Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console


--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console

Thanks for your reply. I neglected to mention that I ran chkdsk and
did the vista memory test - no errors.

On 11/7/11 11:14 AM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console

Thanks for your reply. I neglected to mention that I ran chkdsk and
did the vista memory test - no errors.

What about any of the other recovery options? And the hard drive's
tools from the manufacturer?

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:28:26 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 11:14 AM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console

Thanks for your reply. I neglected to mention that I ran chkdsk and
did the vista memory test - no errors.

What about any of the other recovery options? And the hard drive's
tools from the manufacturer?

I'm not sure what you mean by "recvovery" - I haven't lost anything -
the computer starts normally after 1 or 2 BSOD's.

On 11/7/11 12:20 PM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:28:26 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 11:14 AM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console

Thanks for your reply. I neglected to mention that I ran chkdsk and
did the vista memory test - no errors.

What about any of the other recovery options? And the hard drive's
tools from the manufacturer?

I'm not sure what you mean by "recvovery" - I haven't lost anything -
the computer starts normally after 1 or 2 BSOD's.

Any of these other recovery options?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-Windows-Vista

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:09:29 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 12:20 PM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:28:26 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 11:14 AM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console

Thanks for your reply. I neglected to mention that I ran chkdsk and
did the vista memory test - no errors.

What about any of the other recovery options? And the hard drive's
tools from the manufacturer?

I'm not sure what you mean by "recvovery" - I haven't lost anything -
the computer starts normally after 1 or 2 BSOD's.

Any of these other recovery options?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-Windows-Vista

Yes, I've tried that, thank you. No help

On 11/7/11 6:53 PM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:09:29 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 12:20 PM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:28:26 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 11:14 AM, drahcir wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, drahcir wrote:
Some months ago, I experienced three or four power outages within a
few days while my computer was on. I do not have a UPS. Since then, I
intermittently get a BSOD on startup. Sometimes Vista recovers upon
restart, sometimes I get another one. Usually after the second, Vista
recovers - I've had a third only a few times, and never a fourth. When
Vista recovers, it runs perfectly normally, except after my desktop
appears, I get a completely white screen for a few seconds, then the
desktop returns and all is well. Is there something I can do other
than reinstall Vista?

Up front, I know a lot more about XP than I do Vista, but I'm starting
to learn more about Vista.

That being said, just in case the lightning strikes caused some damage
to the data on the hard drive, the first thing I would do is run chkdsk.

http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=6565#no-CD
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...sk-chkdsk.html

The check disk routines can take hours and hours, there are a lot of
variables. I've been watching a discussion about that in a thread in
the XP General newsgroup.

You could also go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download
their tools and check the drive.

Then, try the recovery options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...covery-Console

Thanks for your reply. I neglected to mention that I ran chkdsk and
did the vista memory test - no errors.

What about any of the other recovery options? And the hard drive's
tools from the manufacturer?

I'm not sure what you mean by "recvovery" - I haven't lost anything -
the computer starts normally after 1 or 2 BSOD's.

Any of these other recovery options?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-Windows-Vista

Yes, I've tried that, thank you. No help

We are rapidly coming to the end of my suggestions! LOL

Have you run a really good full scan for viruses, and such? Checked for
a rootkit issue?

For the virus idea, I would suggest booting into Safe Mode with
Networking, or the Vista equivalent, then download Malwarebytes,
install, and run. I would choose Malwarebytes because that is what MS
Tech Support ran on a computer here when I had problems. Even better
would be to remove the drive, attach to another computer and run the
scan there.

You'll have to find a rootkit removal program you feel good about
running. I've used the one from Avast a couple of times, but even after
RTFM, I'm not sure I understood my options if the virus had been found.

But, in my case, my plan is usually to reinstall the OS anyway, so
whether I actually fix it or not, I don't care. I'm just looking for
problems to get an idea of what was wrong in the first place. I follow
the advice you can find on the Tech-net site when you have an infected
system.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc700813.aspx


--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4