Error booting Vista most of the times but not always..?!?!?!

I installed Windows a few days ago. Sometimes (1 out of 5 times) it
boots well, but most of the times I get an error while booting Vista

WINDOWS FAILED TO START. A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MIGHT BE
THE CAUSE
FILE: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINLOAD.EXE
STATUS: 0XC000000E
INFO: THE SELECTED ENTRY COULD NOT BE LOADED BECAUSE THE APPLICATION IS
MISSING OR CORRUPT

I didn't change any hardware. Repairing Vista doesn't work, because the
original Vista install DVD gives file corruptions when booting from it
in that cases.
The Vista memory diagnose gives no errors.


So I don't know if it's Vista or hardware related. It looks like
hardware (memory?), but I really don't know.

My hardware looks like this:

MSI P35 Neo2-FIR motherboard
Quad 6600 CPU
Corsair Twin 2X1Gb DDR2, PC2-6400 memory (according to CPU-Z its CL 4,
but I thought I bought CL5 memory). CPU-Z SPD says: 275Mhz timing:
4-4-4-12, 400Mhz timing 6-6-6-18

I tried the memory timings 6-6-6-18, 5-5-5-15 and 4-4-4-12 and tried
the default BIOS value (enable SPD) but that didn't resolve the issue

Do you know what the problem may cause?


--
grobbebol
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File corruptions when installing Vista often mean there is lint or other
bits of material on the media. Wipe with a soft, dry cloth and try again.

"grobbebol" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I installed Windows a few days ago. Sometimes (1 out of 5 times) it
> boots well, but most of the times I get an error while booting Vista
>
> WINDOWS FAILED TO START. A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MIGHT BE
> THE CAUSE
> FILE: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINLOAD.EXE
> STATUS: 0XC000000E
> INFO: THE SELECTED ENTRY COULD NOT BE LOADED BECAUSE THE APPLICATION IS
> MISSING OR CORRUPT
>
> I didn't change any hardware. Repairing Vista doesn't work, because the
> original Vista install DVD gives file corruptions when booting from it
> in that cases.
> The Vista memory diagnose gives no errors.
>
>
> So I don't know if it's Vista or hardware related. It looks like
> hardware (memory?), but I really don't know.
>
> My hardware looks like this:
>
> MSI P35 Neo2-FIR motherboard
> Quad 6600 CPU
> Corsair Twin 2X1Gb DDR2, PC2-6400 memory (according to CPU-Z its CL 4,
> but I thought I bought CL5 memory). CPU-Z SPD says: 275Mhz timing:
> 4-4-4-12, 400Mhz timing 6-6-6-18
>
> I tried the memory timings 6-6-6-18, 5-5-5-15 and 4-4-4-12 and tried
> the default BIOS value (enable SPD) but that didn't resolve the issue
>
> Do you know what the problem may cause?
>
>
> --
> grobbebol
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Thanks for your reply
I cleaned the DVD but unfortunately it didn't help. The DVD does wor
once in a while and on another PC it always works

I think both the DVD problems and the Vista boot problems from m
harddrive do have the same cause
Is it a Vista cause? Is it a memory cause, MB cause, something else?
don't know

Some other suggestions maybe

--
grobbebo
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.co

Garbage in garbage out. If something is wrong reading from the dvd then the
error is what is written to the hard drive. Have you been able to use other
discs in the optical drive and were there any errors? Is the dvd an
original MS or OEM dvd or a copy? (there is nothing wrong with using a copy)

"grobbebol" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Thanks for your reply!
> I cleaned the DVD but unfortunately it didn't help. The DVD does work
> once in a while and on another PC it always works.
>
> I think both the DVD problems and the Vista boot problems from my
> harddrive do have the same cause.
> Is it a Vista cause? Is it a memory cause, MB cause, something else? I
> don't know.
>
> Some other suggestions maybe?
>
>
> --
> grobbebol
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>