What the heck happened to my Vista?!

Started by ♣Gawain♣ March 26th, 2008 3:27 AM
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♣Gawain♣

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When I switched opened it, it goes normally. The problem is, after the "loading Windows XP", A blue screen appears. But it occurs within seconds and it suddenly blinks out starts the whole process again. What happened to it?

*Note: I'm using my other computer to type this message in case you're wondering.

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Ok you said both Vista and XP in the topic, which one do you have.

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well actually Vista is not another version of XP, but have you tried booting in safe mode? se if you can get in via safe mode (usually right before the boot screen the computer gives you the option to press a key like F8 or ESC to enter Advanced Startup options) get in and run your antivirus and your anti spyware. see if those pull up anything.
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well actually Vista is not another version of XP, but have you tried booting in safe mode? se if you can get in via safe mode (usually right before the boot screen the computer gives you the option to press a key like F8 or ESC to enter Advanced Startup options) get in and run your antivirus and your anti spyware. see if those pull up anything.
I would say if you don't find anything in those then, consider running a system restore if safe mode seems to work.

If none of that works, then you might be calling tech support.

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That smells hardware then. You should be getting that computer to a computer tech, or calling whatever major company you bought it from and seeing if its still under warranty.

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It's probably the "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_PARTITION" error.
To fix it...
Spoiler:

Warning: These instructions are VERY RISKY
...

I MEAN IT!
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So, you think you've got what it takes, eh?
...

Tried and tested:
This was actually how I fixed someone's computer. It needs screwdrivers:
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS!!! --HIGH RISK--
Isolate all power on your PC.
Take out hard drive.
There will be a small rectangular thing crossing 2 pins. Make EXACT note of where it is.
If the top of the hard drive tells you how to put it into "slave" mode, do that. If there is no instruction on how to do it, take the rectangle thing off.
Now, open up a working PC and put the broken Windows HDD under the working PC's one.
Plug it in correctly to the computer and then screw it together and turn on.
Your computer will check the disks. If disk checks don't work:
So, now you have booted into the working pc, find which drive letter your old HDD is now using.
Go to start>run
Type "cmd" and press OK
Now, type "chkdsk /f e:" (assuming the old HDD is now the e: drive)
Wait for it to finish. If you get anything about unmounting it, let it unmount.
So, wait till it finishes.
Now, isolate power on the working PC again, and take out the formerly broken hard drive.
Refer to your notes on the original position of the rectangular thing (anyone know what it's called?)
Place it back correctly then put it into the HDD-less PC.
Connect it up.
Screw the PC back together and....
WINDOWS XP!
--applause--


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Whoa whoa WHOA! I wrote "my someone"... at my age - that's shameful. Good things come to those who wait.
*corrects*

Anyway, reinstalling an OS is overkill - think of all the data you're throwing away :( :(
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Whoa whoa WHOA! I wrote "my someone"... at my age - that's shameful. Good things come to those who wait.
*corrects*

Anyway, reinstalling an OS is overkill - think of all the data you're throwing away :( :(
I have more than one hard drive...

4 in fact, OS and programs only go on my OS drive which is 120GB.