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Forum: Installation & Setup 08 Jul 2010
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Posted By Samba123
Woohoo! :D This evening I removed the first...

Woohoo! :D

This evening I removed the first memory Dimm in slot 1 - reran Memtest86+ and that ran completely clean. Rebooted the machine and Vista booted straight up. Not tried 7 yet but guess...
Forum: Installation & Setup 08 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Update on progress from last night. I...

Update on progress from last night.

I focused on running the HW tests last night rather than any further OS stuff.

Hard Drive checks came out clear. I ran the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test on both...
Forum: Installation & Setup 07 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Great - thanks for the input. I'm also going...

Great - thanks for the input.

I'm also going to try a memory test as well on the pc - googling suggests trying that as it maybe a faulty memory DIMM and maybe removing the sticks of ram 1 by 1...
Forum: Installation & Setup 06 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Here is the drive map - apologies if the photo is...

Here is the drive map - apologies if the photo is not up to scratch.
Forum: Installation & Setup 06 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Great - thanks for the advice. I have to admit...

Great - thanks for the advice. I have to admit that I hadn't considered the possibility that it was one of the other partitions screwing things up.

I'm at work now, but I'll try booting into the...
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Ok. Tried a few things. 1. Attempted the BCD...

Ok. Tried a few things.

1. Attempted the BCD rebuild as above. This completed ok, but didn't resolve the issue. It recreated the boot list, but that didn't fix it. One thing I did notice was that...
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Definitely trying to start Vista - when I boot I...

Definitely trying to start Vista - when I boot I can see the 2 OS's listed in the boot loader, select Vista and then I get the Winload error. I used diskpart right at the beginning before the first...
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Ok - tried the steps above. 3 x Start-up...

Ok - tried the steps above.

3 x Start-up repair and try to boot - same error

Fix Mbr and Fix boot - same error

3 x Start-up repair and try to boot - same error

I haven't tried these steps...
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Sorry 1 question if you don't mind - each time I...

Sorry 1 question if you don't mind - each time I run Startup Repair and reboot should I allow it to attempt to boot from the HDD each time or straight back into booting from DVD and the next repair?
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Hi notsograymatter...

Hi notsograymatter (http://www.sevenforums.com/member.php?u=74488) / gregrocker (http://www.sevenforums.com/member.php?u=7980)

Thanks for the advice above - I'll follow that shortly. I'm not too...
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jul 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 1,570
Posted By Samba123
Windows Vista and 7 Dual Boot Issues - now resolved...

Evening All.

First post here, but as with most members Google led me here because I'm having some PC issues so I thought I'd get some advice here if no-one minds. :confused:

I have a Dell...
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