Vista Home premium 32bit repair

I suddenly got the BSOD yesterday and Vista refused to start up, I have
tried the repair console but it does not seem to do anything? I let it run
all night (10hrs) and still nothing. If I try and install Vista again, I just
get the egg timer and again nothing happens. I tried system restore but it
states I have a disk error that needs repaired first before it can continue
but again I let it run for hours and nothing happens. If I start in safe
mode, it stops at crcdisk.sys and goes no further. If I try to start Vista
normally, I get the horizontal bar with the animation running along it and
then nothing.
Any ideas what I can do to repair Vista or reinstall it?

Richard.

could you possible have a hardware issue? If all else fails re-install, but
is sounds like you have tried that. If that doesn't work you might have a
bad hardware something, HDD or RAM

"flycop2000" <> wrote in message
news:3D2CBF8C-8F12-4C54-8017-...
> I suddenly got the BSOD yesterday and Vista refused to start up, I have
> tried the repair console but it does not seem to do anything? I let it run
> all night (10hrs) and still nothing. If I try and install Vista again, I
> just
> get the egg timer and again nothing happens. I tried system restore but it
> states I have a disk error that needs repaired first before it can
> continue
> but again I let it run for hours and nothing happens. If I start in safe
> mode, it stops at crcdisk.sys and goes no further. If I try to start Vista
> normally, I get the horizontal bar with the animation running along it and
> then nothing.
> Any ideas what I can do to repair Vista or reinstall it?
>
> Richard.

To reinstall Vista, set your BIOS to boot from CD/DVD drive with disk in it.
when it reboots, delete the existing vista partition, formatt, and
reinstall. It will be almost automatic.
Disconnect any USB peripherals, except mouse and keyboard, before doing the
above. If a SATA hard drive, make sure you have drivers for it.

If it is under Warranty, contact the manufacturer.

"flycop2000" wrote:

> I suddenly got the BSOD yesterday and Vista refused to start up, I have
> tried the repair console but it does not seem to do anything? I let it run
> all night (10hrs) and still nothing. If I try and install Vista again, I just
> get the egg timer and again nothing happens. I tried system restore but it
> states I have a disk error that needs repaired first before it can continue
> but again I let it run for hours and nothing happens. If I start in safe
> mode, it stops at crcdisk.sys and goes no further. If I try to start Vista
> normally, I get the horizontal bar with the animation running along it and
> then nothing.
> Any ideas what I can do to repair Vista or reinstall it?
>
> Richard.

"flycop2000" <> wrote in message
news:3D2CBF8C-8F12-4C54-8017-...
> I suddenly got the BSOD yesterday and Vista refused to start up, I have
> tried the repair console but it does not seem to do anything? I let it run
> all night (10hrs) and still nothing. If I try and install Vista again, I
just
> get the egg timer and again nothing happens. I tried system restore but it
> states I have a disk error that needs repaired first before it can
continue
> but again I let it run for hours and nothing happens. If I start in safe
> mode, it stops at crcdisk.sys and goes no further. If I try to start Vista
> normally, I get the horizontal bar with the animation running along it and
> then nothing.
> Any ideas what I can do to repair Vista or reinstall it?
>
> Richard.



Bootup with your Vista DVD and begin...then cancel an installation.

You should be left with a cmd window


now run log on to your C: drive
and run chkdsk /r

you will be asked if you want to dis-mount...say yes.

If it finds and repairs problems you should be all set...

if it's still a no-go...I'd go the the mfg's site for your hardrive and
download and run their diagnostic utility

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies. I discovered that if I removed two RAM modules I
could reinstall Vista. I will send the RAM to Crucial for testing.
thanks again.

"philo" wrote:

>
> "flycop2000" <> wrote in message
> news:3D2CBF8C-8F12-4C54-8017-...
> > I suddenly got the BSOD yesterday and Vista refused to start up, I have
> > tried the repair console but it does not seem to do anything? I let it run
> > all night (10hrs) and still nothing. If I try and install Vista again, I
> just
> > get the egg timer and again nothing happens. I tried system restore but it
> > states I have a disk error that needs repaired first before it can
> continue
> > but again I let it run for hours and nothing happens. If I start in safe
> > mode, it stops at crcdisk.sys and goes no further. If I try to start Vista
> > normally, I get the horizontal bar with the animation running along it and
> > then nothing.
> > Any ideas what I can do to repair Vista or reinstall it?
> >
> > Richard.
>
>
>
> Bootup with your Vista DVD and begin...then cancel an installation.
>
> You should be left with a cmd window
>
>
> now run log on to your C: drive
> and run chkdsk /r
>
> you will be asked if you want to dis-mount...say yes.
>
> If it finds and repairs problems you should be all set...
>
> if it's still a no-go...I'd go the the mfg's site for your hardrive and
> download and run their diagnostic utility
>
>
>

"flycop2000" <> wrote in message
news:8F616B6E-37C7-4033-B695-...
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the replies. I discovered that if I removed two RAM modules I
> could reinstall Vista. I will send the RAM to Crucial for testing.
> thanks again.
>

Sorry to hear about the bad RAM but glad you at least got the problem
solved!

Hi,

This is the second matched pair of modules from Crucial that have failed in
the last couple of months.

"philo" wrote:

>
> "flycop2000" <> wrote in message
> news:8F616B6E-37C7-4033-B695-...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thanks for the replies. I discovered that if I removed two RAM modules I
> > could reinstall Vista. I will send the RAM to Crucial for testing.
> > thanks again.
> >
>
> Sorry to hear about the bad RAM but glad you at least got the problem
> solved!
>
>
>

"flycop2000" <> wrote in message
news:1C1900D2-7005-4809-A2C6-...
> Hi,
>
> This is the second matched pair of modules from Crucial that have failed
in
> the last couple of months.
>



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Wooah...that dos not sound too good.
Is there some setting for RAM on the mobo that's wrong?