HELLO,
I RECENTLY REBUILT MY DESKTOP WITH AN ASUS P5Q MOTHERBOARD WITH A
RECENT AMERITRENDS BIOS VERSION, INTEL Q9550 CHIP, SAPPHIRE RADEON
4870X2, AND 2X2GB CORSAIR PC 8500 MEMORY. I USED MY VISTA ULTIMATE 64
FROM THE ORIGINAL HARD DRIVE AND IT REACTIVATED PROPERLY AND THE SYSTEM
WORKED FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. TWO DAYS AGO, AFTER PLAYING
DOOM 3 FOR AN HOUR OR SO, I EXITED THE GAME AND SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN
NORMALLY. YESTERDAY WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START UP, VISTA WOULD NOT GO
BEYOND THE GREEN BAR - IT STALLS WITH A BLANK SCREEN. NEITHER WILL IT
LOAD IN ANY FORM OF SAFE MODE, AND IT WILL NOT LOAD FROM THE ORIGINAL
DVD.
I HAD RESIDENT ON A SEPARATE HARD DRIVE WINDOWS XP 64, AND I AM ABLE TO
BOOT UP THE COMPUTER BY CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER IN MY BIOS. ONCE BOOTED
WITH XP 64 I CAN SEE THE DRIVE WITH EXPLORER, AND DISK MANAGEMENT
REPORTS THAT THE DRIVE WITH VISTA 64 IS \"HEALTHY.\" HOWEVER, ONE OTHER
DATA DRIVE IS SHOWING \"OFFLINE\" AND I HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO REFORMAT
IT, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE. I HAVE UPDATED AND RUN AVAST AND SPYBOT, BUT
NO ATTEMPT TO LOAD VISTA 64 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE ANY HELP.
AUBREY MILLS


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Aubri452

Posting in all caps renders your post too hard to read

"Aubri452" wrote in message
...

HELLO,
I RECENTLY REBUILT MY DESKTOP WITH AN ASUS P5Q MOTHERBOARD WITH A
RECENT AMERITRENDS BIOS VERSION, INTEL Q9550 CHIP, SAPPHIRE RADEON
4870X2, AND 2X2GB CORSAIR PC 8500 MEMORY. I USED MY VISTA ULTIMATE 64
FROM THE ORIGINAL HARD DRIVE AND IT REACTIVATED PROPERLY AND THE SYSTEM
WORKED FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. TWO DAYS AGO, AFTER PLAYING
DOOM 3 FOR AN HOUR OR SO, I EXITED THE GAME AND SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN
NORMALLY. YESTERDAY WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START UP, VISTA WOULD NOT GO
BEYOND THE GREEN BAR - IT STALLS WITH A BLANK SCREEN. NEITHER WILL IT
LOAD IN ANY FORM OF SAFE MODE, AND IT WILL NOT LOAD FROM THE ORIGINAL
DVD.
I HAD RESIDENT ON A SEPARATE HARD DRIVE WINDOWS XP 64, AND I AM ABLE TO
BOOT UP THE COMPUTER BY CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER IN MY BIOS. ONCE BOOTED
WITH XP 64 I CAN SEE THE DRIVE WITH EXPLORER, AND DISK MANAGEMENT
REPORTS THAT THE DRIVE WITH VISTA 64 IS \"HEALTHY.\" HOWEVER, ONE OTHER
DATA DRIVE IS SHOWING \"OFFLINE\" AND I HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO REFORMAT
IT, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE. I HAVE UPDATED AND RUN AVAST AND SPYBOT, BUT
NO ATTEMPT TO LOAD VISTA 64 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE ANY HELP.
AUBREY MILLS


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Aubri452

I have no idea why the text presented itself in ALL CAPS. It was typed
without any shouting and it appears without caps in the forum.

DL;957859 Wrote:
Posting in all caps renders your post too hard to read

"Aubri452" wrote in message
...

HELLO,
I RECENTLY REBUILT MY DESKTOP WITH AN ASUS P5Q MOTHERBOARD WITH A
RECENT AMERITRENDS BIOS VERSION, INTEL Q9550 CHIP, SAPPHIRE RADEON
4870X2, AND 2X2GB CORSAIR PC 8500 MEMORY. I USED MY VISTA ULTIMATE 64
FROM THE ORIGINAL HARD DRIVE AND IT REACTIVATED PROPERLY AND THE
SYSTEM
WORKED FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. TWO DAYS AGO, AFTER PLAYING
DOOM 3 FOR AN HOUR OR SO, I EXITED THE GAME AND SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN
NORMALLY. YESTERDAY WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START UP, VISTA WOULD NOT GO
BEYOND THE GREEN BAR - IT STALLS WITH A BLANK SCREEN. NEITHER WILL IT
LOAD IN ANY FORM OF SAFE MODE, AND IT WILL NOT LOAD FROM THE ORIGINAL
DVD.
I HAD RESIDENT ON A SEPARATE HARD DRIVE WINDOWS XP 64, AND I AM ABLE
TO
BOOT UP THE COMPUTER BY CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER IN MY BIOS. ONCE
BOOTED
WITH XP 64 I CAN SEE THE DRIVE WITH EXPLORER, AND DISK MANAGEMENT
REPORTS THAT THE DRIVE WITH VISTA 64 IS \"HEALTHY.\" HOWEVER, ONE
OTHER
DATA DRIVE IS SHOWING \"OFFLINE\" AND I HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO
REFORMAT
IT, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE. I HAVE UPDATED AND RUN AVAST AND SPYBOT,
BUT
NO ATTEMPT TO LOAD VISTA 64 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE ANY HELP.
AUBREY MILLS


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Aubri452


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Aubri452

Hello,

Yesterday I tried once again to load Vista 64 from the DVD. After
approximately one and one half hours it did load. From there I was able
to use the various tools to restore everything except the hard drive
that crashed. I speculate that that that hard drive crash somehow threw
Vista off its stride. Although I am still running through a few tests
and defragmenting, etc., Vista seems to be back and I can replace the
failed hard drive. Thaks.

Aubrey Mills

Aubri452;957892 Wrote:
I have no idea why the text presented itself in ALL CAPS. It was typed
without any shouting and it appears without caps in the forum.

DL;957859 Wrote:
Posting in all caps renders your post too hard to read

"Aubri452" wrote in message
...

HELLO,
I RECENTLY REBUILT MY DESKTOP WITH AN ASUS P5Q MOTHERBOARD WITH A
RECENT AMERITRENDS BIOS VERSION, INTEL Q9550 CHIP, SAPPHIRE RADEON
4870X2, AND 2X2GB CORSAIR PC 8500 MEMORY. I USED MY VISTA ULTIMATE 64
FROM THE ORIGINAL HARD DRIVE AND IT REACTIVATED PROPERLY AND THE
SYSTEM
WORKED FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. TWO DAYS AGO, AFTER PLAYING
DOOM 3 FOR AN HOUR OR SO, I EXITED THE GAME AND SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN
NORMALLY. YESTERDAY WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START UP, VISTA WOULD NOT GO
BEYOND THE GREEN BAR - IT STALLS WITH A BLANK SCREEN. NEITHER WILL IT
LOAD IN ANY FORM OF SAFE MODE, AND IT WILL NOT LOAD FROM THE ORIGINAL
DVD.
I HAD RESIDENT ON A SEPARATE HARD DRIVE WINDOWS XP 64, AND I AM ABLE
TO
BOOT UP THE COMPUTER BY CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER IN MY BIOS. ONCE
BOOTED
WITH XP 64 I CAN SEE THE DRIVE WITH EXPLORER, AND DISK MANAGEMENT
REPORTS THAT THE DRIVE WITH VISTA 64 IS \"HEALTHY.\" HOWEVER, ONE
OTHER
DATA DRIVE IS SHOWING \"OFFLINE\" AND I HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO
REFORMAT
IT, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE. I HAVE UPDATED AND RUN AVAST AND SPYBOT,
BUT
NO ATTEMPT TO LOAD VISTA 64 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE ANY HELP.
AUBREY MILLS


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Aubri452


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Aubri452

to be honest... I would be careful building my own computer and trying
this x64 lol... I am realizing there still are so many things not
working properly here... I would say you are lucky with how it went


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lakmilis

Hi Lakmilis,

I agree. Even though it was pesky, it could have been much worse. At
present, the system seems to be working within normal limits for
everything except the failed hard drive. I am lucky there too, as I had
backed up the data recently. I have set restore points and I am soon
expecting to acquire the Acronix True image software to keep things in
hand, I hope. Of course, there I lots of things going on in Vista 64
that I do not pretend to understand, but that seems to be the way of the
world. Thanks for your input.



lakmilis;959036 Wrote:
to be honest... I would be careful building my own computer and trying
this x64 lol... I am realizing there still are so many things not
working properly here... I would say you are lucky with how it went


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Aubri452

::I have the same problem as ::::AUBREY DOOM 3 INSTALLS BUT WILL NOT
RUN. NO PROBLEMS WITH CALL OF DUTY 4 OR RUNNING STEAM GAMES.
CHECKED AROUND THE INTERNET AND FOUND NO SOLUTION.*

I TRIED LOADING IT ON MINT-6 64 LINUX *::USING THE NATIVE LINUX
VERSION::* AND IT WORKED!! IT'S A STREAMLINED VERSION OF UBUNTU .
*Why don't you play the native linux installer ? You don't have to buy
it, just download the linux installer and copy some of the game files
from the cd to the harddrive::. ENJOY


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Maniac Cop

Download Hard Disk Sentinel (see http://www.hdsentinel.com/compat.php) and
give it a try. It save me by proving my HD was bad. I ran all kinds of test
on the HD and nothing indicated I had a problem. I had also contacted the
MFG of my laptop several times and each time they indicated that my problem
was software not hardware. I ran HDS and noticed that on the average the HD
was reallocation sectors on the average 15 times a day. Also possibly using
SpinRite (see www.spinrite.com) might help. I started to run SpinRite on the
drive but due to other pressures I had to stop the process when it was only
40% completed. After HDS indicated the HD had problems I replaced the drive,
restored the HD to factory shipment and the system has been runing without
any HD issues. I use both HDS and SpinRite on a regular basis and highly
suggest either or both.

SpinRite has made several unusable drives come back to life for me and in
one case it saved my system drive. I have at least 60 hard drives ranging
from 200GB to 1TB and all have been processed with SpinRite (I built a
system just to run SpinRite agains all my drives). I now run HDS in real
time on all my systems.