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10-23-2008, 11:06 PM
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Boot Problem
I just built my first system and I,m very happy with it except that whenever I install an update aand restart the computer it says"Windows failed to start. Then down the page it says File: \boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000f". What is the cause of this problem and can it be fix. As for right now I just have to put the Vista disk in every time and tell it to repair the errors.
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10-24-2008, 12:20 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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What are the specs of this computer? Please list the parts by brand and model including the power supply.
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10-24-2008, 12:43 AM
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Sorry. Here's the specs.
ASUS P5Q Pro E8500 3.16GHz GeIL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Western Digital 320g Hard Drive(will be replaced with Seagate 750G) Vista Home Premium 64 |
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10-24-2008, 09:50 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Is this computer overclocked?
Did you try booting up with just 1 stick of RAM yet? Test the WD HDD with the WD HDD diagnostic utilities. Cricket
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10-24-2008, 09:50 AM
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Have you done the sp1 update?
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10-24-2008, 10:55 AM
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No it's no OCed. I have not tried booting with only one stick of DRAM. The Vista DVD says it includes sp1 already. It only has a problem booting up when I install updates. Then I Repair it and there are no problems in till I install another update. I will get the HDD diagnostic and run that. Thanks for the help so far.
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10-24-2008, 10:59 AM
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Is it always the same update? Or does this happen with different updates?
Are they windows updates, or are you letting windows update drivers? |
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10-24-2008, 12:55 PM
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10-24-2008, 07:53 PM
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Ok I got the other HDD and want to move everything from the WD to the Seagate including the OS. How would I do this?
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10-25-2008, 01:01 AM
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If it is a OS problem and you clone it to the other HDD... that problem won't go away.
Why don't you just pop in the new HDD as the primary... install a fresh copy of the OS on it... pop in the old HDD as a secondary and copy any important data you want to save over to to the new drive? |
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10-25-2008, 11:14 AM
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10-25-2008, 02:26 PM
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Ok I'm installing vista again on the new drive. When I'm done do I just drag everything from the old drive over except the windows file?
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10-25-2008, 03:40 PM
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You will need to reinstall all the programs again too. Also install all the drivers.
You can copy over all personal files. |
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10-25-2008, 05:54 PM
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Ok thanks.
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