Strange Vista - HDD problem

Just thought I would throw this out there in case it happens to
someone else and/or someone might be able to shed some light on the
issue.

Recently a client brought his PC in for me to have a look at (Asus
P5LD2 SE/Core 2 Duo CPU 6420 @2.13GHz/2GIG DDR2-800 RAM/nVidia 7600GT/
500GB Western Digital HDD/Vista Ultimate) - would boot to Windows
splash screen, then BSOD and reboot before you could see what it was.

Safe mode/Last known config would do the same thing.

Booted from a CD, and even though it BSOD'd, it paused on screen so I
could see this:

CLFS.SYS Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_area

0x00000050 (0x8b4bf018, 000000000, 0x85226367, 00000000)

CLFS.SYS address 8522c367 base at 8522b000 date stamp 4549acbc

Now the page fault message has been around for years, usually
indicates RAM, so swapped out the RAM - no change.
Ended up changing RAM/PSU/Video card - no change, BSOD.

Put another HDD in the PC and booted off the vista cd, no problem,
even started a fresh install while I pulled the HDD to another PC.

So, attached the client HDD as a secondary on a work rig (HP DX2250
Vista bus) - but at bootup BSOD on this normally fine PC as well, it
started doing something else but I pulled the plug and then booted
normally on that PC without the client HDD attached and found that PC
doing a scandisk recovering a whole truckload of data - finally booted
to find missing data/corrupted programs.

Wow I thought, what is up with this HDD...

Client PC had finished installing Vista, so attached his HDD this time
as an external HDD via USB - same thing, BSOD, Vista throws its toys
and restarts 'recovering from a serious error'. Log files dont show
anything as to what caused the shutdown.

And heres the kicker - plugged in via the USB to an older XP Pro work
rig - no problem, full access to drive.

Ran all number of checks on the HDD, hardware/virus scans, nothing
fails...

Copied clients data across a crossover connection to his new install
(400 gigs over 100 m/bit ethernet...ouch) and away he goes, but i'm
still looking at this Vista killing HDD wondering what to do with
it... format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it away
as a freebee to someone I dont like?

Either way if someone searches the error codes I copied above with
something similar happening it gives them the idea of attaching the
HDD on a XP machine to get the data off - but any ideas out there?

>format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it >away
>as a freebee to someone I dont like?

Exactly! Did you know that most of the vista sales are vista OS's bought
from people who then send them to their arch enemies as gifts?

Its like a stealth bomb.

The trojan horse of troy...

you deploy.. it destroyes...



"Jonnie" <> wrote in message
news: oups.com...
> Just thought I would throw this out there in case it happens to
> someone else and/or someone might be able to shed some light on the
> issue.
>
> Recently a client brought his PC in for me to have a look at (Asus
> P5LD2 SE/Core 2 Duo CPU 6420 @2.13GHz/2GIG DDR2-800 RAM/nVidia 7600GT/
> 500GB Western Digital HDD/Vista Ultimate) - would boot to Windows
> splash screen, then BSOD and reboot before you could see what it was.
>
> Safe mode/Last known config would do the same thing.
>
> Booted from a CD, and even though it BSOD'd, it paused on screen so I
> could see this:
>
> CLFS.SYS Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_area
>
> 0x00000050 (0x8b4bf018, 000000000, 0x85226367, 00000000)
>
> CLFS.SYS address 8522c367 base at 8522b000 date stamp 4549acbc
>
> Now the page fault message has been around for years, usually
> indicates RAM, so swapped out the RAM - no change.
> Ended up changing RAM/PSU/Video card - no change, BSOD.
>
> Put another HDD in the PC and booted off the vista cd, no problem,
> even started a fresh install while I pulled the HDD to another PC.
>
> So, attached the client HDD as a secondary on a work rig (HP DX2250
> Vista bus) - but at bootup BSOD on this normally fine PC as well, it
> started doing something else but I pulled the plug and then booted
> normally on that PC without the client HDD attached and found that PC
> doing a scandisk recovering a whole truckload of data - finally booted
> to find missing data/corrupted programs.
>
> Wow I thought, what is up with this HDD...
>
> Client PC had finished installing Vista, so attached his HDD this time
> as an external HDD via USB - same thing, BSOD, Vista throws its toys
> and restarts 'recovering from a serious error'. Log files dont show
> anything as to what caused the shutdown.
>
> And heres the kicker - plugged in via the USB to an older XP Pro work
> rig - no problem, full access to drive.
>
> Ran all number of checks on the HDD, hardware/virus scans, nothing
> fails...
>
> Copied clients data across a crossover connection to his new install
> (400 gigs over 100 m/bit ethernet...ouch) and away he goes, but i'm
> still looking at this Vista killing HDD wondering what to do with
> it... format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it away
> as a freebee to someone I dont like?
>
> Either way if someone searches the error codes I copied above with
> something similar happening it gives them the idea of attaching the
> HDD on a XP machine to get the data off - but any ideas out there?
>

This is a HELP newsgroup, COCKHEAD

The likes of you are not welcome.



"glsj.dw" wrote:

> >format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it >away
> >as a freebee to someone I dont like?
>
> Exactly! Did you know that most of the vista sales are vista OS's bought
> from people who then send them to their arch enemies as gifts?
>
> Its like a stealth bomb.
>
> The trojan horse of troy...
>
> you deploy.. it destroyes...
>
>
>
> "Jonnie" <> wrote in message
> news: oups.com...
> > Just thought I would throw this out there in case it happens to
> > someone else and/or someone might be able to shed some light on the
> > issue.
> >
> > Recently a client brought his PC in for me to have a look at (Asus
> > P5LD2 SE/Core 2 Duo CPU 6420 @2.13GHz/2GIG DDR2-800 RAM/nVidia 7600GT/
> > 500GB Western Digital HDD/Vista Ultimate) - would boot to Windows
> > splash screen, then BSOD and reboot before you could see what it was.
> >
> > Safe mode/Last known config would do the same thing.
> >
> > Booted from a CD, and even though it BSOD'd, it paused on screen so I
> > could see this:
> >
> > CLFS.SYS Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_area
> >
> > 0x00000050 (0x8b4bf018, 000000000, 0x85226367, 00000000)
> >
> > CLFS.SYS address 8522c367 base at 8522b000 date stamp 4549acbc
> >
> > Now the page fault message has been around for years, usually
> > indicates RAM, so swapped out the RAM - no change.
> > Ended up changing RAM/PSU/Video card - no change, BSOD.
> >
> > Put another HDD in the PC and booted off the vista cd, no problem,
> > even started a fresh install while I pulled the HDD to another PC.
> >
> > So, attached the client HDD as a secondary on a work rig (HP DX2250
> > Vista bus) - but at bootup BSOD on this normally fine PC as well, it
> > started doing something else but I pulled the plug and then booted
> > normally on that PC without the client HDD attached and found that PC
> > doing a scandisk recovering a whole truckload of data - finally booted
> > to find missing data/corrupted programs.
> >
> > Wow I thought, what is up with this HDD...
> >
> > Client PC had finished installing Vista, so attached his HDD this time
> > as an external HDD via USB - same thing, BSOD, Vista throws its toys
> > and restarts 'recovering from a serious error'. Log files dont show
> > anything as to what caused the shutdown.
> >
> > And heres the kicker - plugged in via the USB to an older XP Pro work
> > rig - no problem, full access to drive.
> >
> > Ran all number of checks on the HDD, hardware/virus scans, nothing
> > fails...
> >
> > Copied clients data across a crossover connection to his new install
> > (400 gigs over 100 m/bit ethernet...ouch) and away he goes, but i'm
> > still looking at this Vista killing HDD wondering what to do with
> > it... format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it away
> > as a freebee to someone I dont like?
> >
> > Either way if someone searches the error codes I copied above with
> > something similar happening it gives them the idea of attaching the
> > HDD on a XP machine to get the data off - but any ideas out there?
> >
>
>
>

glsj.dw;506145 Wrote:
> Exactly! Did you know that most of the vista sales are vista OS's bought
> from people who then send them to their arch enemies as gifts?
>
> Its like a stealth bomb.
>
> The trojan horse of troy...
>
> you deploy.. it destroyes...
>

You are a moron. If you can't say anything positive, then either you
can continue using your Altair and get off this forum, or you can
actually install Vista, use it for a couple of days, and then come back
here with an informed opinion.


--
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Jonnie wrote:
>
> Either way if someone searches the error codes I copied above with
> something similar happening it gives them the idea of attaching the
> HDD on a XP machine to get the data off - but any ideas out there?

I'd contact the technoid gurus at the drive's manufacturer. They may be
interested in having the disk sent to them.

"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
news:945F48FC-1151-43DD-A6C2-...
> This is a HELP newsgroup, COCKHEAD
>
> The likes of you are not welcome.

Look who is talking - Gutter mouth. the Likes of you are not welcome. It
seems that you only have a very limited vocabulary and you say you are an IT
professional. NOT.


>
>
>
> "glsj.dw" wrote:
>
>> >format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it >away
>> >as a freebee to someone I dont like?
>>
>> Exactly! Did you know that most of the vista sales are vista OS's bought
>> from people who then send them to their arch enemies as gifts?
>>
>> Its like a stealth bomb.
>>
>> The trojan horse of troy...
>>
>> you deploy.. it destroyes...
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jonnie" <> wrote in message
>> news: oups.com...
>> > Just thought I would throw this out there in case it happens to
>> > someone else and/or someone might be able to shed some light on the
>> > issue.
>> >
>> > Recently a client brought his PC in for me to have a look at (Asus
>> > P5LD2 SE/Core 2 Duo CPU 6420 @2.13GHz/2GIG DDR2-800 RAM/nVidia 7600GT/
>> > 500GB Western Digital HDD/Vista Ultimate) - would boot to Windows
>> > splash screen, then BSOD and reboot before you could see what it was.
>> >
>> > Safe mode/Last known config would do the same thing.
>> >
>> > Booted from a CD, and even though it BSOD'd, it paused on screen so I
>> > could see this:
>> >
>> > CLFS.SYS Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_area
>> >
>> > 0x00000050 (0x8b4bf018, 000000000, 0x85226367, 00000000)
>> >
>> > CLFS.SYS address 8522c367 base at 8522b000 date stamp 4549acbc
>> >
>> > Now the page fault message has been around for years, usually
>> > indicates RAM, so swapped out the RAM - no change.
>> > Ended up changing RAM/PSU/Video card - no change, BSOD.
>> >
>> > Put another HDD in the PC and booted off the vista cd, no problem,
>> > even started a fresh install while I pulled the HDD to another PC.
>> >
>> > So, attached the client HDD as a secondary on a work rig (HP DX2250
>> > Vista bus) - but at bootup BSOD on this normally fine PC as well, it
>> > started doing something else but I pulled the plug and then booted
>> > normally on that PC without the client HDD attached and found that PC
>> > doing a scandisk recovering a whole truckload of data - finally booted
>> > to find missing data/corrupted programs.
>> >
>> > Wow I thought, what is up with this HDD...
>> >
>> > Client PC had finished installing Vista, so attached his HDD this time
>> > as an external HDD via USB - same thing, BSOD, Vista throws its toys
>> > and restarts 'recovering from a serious error'. Log files dont show
>> > anything as to what caused the shutdown.
>> >
>> > And heres the kicker - plugged in via the USB to an older XP Pro work
>> > rig - no problem, full access to drive.
>> >
>> > Ran all number of checks on the HDD, hardware/virus scans, nothing
>> > fails...
>> >
>> > Copied clients data across a crossover connection to his new install
>> > (400 gigs over 100 m/bit ethernet...ouch) and away he goes, but i'm
>> > still looking at this Vista killing HDD wondering what to do with
>> > it... format via the XP machine and carry on with life? Give it away
>> > as a freebee to someone I dont like?
>> >
>> > Either way if someone searches the error codes I copied above with
>> > something similar happening it gives them the idea of attaching the
>> > HDD on a XP machine to get the data off - but any ideas out there?
>> >
>>
>>
>>

I have the same problem after installing an update but have a 4 drive
raid array (stripe and mirror). I can't really move to another computer
so I was hoping for other suggestions. I have seen a hotfix ('Error
message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer: \"STOP:
0x00000050 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA\"'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939720)) but can't figure out how to
install if I can't boot to CD or hard drive at all. Windows XP CD boots
but I would need the raid drivers to see how far it gets. I saw on
another thread erasing the boot files with the drive on an XP machine
and then it will work for Vista again. This fix would aslo be tough
with the raid drives. Any other suggestions?


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