Vista boot and shutdown problems ...

Hi all

I am proffesional .NET developer working with C# and SQL.
Because of new features of the new MS products I was
switching to Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit.
My Vista runs on: ASUS Striker II Extreme with QuadCore 2.5 GHz.
4 GB Patriot Memory, 2 GeForce Grafikcards with 4 Monitors,
300GB Fujitsu SCSI disk.

Now, the problem is:
I hade always some problems with booting and Shutdown.
Somitimes I had to start the pc 4 times until it runs.
Also somitimes it was not Shutingdown ...
When it was up und running, all was ok, except somitimes
Network does not work ...
Finaly now, the system was running fine and I plugged
in a webcam and it was starting to install forever ...
After about 1h, I switched off the pc and now it does
not boot any moren ...

When I try to boot in SaveMode, it stopps at crcdisk.sys.
I cannot even boot from install CD ...

What should I do now ????
- Buy another harddisk and install a fresh copy of Vista ??
- Buy another harddisk and go back to Windows XP ??
Or ist there anybody out ther who knows a solution ???

I really need to work with my pc
and I would be happy for any comment on this issue !!

Best regards
Frank Uray

Go into Bios at power on, and set your CD/DVD drive to be 1st in the Boot
Order.
Insert your Vista DVD(not CD) in the drive, reboot.

You can do a Repair from that vista disk, or a System Restore.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Frank Uray" wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I am proffesional .NET developer working with C# and SQL.
> Because of new features of the new MS products I was
> switching to Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit.
> My Vista runs on: ASUS Striker II Extreme with QuadCore 2.5 GHz.
> 4 GB Patriot Memory, 2 GeForce Grafikcards with 4 Monitors,
> 300GB Fujitsu SCSI disk.
>
> Now, the problem is:
> I hade always some problems with booting and Shutdown.
> Somitimes I had to start the pc 4 times until it runs.
> Also somitimes it was not Shutingdown ...
> When it was up und running, all was ok, except somitimes
> Network does not work ...
> Finaly now, the system was running fine and I plugged
> in a webcam and it was starting to install forever ...
> After about 1h, I switched off the pc and now it does
> not boot any moren ...
>
> When I try to boot in SaveMode, it stopps at crcdisk.sys.
> I cannot even boot from install CD ...
>
> What should I do now ????
> - Buy another harddisk and install a fresh copy of Vista ??
> - Buy another harddisk and go back to Windows XP ??
> Or ist there anybody out ther who knows a solution ???
>
> I really need to work with my pc
> and I would be happy for any comment on this issue !!
>
> Best regards
> Frank Uray

Hi Mick

Thanks for your answer,
but this I have tried already ... it starts to read from DVD
but then it is stopping ...

Do you have any other ideas ??

Best regards
Frank Uray from Switzerland


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Go into Bios at power on, and set your CD/DVD drive to be 1st in the Boot
> Order.
> Insert your Vista DVD(not CD) in the drive, reboot.
>
> You can do a Repair from that vista disk, or a System Restore.
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Frank Uray" wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am proffesional .NET developer working with C# and SQL.
> > Because of new features of the new MS products I was
> > switching to Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit.
> > My Vista runs on: ASUS Striker II Extreme with QuadCore 2.5 GHz.
> > 4 GB Patriot Memory, 2 GeForce Grafikcards with 4 Monitors,
> > 300GB Fujitsu SCSI disk.
> >
> > Now, the problem is:
> > I hade always some problems with booting and Shutdown.
> > Somitimes I had to start the pc 4 times until it runs.
> > Also somitimes it was not Shutingdown ...
> > When it was up und running, all was ok, except somitimes
> > Network does not work ...
> > Finaly now, the system was running fine and I plugged
> > in a webcam and it was starting to install forever ...
> > After about 1h, I switched off the pc and now it does
> > not boot any moren ...
> >
> > When I try to boot in SaveMode, it stopps at crcdisk.sys.
> > I cannot even boot from install CD ...
> >
> > What should I do now ????
> > - Buy another harddisk and install a fresh copy of Vista ??
> > - Buy another harddisk and go back to Windows XP ??
> > Or ist there anybody out ther who knows a solution ???
> >
> > I really need to work with my pc
> > and I would be happy for any comment on this issue !!
> >
> > Best regards
> > Frank Uray

Have you done a Memory Test Frank?
RAM could be failing.
Or the Hard Drive itself.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Frank Uray" wrote:

> Hi Mick
>
> Thanks for your answer,
> but this I have tried already ... it starts to read from DVD
> but then it is stopping ...
>
> Do you have any other ideas ??
>
> Best regards
> Frank Uray from Switzerland
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>
> > Go into Bios at power on, and set your CD/DVD drive to be 1st in the Boot
> > Order.
> > Insert your Vista DVD(not CD) in the drive, reboot.
> >
> > You can do a Repair from that vista disk, or a System Restore.
> > --
> > Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
> >
> >
> > "Frank Uray" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I am proffesional .NET developer working with C# and SQL.
> > > Because of new features of the new MS products I was
> > > switching to Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit.
> > > My Vista runs on: ASUS Striker II Extreme with QuadCore 2.5 GHz.
> > > 4 GB Patriot Memory, 2 GeForce Grafikcards with 4 Monitors,
> > > 300GB Fujitsu SCSI disk.
> > >
> > > Now, the problem is:
> > > I hade always some problems with booting and Shutdown.
> > > Somitimes I had to start the pc 4 times until it runs.
> > > Also somitimes it was not Shutingdown ...
> > > When it was up und running, all was ok, except somitimes
> > > Network does not work ...
> > > Finaly now, the system was running fine and I plugged
> > > in a webcam and it was starting to install forever ...
> > > After about 1h, I switched off the pc and now it does
> > > not boot any moren ...
> > >
> > > When I try to boot in SaveMode, it stopps at crcdisk.sys.
> > > I cannot even boot from install CD ...
> > >
> > > What should I do now ????
> > > - Buy another harddisk and install a fresh copy of Vista ??
> > > - Buy another harddisk and go back to Windows XP ??
> > > Or ist there anybody out ther who knows a solution ???
> > >
> > > I really need to work with my pc
> > > and I would be happy for any comment on this issue !!
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Frank Uray

Frank,
Excellent memory tester. Download, unzip and then burn the ISO file to a CD.
http://www.memtest86.com

BurnCDCC™ · is free and will burn an ISO file to a CD/DVD/BD disc.
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/dow...e-software.htm


Hard Drive Tester
+++++++++++++++++
SeaTools for DOS from Seagate can also test non-Seagate hard drives and is free. Download the .ISO version and burn onto CD using BurnCDCC.


Motherboard tester
+++++++++++++++++++
TuffTest-Lite is a free motherboard tester from http://www.tufftest.com/ Download the .ISO version and burn onto CD using BurnCDCC.

As you have surmised, I suspect a hardware problem.
Ciao, Karl



"Frank Uray" <> wrote in message news:BB5DE50F-3CC8-49AD-AEC8-...
Hi all

I am proffesional .NET developer working with C# and SQL.
Because of new features of the new MS products I was
switching to Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit.
My Vista runs on: ASUS Striker II Extreme with QuadCore 2.5 GHz.
4 GB Patriot Memory, 2 GeForce Grafikcards with 4 Monitors,
300GB Fujitsu SCSI disk.

Now, the problem is:
I hade always some problems with booting and Shutdown.
Somitimes I had to start the pc 4 times until it runs.
Also somitimes it was not Shutingdown ...
When it was up und running, all was ok, except somitimes
Network does not work ...
Finaly now, the system was running fine and I plugged
in a webcam and it was starting to install forever ...
After about 1h, I switched off the pc and now it does
not boot any moren ...

When I try to boot in SaveMode, it stopps at crcdisk.sys.
I cannot even boot from install CD ...

What should I do now ????
- Buy another harddisk and install a fresh copy of Vista ??
- Buy another harddisk and go back to Windows XP ??
Or ist there anybody out ther who knows a solution ???

I really need to work with my pc
and I would be happy for any comment on this issue !!

Best regards
Frank Uray