Damn Vista and all microsoft products to hell ...

[Nero D. Ace]

Yes, I have a problem ... again. So, my laptop is really overloaded and it takes a long time to boot.

So, instead of shutting it down everytime, i put it on standby. For about 4 months, i don't think i've shut it down once, until 2 days ago. i thought ... hey, give the machine a rest. BIG mistake.

Next time, i booted it, it took me directly to the Startup Repair screen where it proceeded to repair my computer. After it was done, it restarted but AGAIN went to the Startup Repair screen and followed the cycle all over.

This went on for a while before i decided to skip the startup repair and start Windows normally.

When i did that, it asked for a File Checkup, and it got frozen at 55% complete.

Then, i Forced Shut Down it, did the whole thing all over and skipped the File Checkup and it showed a blue screen which said that there were some Hardware or Software problems and that i should try running it in Safe Mode.

So, i hold F8 in the beginning and boot it in Safe Mode and it freezes again!!!

It gets to this file - "/Windows/system32/drivers/crcdisk.sys" and freezes.

Is there anything I can do to get this gosh darned machine to work again, short of rebooting it completely?

i want to avoid erasing all the data on it if possible as it contains a ton of software's, games and other stuff which i accumulated over 2 years.

[Renzourin]

from the sound of it.... your pretty well fucked iki you really cant leave a computer on for that long and youve likely got corruption ALL over your OS so yeah your shit up a creek without a paddle you can take it to a tech center see if they can work with it but... your likely gonna have to format and reinstall at this point

[Nero D. Ace]

from the sound of it.... your pretty well fucked iki you really cant leave a computer on for that long and youve likely got corruption ALL over your OS so yeah your shit up a creek without a paddle you can take it to a tech center see if they can work with it but... your likely gonna have to format and reinstall at this point

sigh, i was afraid about that. though i may be able to minimise the damage.

if i download and install windows 7 in the same Drive as the Vista was in, will it leave my other Drives untouched? cuz most of my stuff is in D:\ and Vista is installed in C:\

[† ballard]

sigh, i was afraid about that. though i may be able to minimise the damage.

if i download and install windows 7 in the same Drive as the Vista was in, will it leave my other Drives untouched? cuz most of my stuff is in D:\ and Vista is installed in C:\

It will only format the drive you install the os on. Every other drive will be as you left them.

Actually.... you don't even need to format the hard drive for that matter. You could just install windows 7 over the vista install and all your files will still be there. Though I doubt any of the programs that were once installed would still work. (I've only tried this once and only a few games worked from the previous install) I only did it to recover some files I really needed.

(Everything from the vista install will be moved into a folder on the hard drive it was on... just go to computer and the letter drive you used.)

[Nero D. Ace]

oh what the hell ... I'm gonna do it. im dling Windows 7 Ultimate atm

only problem is that my DVD writer is in my laptop, which is the thing im trying to fix.

so, could anyone tell me how to make a bootable flash drive or whatever its called.

[† ballard]

oh what the hell ... I'm gonna do it. im dling Windows 7 Ultimate atm

only problem is that my DVD writer is in my laptop, which is the thing im trying to fix.

so, could anyone tell me how to make a bootable flash drive or whatever its called.

What os will you be making the bootable flash drive from?

Here's an article about how to do it... http://www.thinkcomputers.org/install-windows-7-from-a-usb-flash-drive/

[† L4ugh]

If you want a bootable linux thumbdrive you can try UNetbootin. It works on both Win and Lin and supports alot of different distros.

[Nero D. Ace]

What os will you be making the bootable flash drive from?

Here's an article about how to do it... http://www.thinkcomputers.org/install-windows-7-from-a-usb-flash-drive/

i have windows XP side by side with Ubuntu on THIS computer.

[flyrite]

it seems to be your fault that you didnt shutdown the computer for a long time..

dont blame the os cuz im using vista too and i hardly got problems with it.

[jen2sons]

Have you tried selecting load last known good configuration? That can help sometimes.

[nightraven]

The length of time you leave your computer running has nothing to do with it. I have had my desktop up for 3+ months at a time with no reboots. I would say that it is likely something that was downloaded on the computer causing the problem. Windows tends to run great till you install something on it. I have had Linux/Unix systems run for up to a year with out a reboot. 90% of boot problems on any system is cause by installed software with about 10% being hardware or power failure.