when attempting to collect all my information to report, the beta client won't launch. I tried reinstalling but the windows installer crashes. I can't uninstall it first because the add/remove programs screen crashes. Almost all the elements in the control panel crash and result in and error of what appears to be corrupted text.
I think I'm going to have to reinstall, but wanted to make contact first to see if there was anything I should collect, or try before proceeding. -- AMD64FX55 | 2Gig HyperX 2 x 7800 GT SLi | 160G 3G/SSATA