Cant re-install/fix vista-stuck

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SlithMan

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Ok guys here goes, Last week my pc was fine, I turn it on and get a message saying to insert the DVD to fix a system registry error. ( I don't remember what message it was sorry) So I do and windows boots. I backed up my files that night. Next day windows is acting weird and sluggish, if I try to open my computer or documents PC freezes, it takes a long time to boot and 8 times out of ten will hang on the green loading bar or take an hour to load, my sound card deleted itself as did my cdrom drive. Safe mode either takes forever to boot or will freeze when loading drivers, I tried to re store/reinstall and boot from the vista DVD at startup but i get the message "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header check sum does not match the computed check sum" or "couldn't find boot manager". This happens for the x64 vista disk, x32 disk and my XP pro disk. I tried to reformat in safe mode command prompt and it said Formatting the partition was prohibited. I thought it was my ram at first so bought new ram but still the same problem. I'm also not sure what caused this I do regular virus checks with up to date software, maybe its a bad windows update? :shock: thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel core 2 duo E8500 wolfdale 3.16ghz
    Motherboard
    EVGA LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    4 gig patriot DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 8800 Gts
    Sound Card
    Soundblaster x-fi xtreme
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 640 Gig
    PSU
    Antec 850W
SlithMan said:
Ok guys here goes, Last week my pc was fine, I turn it on and get a message saying to insert the DVD to fix a system registry error. ( I don't remember what message it was sorry) So I do and windows boots. I backed up my files that night. Next day windows is acting weird and sluggish, if I try to open my computer or documents PC freezes, it takes a long time to boot and 8 times out of ten will hang on the green loading bar or take an hour to load, my sound card deleted itself as did my cdrom drive. Safe mode either takes forever to boot or will freeze when loading drivers, I tried to re store/reinstall and boot from the vista DVD at startup but i get the message "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header check sum does not match the computed check sum" or "couldn't find boot manager". This happens for the x64 vista disk, x32 disk and my XP pro disk. I tried to reformat in safe mode command prompt and it said Formatting the partition was prohibited. I thought it was my ram at first so bought new ram but still the same problem. I'm also not sure what caused this I do regular virus checks with up to date software, maybe its a bad windows update? :shock: thanks
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Your best bet despite it being a PITA is a clean install. Force boot from the dvd format and install. If you had a backup from before that time you could just restore it from there, but failing that. Re-install is the way


KEn
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron E 1405
    CPU
    [email protected]
    Memory
    4 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    integrated intel 945
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300 gig internal
    Internet Speed
    10 down 1.5 up
Thank you for response, how do I force boot the dvd though? I thought thats what I was doing at start up and got the error message.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel core 2 duo E8500 wolfdale 3.16ghz
    Motherboard
    EVGA LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    4 gig patriot DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 8800 Gts
    Sound Card
    Soundblaster x-fi xtreme
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 640 Gig
    PSU
    Antec 850W
SlithMan said:
Thank you for response, how do I force boot the dvd though? I thought thats what I was doing at start up and got the error message.
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Dependent on your computer when it first starts booting you hit a "F" key on dell its F12 and you are presented with a boot option.

ken
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron E 1405
    CPU
    [email protected]
    Memory
    4 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    integrated intel 945
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300 gig internal
    Internet Speed
    10 down 1.5 up
This is where my problem lies, I start my computer and hit escape which brings up my boot menu, I tell it to boot from the cdrom drive and insert my vista dvd, it says press any key to boot from the DVD, I press a key and get the message "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header check sum does not match the computed check sum" if I restart and try again sometimes I also get the message "couldn't find boot manager"
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel core 2 duo E8500 wolfdale 3.16ghz
    Motherboard
    EVGA LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    4 gig patriot DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 8800 Gts
    Sound Card
    Soundblaster x-fi xtreme
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 640 Gig
    PSU
    Antec 850W
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