Sorry for butting in, as Brundle quite rightly pointed out, with the earlier editions there were certain procedures you had to follow in order to install 9X OS.
Have you done the following?
Deleted Partition by selecting option 4 in the FDISK utility, then you need to select option 1 which will then create an 'ACTIVE' partition.
Once this has been done, you will then be able to format C drive.
When formatting C drive, select 'FULL' format and don't add /q for quick as this won’t show any bad sectors that you may have on the drive where as full format does. Example: A:\format c: /q (this formats using quick format) A:\format c: (without /q this will carry out a full format, if you find it hangs at any point during this process the chances are you HD has died.
When listing your processes, could you select 'Processes from all users' before doing so. this will help identify any problems if any, however, if you now have SP1 installed it would be best to ensure that you have updated your system drivers before listing processes as a driver issue could be the cause of abnormal CPU usage.
In addition, could you also list the workstations / laptops basic spec and Vista base score please?
Hi jjbbooyy, I have seen this happen a few times with Vista.
Have you tried running scan disk on the storage drive containing your original files? You could have a corrupted the NTFS data streams that are controlled by 'Distributed Link Tracking Client', this services Maintains links between NTFS files within a computer or across computers in a network, your USB child device would be treat as so. (assuming it's formatted NTFS not FAT32)
If scan disk fails, as work around try to connect the Ext USB drive to an XP OS workstation / Laptop, you must ensure though that you have run scan disk before disconnecting the USB drive.
MS released a bad update that has now been withdrawn, it effected some machines depending on their hardware setups.
Insert your recovery CD and hit either F8 or F12 (normally after bios post check your system will tell you which key you need to hit to enter 'bootup' options..) select your DVD / CD drive and hit enter. Once Vista starts to boot from DVD / CD select your country region Keyboard Layout, then you will see an option for installing Windows Vista, at this point look to the links at the bottom of the information options box, here you will see a setting to repair, choose this option.
Then select system restore and select a restore point before the last update.
As the bad update has now been resolved, you should be able to re-install updates and continue.
I found out that that wire was actually something to do with power and that it might have fried the mother board(!) I took it out, re-placed the cards where they had been, removed the new CD burner, and then friend came over, pushed the video card in a little harder, and it worked.
Then after he left, I put the new CD burner back in, and all that came up was the BIOS screen. I removed it, and the computer worked again. My friend thinks it may be a power supply issue and I may need a "beefier" power supply. Any ideas?
Zorikh
Ok, sorry now read the full thread. Try changing the jumpers over on the back of the new CD Burner.
If you are running two CD drives, one has to be set to master, whilst the other is set to slave.
Never connect a CD Burner slave or master to your hardrive, connecting child devices like this can course major problems if not damage the Hard disk if you suffer power loss while its reading/writing. You can get around this by turning off read/write cache to hard disk in device manager, although I would recommend getting someone who knows about computers to do this for you.
This week I got a new CD burner. I opened up my CPU and replaced the od CD drive. In the process I decided to see about the sound card, which I had guessed was not working because it had gotten knocked loose in a move last year.
I found a loose cable from the hard drive and I found the place it looked like it was supposed to plug into the sound card, but somehow the cable was too short. I removed the sound card and put it in another slot closer to the hard drive and moved two other cards to make room for ht cable. I then screwed everything in place and closed up the computer. I pluygged in all the cables, turned it on, and it made a long beep and the monitor did not come on. I unplugged the computer crom the monitor andf the monitor stated there was no input. I replugged it in and it said that it was in power-save mode.
Repeated of-and-on's get the same result: long beep, monitor in power-save mode.
I have checked every cable that I could find. Everything seems to be plugged in securely and in the right place. Is it possible that I damaged something? Is there something I don't know?
Zorikh
First of all, your monitor won’t kick up without H and V sync signals, these are given to the monitor from the graphics card once the computer has passed its own self power on …
I was attempting to set my computer as a media center, however it wasn't all i dreamed of so I took it of the omputer off the tv and put it back on to my monitor. When I powered my computer back on it didn't work. It automaticly found the tv but won't automaticly find the monitor. I messed with the settings and no go. Any help is appreciated.
in my search for the heat sing and gathering all the info and stuffm the screen started cutting out like...the day before I found it and started clearing the whole thing of dust, but sadly the cutting out problem continued.
Can you here or see the heat sink fan turning?
If not, then this is faulty and the likely cause for your laptops discomfort.
Please NOTE though, these fans DON’T run all the time, only when needed. When It next cuts out, feel the bottom towards the back and see if it’s hot, then turn it back on and listen to see if you can hear the fun kick into life.
If the fan is faulty, its quite cheap to replace, the costly bit is the labor, I’d prefer to visit the dentist than take lappys apart lol…
Yeah, it sounds like it is about to blow. (Maybe litterally). I had to go replace one like that over the summer. It actually started to burn inside and went up in a bunch of smoke, nearly setting off the smoke alarm. Be careful that you don't let that one catch on fire!
EDIT: This was more meant for the first poster, but i didn't realize that someone brought back this thread from last year! Opps
You fault would have beena dry joint around the input power connector, or deguss varister. Again, a quick re-solder would have solved it.
Ok I don't know whether I need a new monitor or a new cable or something else is stuffed up here.
When I turn my (old) computer on (that i recently set back up), it usually gets to the login screen (it's only using Windows ME, will upgrade to XP once I am able to work it properly) and the monitor will turn off, and it makes the same noise when you push the button in to turn it on continuously and the light flashes.
Also, when I turn the monitor off then back on, only sometimes it displays and when it does it firstly displays fine then it slowly starts getting some small, scrolling, black lines then eventually turns off and creates the noise/flashing light.
Xplozive :D
Not sure what monitor this is, but the normal cause is either a faulty de-sub cable, or worst case broken motherboard.
If by moving the monitor on its stand backwards and forwards, or applying pressure simulates the fault condition, then I would say you have a brake on the main board around where the stand connects to the base of the monitor.
This is a common fault with monitors which use a metal base instead of plastic. Seems like they are better made but it's not. With it being a metal base, if you place the monitor down after moving a little hard, the metal bends and splits the board, where as plastic is allot more forgiving.
