Requiring pc vista help.

[Syt]

Yo, I have a bit of a problem with my PC which is why I post this from my cellphone.

Earlier today my computer gave me something I've not seen in a long while: a blue screen of death.

Afterwards it failed to boot - getting as far as the desktop before going back to the bsod.

I first thought it might be a memory issue, so I tried all combinations for the 4 2gb bars I havw. Negative. I ran scn/scannow but without success. I tried disabling what I could in msconfig. No positive result.

The bosd references a luafv.sys and complains about the unability to write a pagefile or -table. Secure mode runs fine. Any tips what I could try short of reformat?

Please, no comments about vista, ms, mac or whatever.

[DontSayBanana]

If it can't write a page file, it sounds like your hard drive might be kaput. If you've got any external drives or USB memory sticks in, remove them and see if it's still happening. The file referenced is also apparently part of User Account Control; do you have that enabled or disabled?

Also, check Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Advanced > Reliability and Performance Monitor > Reliability Monitor. What kind of index number do you get for that? (It's in the top right of the reliability monitor)

[Darth Wagtaros]

DOS?  Whats in the logs?

Run a surface scan on the drive.  Sounds like it might be on its way out.

[Agelastus]

Almost certainly your hard drive - I've had two die on me in the last couple of years under similar circumstances.

[Caliga]

Agree, sounds like a bad HDD.  Do you know the make/model?

[Syt]

Thanks for the hints. It could indeed be the harddrive, because now the pc boots to a black desktop with a responsive mouse pointer and strong hd activity.

This sucks, though. I've had this machine half a year and already had to replace the power supply a while back. The place that built it for me refused to replace it under warranty because I had opened the case to install a second hard drive.

[Syt]

Well, trying to run the vista installer from dvd nets the same redult. Great. "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA". I'm just glad that most of my important files are on a different drive.

[DGuller]

Seriously, I think we should have computer problems sub-forum.  We've got a lot of knowledgeable people here, as well as lot of people with lemon computers.  It would be nice to put all that together into one place.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well, trying to run the vista installer from dvd nets the same redult. Great. "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA". I'm just glad that most of my important files are on a different drive.

Bastards.

If you really want to keep the setup you could try making an image of the drive and putting it on the replacement.  It may or may not work depending on how much file corruption has resulted from the drive's death throws.

[Josephus]

What DGuller said.

We need a subforum.

[Darth Wagtaros]

No.  No, we don't.  We need everything in one big forum.

[Razgovory]

Seriously, I think we should have computer problems sub-forum.  We've got a lot of knowledgeable people here, as well as lot of people with lemon computers.  It would be nice to put all that together into one place.

Yeah then nobody would go in there except when they have PC problems.  The way we have it now the thread with a PC problem is for all to see, annoying everyone.  Like Roadkill or something.

[DontSayBanana]

Count me in the "pro-subforum" camp- I'm a big fan of a nice directory structure to forums; and why would it matter if the forum was busy or not, since we're not leasing server space with a minimum traffic clause? If we had a subforum, it'd be easier to see when there's progress on a PC work thread.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Incorrect Shamesy.  In.Core.Ekt.

[DontSayBanana]

Incorrect Shamesy.  In.Core.Ekt.

I didn't say "helpful progress." Just that it'd be easier to spot right away that there's been movement in a PC thread, even if it's just Raz talking about roadkill.