Hello, Contrast1
This forum is for Genuine Advantage support, for help with system repair you will need to post on the Answers forums at the following link:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistarepair/threads
A few tips I can give you in the meantime would be to use F8 to access the advanced startup and select Last known good configuration. Most manufacturers have the option to press a button to select the startup device on the initial computer screen that shows
when you turn on the computer (this may be the F11 that you referred to).
David
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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