Help, Vista home premium

Psychno · 11-07-2009, 05:04 PM

Right, im backing up my files now, ready for a reinstall of my vista home premium 64bit. Heres how it is, Windows installer dosnt work (and yes, ive done EVERYTHING to try and fix it). CSS now crashes before it loads (strangely enough, cod4 works though????), i have no sound, it cant find my music files even if i drop them into media player, firefox wont open (im using IE for this) and even if i close some apps (winamp) the process is still running. Im thinking this is a registry issue, because it was fine last night, when i turned off my pc, then today when i turned it on it was F'd. Because registry needs a restart to make any changes i think its that.

If theres anything you guys can help me to do to save having to reinstall my 300+gb of data, please let me know! (and dont say get xp, lol)

xr6_turbo · 11-07-2009, 05:41 PM

Ummm

Boot from CD at startup, you can do a "repair" on the Operating System dude...

Do not try it from within the OS....BAD move.

pHi · 11-07-2009, 06:21 PM

download DART for vista.
tis a bootable repair tool for vista

Diagnostic and recovery tool.

run a system file check etc.
if it fails do a sys restore.
if that fails do a repair install.

if that fails, backup and reinstall.

u can also try using regseeker and ccleaner first.
also run a memtest and spinrite to check RAM and HDD

xr6_turbo · 11-07-2009, 08:03 PM

I'd be saying corrupted install

fury · 12-07-2009, 05:14 AM

Its always a good idea to get a newer copy of vista. You can still use your DVD KEY but go and download a copy of vista with SP2 included. Then do a nice fresh format.

Tho, windows 7 RTM comes out on the 15th of July. Im holding out for that. Then going to W7.

xr6_turbo · 12-07-2009, 07:35 AM

I won't be porting over to w7 yet,

Vista Ultimate SP2 does its job.

Coom · 12-07-2009, 08:43 AM

lol shawn :P

fury · 12-07-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by studiosoundguy

I won't be porting over to w7 yet,

Vista Ultimate SP2 does its job.

You were saying the same thing about vista less then 3months ago

You could not be concenvinced that Vista was better than XP SP3.

xr6_turbo · 12-07-2009, 04:45 PM

And It still isn't any better...

It is good but XP SP3 offers complete stability.

Psychno · 13-07-2009, 09:51 AM

Booted from startup, to "repair" and that option was blanked out. Ive tried applications like DART with no success. I backedup, and did a full format-reinstall. Everythings working perfectly, .NET installs (it didnt before) windows installer works (it didnt install) and all my large files were on D drive anyway, so theyre fine. Thanks for the suggestions!

xr6_turbo · 13-07-2009, 03:53 PM

Heh...

Jam0864 · 13-07-2009, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by studiosoundguy

Heh...

See, my post wasn't useless and actually housed a solution to the problem.

xr6_turbo · 13-07-2009, 03:56 PM

No its not...

Quite Simply, he couldn't fix it....

I would have

11-07-2009, 05:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Psychno Green Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: NZ, Hamilton Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	Help, Vista home premium Right, im backing up my files now, ready for a reinstall of my vista home premium 64bit. Heres how it is, Windows installer dosnt work (and yes, ive done EVERYTHING to try and fix it). CSS now crashes before it loads (strangely enough, cod4 works though????), i have no sound, it cant find my music files even if i drop them into media player, firefox wont open (im using IE for this) and even if i close some apps (winamp) the process is still running. Im thinking this is a registry issue, because it was fine last night, when i turned off my pc, then today when i turned it on it was F'd. Because registry needs a restart to make any changes i think its that. If theres anything you guys can help me to do to save having to reinstall my 300+gb of data, please let me know! (and dont say get xp, lol)

11-07-2009, 05:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
xr6_turbo GotGames Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Age: 22 Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 27	Ummm Boot from CD at startup, you can do a "repair" on the Operating System dude... Do not try it from within the OS....BAD move. __________________

11-07-2009, 08:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
xr6_turbo GotGames Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Age: 22 Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 27	I'd be saying corrupted install __________________

12-07-2009, 05:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
fury Monster Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,959 Rep Power: 0	Its always a good idea to get a newer copy of vista. You can still use your DVD KEY but go and download a copy of vista with SP2 included. Then do a nice fresh format. Tho, windows 7 RTM comes out on the 15th of July. Im holding out for that. Then going to W7. __________________ *mN \| fury! Hybrid DrP Mo3 fazz \| Nm**

12-07-2009, 07:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
xr6_turbo GotGames Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Age: 22 Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 27	I won't be porting over to w7 yet, Vista Ultimate SP2 does its job. __________________

11-07-2009, 06:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
pHi Honorary Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gold Coast Age: 23 Posts: 1,268 Rep Power: 0	download DART for vista. tis a bootable repair tool for vista Diagnostic and recovery tool. run a system file check etc. if it fails do a sys restore. if that fails do a repair install. if that fails, backup and reinstall. u can also try using regseeker and ccleaner first. also run a memtest and spinrite to check RAM and HDD

12-07-2009, 08:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
Coom Honorary Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sydney Age: 15 Posts: 1,680 Rep Power: 0	lol shawn :P __________________ www.tegsgamer.com.au/shop simply the best in gaming equipment for gamers by gamers.

12-07-2009, 04:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
xr6_turbo GotGames Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Age: 22 Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 27	And It still isn't any better... It is good but XP SP3 offers complete stability. __________________

13-07-2009, 09:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Psychno Green Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: NZ, Hamilton Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	Booted from startup, to "repair" and that option was blanked out. Ive tried applications like DART with no success. I backedup, and did a full format-reinstall. Everythings working perfectly, .NET installs (it didnt before) windows installer works (it didnt install) and all my large files were on D drive anyway, so theyre fine. Thanks for the suggestions!

13-07-2009, 03:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
xr6_turbo GotGames Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Age: 22 Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 27	Heh... __________________

13-07-2009, 03:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
xr6_turbo GotGames Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Age: 22 Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 27	No its not... Quite Simply, he couldn't fix it.... I would have __________________