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02-02-13 05:31 PM
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Okay so just last night I went to boot up my computer as normal and it was on the Windows Loading screen when it randomly just hung there on me. I restarted and this time, it would auto-restart before even beginning to load Windows. It did this multiple times in a row (including Safe Mode attempts... it would restart immediately after it finished loading the drivers).

My first thought was "Is my CPU overheating?" I went into BIOS and looked at the temperature readings. 37C. Probably safe there.

Next, I inserted my Windows DVD to do a start-up repair. It goes through the process of loading and once the progress bar fills, it blue screens! (STOP error 0x7E)

Now it's very abnormal for something to make the Windows DVD crash since it's not supposed to rely on anything but the default drivers on the DVD myself (to my knowledge) and I didn't make any recent hardware changes that would be messing things up.

One thing I noticed is that my Windows is 64-bit (as is of course the DVD).

I dug into my old Hard Drive where I still had 32-bit Windows and tried to boot that up. Well, here I am now, using my computer and posting through that as proof that the old Windows install works.

But would could be the cause of the problem? I don't think it's a bad hard drive problem despite this HDD booting and that not... because that doesn't explain the DVD crashing. I even unhooked the new HDD and had only this one connected and the DVD still crashes.

The only string of logic here is that the 32-bit Windows can boot and the 64-bit related stuff can't. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. My CPU didn't suddenly change to a 32-bit processor over night. Has anyone ever heard of a system failing to support 64-bit all of a sudden? Is there anything else that might be causing this problem?

I'd really like to get back to my 64-bit install and not be capped off at 3GB RAM.
Okay so just last night I went to boot up my computer as normal and it was on the Windows Loading screen when it randomly just hung there on me. I restarted and this time, it would auto-restart before even beginning to load Windows. It did this multiple times in a row (including Safe Mode attempts... it would restart immediately after it finished loading the drivers).

My first thought was "Is my CPU overheating?" I went into BIOS and looked at the temperature readings. 37C. Probably safe there.

Next, I inserted my Windows DVD to do a start-up repair. It goes through the process of loading and once the progress bar fills, it blue screens! (STOP error 0x7E)

Now it's very abnormal for something to make the Windows DVD crash since it's not supposed to rely on anything but the default drivers on the DVD myself (to my knowledge) and I didn't make any recent hardware changes that would be messing things up.

One thing I noticed is that my Windows is 64-bit (as is of course the DVD).

I dug into my old Hard Drive where I still had 32-bit Windows and tried to boot that up. Well, here I am now, using my computer and posting through that as proof that the old Windows install works.

But would could be the cause of the problem? I don't think it's a bad hard drive problem despite this HDD booting and that not... because that doesn't explain the DVD crashing. I even unhooked the new HDD and had only this one connected and the DVD still crashes.

The only string of logic here is that the 32-bit Windows can boot and the 64-bit related stuff can't. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. My CPU didn't suddenly change to a 32-bit processor over night. Has anyone ever heard of a system failing to support 64-bit all of a sudden? Is there anything else that might be causing this problem?

I'd really like to get back to my 64-bit install and not be capped off at 3GB RAM.
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02-02-13 06:35 PM
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Crazy Li : Have you tried using an alternate dvd drive? That could solve the dvd problem.

As for everything else, I don't have a clue. I guess you've probably googled it, but you could try talking to microsoft as well. Just a thought.

Hope this gets fixed quick! XD
Crazy Li : Have you tried using an alternate dvd drive? That could solve the dvd problem.

As for everything else, I don't have a clue. I guess you've probably googled it, but you could try talking to microsoft as well. Just a thought.

Hope this gets fixed quick! XD
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02-02-13 06:50 PM
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I don't have an alternate DVD drive. I don't really want to buy one unless that's definitely an issue. It seems to read other DVDs within Windows though so I'm not sure the drive is bad.
I don't have an alternate DVD drive. I don't really want to buy one unless that's definitely an issue. It seems to read other DVDs within Windows though so I'm not sure the drive is bad.
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There might be a 64 bit worm in your Master Boot Record. I don't know if such a thing is possible, but if there is, it could have been stopping the install DVD's attempts at fixing it. I would suggest zeroing out the disk, then running fsck (or dskchk) to see if there are any issues with the hard drive. After that, you SHOULD be able to install your 64 bit OS.
There might be a 64 bit worm in your Master Boot Record. I don't know if such a thing is possible, but if there is, it could have been stopping the install DVD's attempts at fixing it. I would suggest zeroing out the disk, then running fsck (or dskchk) to see if there are any issues with the hard drive. After that, you SHOULD be able to install your 64 bit OS.
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Lazlo Falconi : A techie friend of my gave an alternate possibilty: she thinks my PSU is failing and can no longer power a 64-bit system (but isn't so far-gone that it failed at 32-bit YET). The power supply is about 5 or 6 years old and she says that's pretty much the first thing in a computer to go. I ordered a new one yesterday in hopes that this will solve the problem. If not, I'll try what you said.

I did have problems on that install since almost the very beginning (like within 3 days of setting up the hard drive) but I didn't really think I could get a worm THAT fast especially since the first thing I do once I get into Windows after any new install is put AVG on there (I don't even go to the web to download it. I disable my internet and install it from a flash drive then turn on the net so it can update).

Once I get my W2 and can get my tax return, I'm thinking of starting fresh with a whole new computer. I have my eye on a really nice-looking motherboard with 8 RAM slots and 16 USB ports
Lazlo Falconi : A techie friend of my gave an alternate possibilty: she thinks my PSU is failing and can no longer power a 64-bit system (but isn't so far-gone that it failed at 32-bit YET). The power supply is about 5 or 6 years old and she says that's pretty much the first thing in a computer to go. I ordered a new one yesterday in hopes that this will solve the problem. If not, I'll try what you said.

I did have problems on that install since almost the very beginning (like within 3 days of setting up the hard drive) but I didn't really think I could get a worm THAT fast especially since the first thing I do once I get into Windows after any new install is put AVG on there (I don't even go to the web to download it. I disable my internet and install it from a flash drive then turn on the net so it can update).

Once I get my W2 and can get my tax return, I'm thinking of starting fresh with a whole new computer. I have my eye on a really nice-looking motherboard with 8 RAM slots and 16 USB ports
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