Vista - Vista Repair Install

04-16-2009

Quote:

> None of the Safe mode options work, and what has been done was a
> mainboard replacement, but i made an image of the install with acronis,
> so its a full clone of the drive. basically vista does not like its new
> home and the repair finds nothing wrong and does nothing (looking at the
> log all tests report 0x0 fro the code)
>
> all that really needs to happen is to have the vista core components
> returned to day one so i can "clear" the drivers as it were. with XP
> this is a simple repair install and reinstall of drivers. a fresh
> install is not a problem, but there is so much that was installed and
> set up i was hoping to not have to a complete reinstall.
>
> there are no restore points to recover from and if i knew a way to get
> windows to drop the drivers before i imaged the drive i would in a heart
> beat.
>
> It was an old message so the email thread of this may be long missing
> in that case.

Revoddball--

I'm not clear as to exactly what you've done at F8 or anywhere else.
The 3 safe mode options to try are

safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with command and there you need to use the command for system
restore which is
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

It's important to use 'em all because one might work and the others might
not.

What happened when you tried Last Known Good Configuration at F8's menu or
did you? Ifnot try it. It doesn't depend upon having a restore point--it
has its own registry snapshot.

If you imaged it with acronis or have some .tibs as a backup--what was your
result using the Acronis backup or image? You didn't say.

Let's be clear. A repair install or as it's also called an upgrade install
with a Vista DVD or an XP CD does not lose anything and it often works.
The only reason I don't get more people to use it is that 99% of people have
neither the XP CD for XP, the Vista DVD for Vista, or the Win7 DVD for Win 7
when it RTMs sometime between the fall or end of the year.

Should you want to go back to factory settings, you either use your OEM
recovery disc or partition. Do you have one of either, and if so, if that's
what you want, why haven't you done just that?

When you say "drop the drivers" you mean you think a driver may be corrupt
and you want to replace it. The way you probably correct this is to

1) Do a repair install--Do you have a Vista DVD? I'm going to guess no.
2) In that case did you do a Startup Repair using the links I gave you?
3) Did you run the bootrec.exe commands from Startup Repair's command prompt
booting off the startup repair disc? I gave you the link where you can
download the .iso and then burn it.
4) Have you tried a startup repair?
5) If you made an Acronis image what's up with using that?

Let me know if you've done these things.

Thanks,

CH

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04-16-2009	#21 (permalink)
Chad Harris n/a posts	Re: Vista Repair Install Quote: > None of the Safe mode options work, and what has been done was a > mainboard replacement, but i made an image of the install with acronis, > so its a full clone of the drive. basically vista does not like its new > home and the repair finds nothing wrong and does nothing (looking at the > log all tests report 0x0 fro the code) > > all that really needs to happen is to have the vista core components > returned to day one so i can "clear" the drivers as it were. with XP > this is a simple repair install and reinstall of drivers. a fresh > install is not a problem, but there is so much that was installed and > set up i was hoping to not have to a complete reinstall. > > there are no restore points to recover from and if i knew a way to get > windows to drop the drivers before i imaged the drive i would in a heart > beat. > > It was an old message so the email thread of this may be long missing > in that case. Revoddball-- I'm not clear as to exactly what you've done at F8 or anywhere else. The 3 safe mode options to try are safe mode safe mode with networking safe mode with command and there you need to use the command for system restore which is %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe It's important to use 'em all because one might work and the others might not. What happened when you tried Last Known Good Configuration at F8's menu or did you? Ifnot try it. It doesn't depend upon having a restore point--it has its own registry snapshot. If you imaged it with acronis or have some .tibs as a backup--what was your result using the Acronis backup or image? You didn't say. Let's be clear. A repair install or as it's also called an upgrade install with a Vista DVD or an XP CD does not lose anything and it often works. The only reason I don't get more people to use it is that 99% of people have neither the XP CD for XP, the Vista DVD for Vista, or the Win7 DVD for Win 7 when it RTMs sometime between the fall or end of the year. Should you want to go back to factory settings, you either use your OEM recovery disc or partition. Do you have one of either, and if so, if that's what you want, why haven't you done just that? When you say "drop the drivers" you mean you think a driver may be corrupt and you want to replace it. The way you probably correct this is to 1) Do a repair install--Do you have a Vista DVD? I'm going to guess no. 2) In that case did you do a Startup Repair using the links I gave you? 3) Did you run the bootrec.exe commands from Startup Repair's command prompt booting off the startup repair disc? I gave you the link where you can download the .iso and then burn it. 4) Have you tried a startup repair? 5) If you made an Acronis image what's up with using that? Let me know if you've done these things. Thanks, CH Quote: >
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