tunedslick
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The Victim: Dell Dimension E520
Vista OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
The Error:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 589832
Problem Signature 05: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 06: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 0
Problem Signature 09: unknown
Problem Signature 10: 1168
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
This computer is my friend's computer. She had an external hard drive that she wanted to install inside the case. The computer was also running very slow. I started with the slow part. I discovered that a Sonic driver was at fault and Roxio was killing the speed. I uninstalled these programs and drivers. Installed Advanced System Optimizer 3 and did about three deep scans. Uninstalled expired McAfee and installed AVG.
Now it was time to install the hard drive. When I opened the case, I discovered the Hard Drive was an IDE hard drive or PATA. The motherboard only allowed SATA. So I bought a IDE to SATA converter. (IDE to SATA Adapter - Converts IDE Drive to SATA! CX-ITS1002
) This didn't work, so I check the drive in my computer to see how much data was in it. She used 1GB of 320GB. I decided to take a SATA hard drive from a spare computer I had and Install that for her. I installed the drive, connected it and powered up! I forgot that the drive had an XP OS on there! So, Vista tried to load, failed and went into startup repair. While startup repair was running the dialog said some personal information maybe lost. I got scared and forced the repair to stop.
Disconnected the XP drive and powered up. Vista will no longer load. When I boot in safe mode it sometimes gets stuck at disk.sys or crcdisk.sys. I tried everything here Windows no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration and everything here Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki. The recovery iso did not have bootsect.exe on there so I had to download one to my flash drive to preform the BCD repair. None of these worked. I also ran chkdsk c: /f from command prompt.
So what is next? I was think of cloning the Vista drive onto the XP drive using my W7 computer. Run a recovery on the XP(now Vista) drive from the recovery partition. Then copy everything from the original Vista drive over. Will this work or is there a better option?
Thanks in advanced
Anthony
Vista OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
The Error:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 589832
Problem Signature 05: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 06: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 0
Problem Signature 09: unknown
Problem Signature 10: 1168
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
This computer is my friend's computer. She had an external hard drive that she wanted to install inside the case. The computer was also running very slow. I started with the slow part. I discovered that a Sonic driver was at fault and Roxio was killing the speed. I uninstalled these programs and drivers. Installed Advanced System Optimizer 3 and did about three deep scans. Uninstalled expired McAfee and installed AVG.
Now it was time to install the hard drive. When I opened the case, I discovered the Hard Drive was an IDE hard drive or PATA. The motherboard only allowed SATA. So I bought a IDE to SATA converter. (IDE to SATA Adapter - Converts IDE Drive to SATA! CX-ITS1002
) This didn't work, so I check the drive in my computer to see how much data was in it. She used 1GB of 320GB. I decided to take a SATA hard drive from a spare computer I had and Install that for her. I installed the drive, connected it and powered up! I forgot that the drive had an XP OS on there! So, Vista tried to load, failed and went into startup repair. While startup repair was running the dialog said some personal information maybe lost. I got scared and forced the repair to stop.
Disconnected the XP drive and powered up. Vista will no longer load. When I boot in safe mode it sometimes gets stuck at disk.sys or crcdisk.sys. I tried everything here Windows no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration and everything here Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki. The recovery iso did not have bootsect.exe on there so I had to download one to my flash drive to preform the BCD repair. None of these worked. I also ran chkdsk c: /f from command prompt.
So what is next? I was think of cloning the Vista drive onto the XP drive using my W7 computer. Run a recovery on the XP(now Vista) drive from the recovery partition. Then copy everything from the original Vista drive over. Will this work or is there a better option?
Thanks in advanced
Anthony