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Notebook freezes
jraju:
Hi, try chkdsk thro install dvd. It may fix the problem. You have to boot from dvd and then when the install screen comes, press shift f10, which would take you to the command prompt, there you could use diskpart and then list disk. If hard drive is shown in list disk and you know which partition it is showing, for eg c: or d: by the size of gb,you could access that drive in command prompt and then do chkdsk /f/r and it will fix the corrupted hard disk.
Nomad:
Boggin, I read the stuff about creating a bootable CD but I do not have enough understanding of the matter, as I said before; and I could not create a repair disk either; it seems I need to have an installing disk, which is not the case, to create a repair disk, what seems odd to me.
In either case I was hopping to be allowed to execute a chkdsk from off the system, as it seems to be a good path to a diagnostic.
Nomad
Shane:
Here is a windows pe ISO that is already made, at least while this link works lol
http://tinyempire.com/notes/generic_windows_pe_disc_for_vista-7-8.html
Use a program like imgburn to burn it to a cd-r or you can use a iso to usb tool to make a bootable usb thumb drive with it.
Shane
jraju:
Hi, chkdsk off the system only could be done thro install dvd.
as shane has suggested you could easily create the bootable usb disk, by using a pen drive of 4gb and then try it. The method is so simple that it does not require a expert. Normal commands and copying and pasting will do the trick. But this could be done in vista or higher running computers, which support list disk commands showing the online drives including the pen drive which has to be formatted to execute some commands to do the bootable usb. The imgburn is excellent , but you have to choose the correct speed, if this is not selected then the disc would not work as expected, particularly while expanding the files in installation process. the procedure i gave in another post would help you create a bootable usb drive easily. I will try to give the link in my next reply
Boggin:
You don't need a Vista install disk to get into the Recovery Environment as booting up with a Repair disk will also get you there.
Unfortunately from Vista SP1, the option to create a Repair disk was removed which I've learned from this article, which also describes how to create a Repair disk for your 32 bit version https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-repair-windows-vista-without-a-vista-dvd-disc/
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