Vista 32 bit...what a mess

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Chewy1

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Good Day to Everyone

I've got a little problem. I recently received a used HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop as a gift. I removed all the other user's programs and all was running well. I then loaded on the usual things like Avast!, Spybot, and Firefox (it already had Chrome). All was fine for about a week or two.

Last evening, I was online and my screen locked with slanted vertical lines. Everything was frozen. I rebooted into Safe Mode and ran all my anti-virals, defrag, and cleanup software. All came back saying the computer was clean.

Oh, the one program I did delete was Maxthon II, because I started to get a .dll error. I don't remember what the file name was exactly. That was two days ago.

Anyway, this morning I started it up Normal Mode and did some stuff. No issues. Then tonight, I was in Chrome and got a warning saying that chrome.exe was corrupt and to run chkdsk. I thought, Uh Oh, Here we go again.

I went to turn chkdsk on and the whole thing crashed. Now, the best I can get are blue lights but no boot up at all.

I don't have a boot disc due to this being a gift. And I don't know how to proceed.

Thank you in advance for any help that you can point me to. Oh, I don't know what flavor of Vista 32bit it is. I'm guessing Home.
 

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Can you boot in safe mode?
 

My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
For OEM versions, you don't need to create a recovery DVD. It has the repair your computer feature after pressing f8 before the booting process.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Nirv Pro SLI (shipped to NZ)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X (Six-Core) 3.33GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte X58A-UD5 - SLI, Crossfire, SATA 6Gbps & USB 3.0
    Memory
    12GB G.Skill Ripjaws High Performance Low-Latency DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 3GB GGDR5
    Sound Card
    N/A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Samsung XL2370 Monitor and 23" Benq V2410 Monitor (extended monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1,920 x 1,080 (on both monitors)
    Hard Drives
    2TB Western Digital Caviar SATA (7200rpm)
    600GB VelociRaptor SATA (10000rpm)
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider Plus Modular 750-Watt SLI
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 800D System Chassis
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19 Gaming USB Keyboard
    Mouse
    Razer Mamba Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    Max - 1.8MB/Sec (DSL) provided by Telecom NZ
    Other Info
    iPhone 4 Black 16GB, iPad 32GB WiFi+3G, iPod Touch 2nd generation
Don think that the f8 works in his case. Tried safe mode, could not get in by trying f8.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Since this was a gift,there might be some wear and tear.If you have an additional ram,try booting by changing the ram.And check your Hdd too.
 

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Since this was a gift,there might be some wear and tear.If you have an additional ram,try booting by changing the ram.And check your Hdd too.
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I don't think changing the ram or HDD involves with the problem at all.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Nirv Pro SLI (shipped to NZ)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X (Six-Core) 3.33GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte X58A-UD5 - SLI, Crossfire, SATA 6Gbps & USB 3.0
    Memory
    12GB G.Skill Ripjaws High Performance Low-Latency DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 3GB GGDR5
    Sound Card
    N/A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Samsung XL2370 Monitor and 23" Benq V2410 Monitor (extended monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1,920 x 1,080 (on both monitors)
    Hard Drives
    2TB Western Digital Caviar SATA (7200rpm)
    600GB VelociRaptor SATA (10000rpm)
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider Plus Modular 750-Watt SLI
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 800D System Chassis
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19 Gaming USB Keyboard
    Mouse
    Razer Mamba Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    Max - 1.8MB/Sec (DSL) provided by Telecom NZ
    Other Info
    iPhone 4 Black 16GB, iPad 32GB WiFi+3G, iPod Touch 2nd generation
Update: Took me a little time, but created the recovery disc and ran the repair feature. So far, so good. The computer appears to be running right.

THANK YOU!!
 

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Thats great news Chewy
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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