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i did a istall of vista home premium over xp home after about 2 wks it started crashing after 10 minutes ihave a nvidia 6800gs card updated drivers ,no programs show conflict i did mem test that was ok so i put vista disk in and selected repair it came up as unable to repair so i selected vista install it started then after awhile stopped the computer now only boots to the intel screen then keeps doing rebbot over and over f8 keys says damaged or missing file winload.exe status oxcoooof, cannot getit to read off dvd anymore donot want to wipe drive clean as i did not backup please help!
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"surf324mi" wrote
[Quoted Text] >i did a istall of vista home premium over xp home after about 2 wks it > started crashing after 10 minutes ihave a nvidia 6800gs card updated > drivers > ,no programs show conflict i did mem test that was ok so i put vista disk > in > and selected repair it came up as unable to repair so i selected vista > install it started then after awhile stopped the computer now only boots > to > the intel screen then keeps doing rebbot over and over f8 keys says > damaged > or missing file winload.exe status oxcoooof, > cannot getit to read off dvd anymore donot want to wipe drive clean as i > did > not backup please help!
The first thing you need to do is backup the data.
Take the drive out of the computer and install it as a slave drive in another Windows Vista or XP . It should read the drive ok, so you can copy the data. A variation of this is to put the drive in an external drive enclosure and connect that to the other computer.
You might need to take ownership of the files and folders you want to copy.
-- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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The solution offered by rock is way overly complicated. You can get a linux livecd from the intenet which will boot up your computer into ram so you can get access to your files without any major surgery - don't worry - it won't do anything to your hard drive, just stick it in the cd drive, boot it up, copy your files to a USB or something and your done. There are lots available, check out www.ubuntu.com, post in the forum if you need any help
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"Jimbob" <Jimbob[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3C10D2A7-8A07-4493-8736-9E9CA52BFB4B[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > The solution offered by rock is way overly complicated. You can get a > linux > livecd from the intenet which will boot up your computer into ram so you > can > get access to your files without any major surgery - don't worry - it > won't > do anything to your hard drive, just stick it in the cd drive, boot it up, > copy your files to a USB or something and your done. There are lots > available, check out www.ubuntu.com, post in the forum if you need any > help
Installing a drive as a slave drive or putting it in an external drive enclosure is not what I would call way overly complicated.
-- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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Rock: Your reply was extremely complicated for a linux troll. If you notice Jimbob's replies are of no help in the operation of Vista or any Windows based system. Have a great day.
-- Dennis Pack XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64 Office Prof. Plus 2007 "Rock" <Rock[ at ]nospam.net> wrote in message news:OmRSY0VsHHA.4500[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > "Jimbob" <Jimbob[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3C10D2A7-8A07-4493-8736-9E9CA52BFB4B[ at ]microsoft.com... >> The solution offered by rock is way overly complicated. You can get a >> linux >> livecd from the intenet which will boot up your computer into ram so you >> can >> get access to your files without any major surgery - don't worry - it >> won't >> do anything to your hard drive, just stick it in the cd drive, boot it >> up, >> copy your files to a USB or something and your done. There are lots >> available, check out www.ubuntu.com, post in the forum if you need any >> help > > > Installing a drive as a slave drive or putting it in an external drive > enclosure is not what I would call way overly complicated. > > -- > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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can i install xp then vista again? or anyother way to get vista going?thank you
"Rock" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > "surf324mi" wrote > >i did a istall of vista home premium over xp home after about 2 wks it > > started crashing after 10 minutes ihave a nvidia 6800gs card updated > > drivers > > ,no programs show conflict i did mem test that was ok so i put vista disk > > in > > and selected repair it came up as unable to repair so i selected vista > > install it started then after awhile stopped the computer now only boots > > to > > the intel screen then keeps doing rebbot over and over f8 keys says > > damaged > > or missing file winload.exe status oxcoooof, > > cannot getit to read off dvd anymore donot want to wipe drive clean as i > > did > > not backup please help! > > The first thing you need to do is backup the data. > > Take the drive out of the computer and install it as a slave drive in > another Windows Vista or XP . It should read the drive ok, so you can copy > the data. A variation of this is to put the drive in an external drive > enclosure and connect that to the other computer. > > You might need to take ownership of the files and folders you want to copy. > > -- > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] > >
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"surf324mi" wrote
[Quoted Text] > can i install xp then vista again? or anyother way to get vista > going?thank you > > "Rock" wrote: > >> "surf324mi" wrote >> >i did a istall of vista home premium over xp home after about 2 wks it >> > started crashing after 10 minutes ihave a nvidia 6800gs card updated >> > drivers >> > ,no programs show conflict i did mem test that was ok so i put vista >> > disk >> > in >> > and selected repair it came up as unable to repair so i selected vista >> > install it started then after awhile stopped the computer now only >> > boots >> > to >> > the intel screen then keeps doing rebbot over and over f8 keys says >> > damaged >> > or missing file winload.exe status oxcoooof, >> > cannot getit to read off dvd anymore donot want to wipe drive clean as >> > i >> > did >> > not backup please help! >> >> The first thing you need to do is backup the data. >> >> Take the drive out of the computer and install it as a slave drive in >> another Windows Vista or XP . It should read the drive ok, so you can >> copy >> the data. A variation of this is to put the drive in an external drive >> enclosure and connect that to the other computer. >> >> You might need to take ownership of the files and folders you want to >> copy.
Yes you can reinstall XP then Vista, or use the double install method to reinstall Vista clean, which works with an upgrade version of Vista, as long as you own a copy of XP as a qualifying OS. I am assuming that's what you used, when you said "i did a istall of vista home premium over xp home..."
Here is a link to an article on how to do a clean install of Vista with an upgrade version. Many times an upgrade will give problems but a clean install will be fine. Make sure you have Vista drivers for all the hardware, and check on the Vista compatibility of all software you plan to use.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932
-- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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"Dennis Pack" wrote
[Quoted Text] > Rock: > Your reply was extremely complicated for a linux troll. If you > notice Jimbob's replies are of no help in the operation of Vista or any > Windows based system. Have a great day.
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Lol, how true that is. He's a typical troll.
-- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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