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    strange boot problem

    in Windows Vista

    Posted · Edited by PuPu

    I am running Vista Ultimate x64, and have a nVidia 8800GTS video card. I recently tried to upgrade video driver from nVidia, and that's when the problem started...

    After the "upgrade", I could not boot windows. I tried Windows Restore to roll back the changes. That didn't work. I tried uninstalling the video driver, and reinstall an earlier driver, that didn't work either. Even without nVidia video drivers, I could not boot. Booting into safe mode is no problem, but normal boot always fails at the same spot (progress bar at center of graph, on first pass).

    Now this is where it gets strange. I booted up from Vista CD, and selected repairs. I have two hard drives. First, the primary drive, is actually a RAID 0 set using two WD 250G drives, connected via a 3Ware RAID controller. The second drive, a standalone WD drive, holds only data. When I booted up Vista CD, it asked me for disk drivers, since it doesn't see a valid drive with OS on it. Since I couldn't find my 3Ware RAID driver, I skipped it, and asked it to repair my configuration anyway. It completed the repair (!!!) in seconds, and after reboot, everything came up perfectly! Problem is, if I reboot again, computer is back to where it started - can't boot again. I looked at the details of the Vista repair log, and since it couldn't find the OS, it assumed my data drive were the primary drive, and supposedly repaired the primary partition on that drive.

    So the question is, why would fixing my data drive cause my system to boot correctly once, but only once? Since I haven't been able to find the proper 3Ware drivers, I haven't been able to really fix the OS partition, or reinstall. Any clue what's going on? I have run chkdsk on the primary drive, and it showed no problems.

    I got basicly same problem and basicly same way started the problem, i have Vista X64 and 8800GTS too but without Raid things just one SATA drive. Dont think its related to that anyway. So i think its some Vista bug i first thought my hard drive is broken...

    Btw if you solve your problem, post it here...

    Seems to me same problem we are having http://www.msfn.org/board/KB941649_problems_t105515.html

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    Windows 2003 and Nebula Digitv -card

    in Windows 2000/2003/NT4

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    Hi, i have been in trouble with Nebula Tv-card and windows 2003 std.

    Problem is that card install fine when i start nebulas software i get the channels but getting huge problems with display adapters overlays. I have have now Ati Radeon 9600XT and newest catalyst and when i switch channel voices are fine and screen is black. Then i go to Ati´s Display settings and overlay ---> Overlay and put the Contrast and Brightness to half ---> perfect picture --->>> switch channel black and start again.

    The sliders have gone back to left in overlay setting window...

    Have tried also Nvidia Fx5600 Ultra, same kind of problems. Its a Win 2003 issue and i dont want to install XP again so help me if can. Im clueless. :D:rolleyes::D:)

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    Interesting study in cambridge

    in Funny Farm

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    AOCDRNIG 2 A RSCHEARCH AT CMABRIGD3 UIENRVTISY IT DEOSNT MTAER IN WAHT OR3DR

    DA LTERS IN A WROD AER TEH OLNY IPRMO3TNT TIHNG IS TAHT FRIST AND LSAT LTER

    IS AT TEH RGHIT PCLA31!111 OMG LOL DA RS3T CAN B A 2ATL MS3S AND U CAN SITL

    RAED IT WOUTHIT PORBLM1!1!!!1 OMG WTF LOL TIHS IS BCUSEA3 DA HUMN MNID DEOS

    NOT RA3D ERVEY LT3T3R BY ISTLEF BUT DA WROD AS A O1!!1 WTF LOL

    I dunno if it´s old but laughed...

    http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aoler...translator.html

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    Off on hols

    in General Discussion

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    well crispy, they've been testing me for a long time.......

    LOL, no I'm testing grain like wheat and corn for moisture and chemicals and stuff (mostly my dad's corn)

    It's very boring and repetitive!

    Your doing whisky or something ? That´s nice, well let´s leave it to scottish people ? :rolleyes:

    Happy summertime anyway... :)

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