MAJOR Problem! Help!

cgorny80

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Well, im on vista x64 ultimate, 4gb ram, q6600, mobo: ASUS P5N32-E Sli Plus, 8800GTX.

Ok.

Well im in Australia so on the 12/12/2007 i got Vista x64 updates, it was about 220mb in total. there were a lot of them, 9 or so.

Well, i installed them and it asked me to restart as usual.. and i postponed for around 10 hours or something, which i usually do and never get problems.

So now, i rebooted the next day. Configuring updates, Shutting Down.
And it goes in an infinate circle of 'Configuring updates and Shutting down'

Now, i tried safe mode, safe mode with command prompt, diabling the error restart thing in the boot menu, using restore with my vista cd.. although i get blue screen of death, or it freezes.

So. ANY ideas at all? :D
 

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Hi cgorny80,
I would try a startup repair. Here is how:

1/ make sure your PC can boot directly from the Vista DVD. Obviously, most modern PCs can. With older machines you may need to check the PC's BIOS for Boot Options or Boot Sequence.

2/ Have the Windows Vista DVD into the DVD drive

3/ Power on the PC and have it boot from DVD drive.

4/ A Black screen will appear with the words 'Press any key to boot from CD or DVD'

5/ Press Any key to start the booting process

6/ A new screen will now appear with a progress bar. The legend say's 'Windows is loading files'

7/ After a few minutes the Microsoft copyright window ill appear and another small progress bar will be visible

8/ You will next see a Blue curtained screen

9/ After a short while the Language option screen will appear

10/ Select your language and keyboard language and the Click the Next button

11/ At the bottom left of the next screen - the Install screen, Click on the Repair Your Computer option

12/ The System recovery options will now search for your Windows Vista installation

13/ Once the Vista installation has been located, Highlight it and then Click the Next button

14/ You are now presented with the following set of recovery options

15/ Choose "Startup repair" - This automatically fixes problems that are preventing Windows from starting

Let us know! :)
Raj
 

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Well, im on vista x64 ultimate, 4gb ram, q6600, mobo: ASUS P5N32-E Sli Plus, 8800GTX.

Ok.

Well im in Australia so on the 12/12/2007 i got Vista x64 updates, it was about 220mb in total. there were a lot of them, 9 or so.

Well, i installed them and it asked me to restart as usual.. and i postponed for around 10 hours or something, which i usually do and never get problems.

So now, i rebooted the next day. Configuring updates, Shutting Down.
And it goes in an infinate circle of 'Configuring updates and Shutting down'

Now, i tried safe mode, safe mode with command prompt, diabling the error restart thing in the boot menu, using restore with my vista cd.. although i get blue screen of death, or it freezes.

So. ANY ideas at all? :D

Hi Cgorny80,

You might try doing a Repair install to fix the problem.

How to Perform a Repair Installation for Vista

Shawn
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
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    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Mate, if you read above youd notice i cant actually boot a cd at all. It freezes when i boot the cd, either in the windows loading part, or after it just gives me a black screen.
 

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Cgorny80,

Oops, missed that one. :o

Have you tried booting from the DVD with another hard drive installed as the master instead of the one with Vista? If you can get it to boot, see if you can install or format the Vista hard drive.

Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
yea as if the motherboard is messed up. I been in that scenario with XP/WIn2k/98. hardware was bad. either mem/video/motherboard was bad in my past experinces :) Hopefully that's not the case with you. I'm out of ideas on this one.
 

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Ok well. This may narrow the field down a bit.

I took out my 2 hard drives and put in my XP one from the other computer. It doesnt want to work at all.
It gives me a blue screen of death for a split second then caeks it.

When i boot with cd it freezes once again. It gets to the vista background with a curser though.
So any ideas now?

I was suggested to remove the bios jumper. What you think about that?

EDIT:

I got this error again

"Disk error
press any key to restart" i do then
"DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"

then gives me the error from the start
 
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Cgorny80,

At this point, resetting the CMOS and BIOS could only help.

Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hi had the same problem with ASUS P5N32-E Sli Plus got on to ASUS Tech support they told to reset bios jumper and remove motherboard battery and leave for at least 10 min's sounded odd to me but it worked
hope this helps
 

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"Disk error
press any key to restart" i do then
"DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
I think this means that the HDD isnt being detected (assuming the HDD you have connected has Vista or other bootable OS installed)

Connect only 1 HDD (the HDD on which Vista is installed)
Connect only 1 Optical Drive

Also try switching the Molex(power connectors) of the HDD and optical drive.

If you have too many drives connected,it may be that the PSU cant handle all the LOAD(which PSU do ya have ?)
Boot with bare minimum hardware as 'rajinisback' said.

Let us know.
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9650M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus N80VN-X1 Laptop
    Screen Resolution
    1280 X 800
    Hard Drives
    1 X 250GB 5200 RPM
    Internet Speed
    11 MBPS
    Other Info
    XBOX 360 Controller | Vista X64 | Simpledrive 500GB
Update:
5$ AUS in paypal for first person to give me an idea that will fix this.

I reset bios. no luck

If you're getting the "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER", then that means the BIOS cannot locate a boot sector on any of the devices listed under "Boot Priority". This could be caused by any of the following:
  • It's a new hard disk that has not had an OS installed yet
  • If you have more than one hard disk installed, the BIOS Boot Order does n ot specify the one that has the boot sector
  • Malware has fried the boot partition
  • You have corrupt settings in the BIOS for the IDE/SATA controller
  • The hard disk is failing
  • The motherboard is failing
If you can get into the BIOS, there should be near the bottom of the list of options a choice for you to reset to either Failsafe or BIOS Defaults.

If you still cannot boot, try putting your CD/DVD drive first in the boot order, and boot from there. If you cannot boot even from a CD or DVD, then it's a strong possibility that the motherboard be failing or already has.

Try plugging your boot drive into another computer and attempt boot, all the while pressing the F8 key before Windows starts. If you can get into the Boot Option Menu, then you hard disk fine, and you need to look at replacing the motherboard.

Unfortunately, I can't accept your money from PayPal for various reasons, not the least of which is this is supposed to be a free peer-to-peer support group, and that the South African Revenue Services (SARS) would have a hissy fit if they found out.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
    Motherboard
    ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
    Memory
    2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAHARA 21"
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
    2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
    PSU
    800W
    Case
    Thermaltake Tai-Chi
    Cooling
    Tai-Chi Water Cooler
    Keyboard
    Genius
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    384kbps
    Other Info
    Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
sounds to me like overheating trouble.
you may went to check and see if your cpu fan didn't die on you.
freezeing up almost always is heat or memory trouble .
can you get into your bios and look at your cpu fan speed and temps?
hope that helps mike
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 / 3.00
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Int
    Memory
    G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 387
    Hard Drives
    1 x 1tb western digital
    4 x 250 western digital
    2 x 160 western digital
    1 x 320 western digital
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