Vista only starts in safemode, normal start chrashes ?

[hackerman1]

hi !

i got a problem with Vista, a normal start causes a crash (+memdump),
it only starts in safemode, any ideas on how to repair it ?
i have already ran the installation-disk several times.

what´s a little bit mysterious is the fact that last time i used that Vista-partition it worked normally.
i then copied all files to a new partition on another harddisk and i have since then used that partion instead.

i changed CPU 2 days ago, can that be the cause ?
the computer is otherwise working OK, i´m running W7 on a another partition.

 

[severedsolo]

can you post a snip of your Disk Management screen please? I've kind of got an idea, but i find it easier to work with pictures

 

[hackerman1]

hi !

i´m confused, what do you need to know ?

"Disk Management screen" ?
in W7 or Vista ?

 

[severedsolo]

sorry should have explained that a little better Ideally from Vista, as im not sure it will show what i want to know if Win 7 has been booted, what im looking for is to see whether the Vista partition is marked as "Active" or "Boot" but this will depend on whether you have a 100MB system reserved partition,

 

[hackerman1]

well, looking at "Disk Management screen" in W7,
the Vista partition is marked "Healthy, Active, Primary",
it´s partition #1 on HD #2, and has no "100MB system reserved partition".

i don´t want to shutdown W7 now and switch to Vista, i have other important work to do, so i need it running...

 

[severedsolo]

thats fine, told me what i needed to know.... well bang goes that idea....

i then copied all files to a new partition on another harddisk and i have since then used that partion instead.

what files did you copy? were they just pictures and documents and such? or OS files?

 

[hackerman1]

p#1 on hd#1 is the boot partition, so the "old" Vista-p was boot-partition before i got a new hd, which is now hd#1.

i can start the "old"-Vista on p#1 hd#2 but as i said above, only in "safemode".

"what files did you copy? "
why, what has that to do with the problem ?
i copied EVERYTHING.

 

[hackerman1]

problem solved.

 

[Jacee]

How? In case someone else has the same problem

 

[hackerman1]

i´m going to post that later, don´t have time to do it right now...

 

[hackerman1]

after trying "last known configuration", "system restore point" & Vista´s system repair from the installation-disk several times,
i almost gave up.

i started thinking about reinstalling Vista, but decided to take a wild chance.
i decided to try W7 ´s system repair from the installation-disk.

and believe it or not, W7 fixed my Vista-partition !