"diskeepr" Fult, Formated Hard Drive Didn't Installing
Oct 6, 2007
i thought its Intel's "diskeepr" fult, so i formated my hard drive, and didn't installing it. then, i tried to install "Need For Speed: Carbon", and the Directx made it all wrong. again - formating. afterwards, i tried to install Counter Strike, and the same thing happend! i thought i just can't play games anymore, but it wasn't it! one of windows updates made it happen also!
The problem is "APPCRASH". in can't install, uninstall, or open almost any program in my PC. im using Vista 32. i can't even play windows games.
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Apr 24, 2010
For some reason, It's unable to either normally format any external memory devices into a FAT or FAT32 format, or unable to read it at all. I keep trying to open the device but it keeps saying that i need to format it, but because of problem 1, it can't be formated (it almost completes but the process shuts down, stating that it can't be formated). This problem has been happening for the longest time and I really need this fixed.
When I say external memory devices, i mean CDs, DVDs, Flash drives, SD cards, memory card readers. Everytime I check the disk management of these devices, it says they are Primary Partitioned (which is the normal status right?). And the only thing that seems to be the problem is the RAW file system (which I heard windows doesn't read). However, the wierd thing is if I plug in something like a USB mouse, or a camera, it has full functionality (I.E. the mouse works/files are reachable on the camera). I then tried to format it using the cmd lines, and tried to format it to FAT32, but after it says 100% formated, and i try to use it again, Disk Management tells me that it's back in RAW format.
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Jun 25, 2008
i have two 320 gb sata hard drives the first one i have installed has xp running on it i want to install the second one and put vista on it. i have to things i want to know do i need a full version of vista or just and upgrade. and how would i go on and do this but vista on the second drive
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Mar 7, 2009
Recently i bought a 500gb internal hard drive to put in my computer, it already has one 500gb hdd. I attached it all and its working fine apart from, sometimes it will make a weird scraping noise and im not sure why, it stops after a while. Its only new so i dont know if it will get worse or anything. The thing is i tryed it in my old pc of windows vista 32bit, and its fine. But for some reason on this new pc it makes a scraping noise occasionally. Does anyone know why this is happening? Is there something i need to install for it?
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Jun 27, 2009
i have windows vista home basic 32x installed in my lenovo ys10 775843Q
and now i want to install windows seven RC
but the problem is that my dvd drive is not working and i have a pen-drive of only 2 gb
so...is there any way to make our one of the hard disk partition bootable so that i can install windows seven through it ?
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Jul 1, 2009
I was wondering how I would install Windows XP on my harddrive that has Vista on it WITHOUT formatting or uninstalling Vista.
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Feb 6, 2009
I just purchased an Acer AM5620-E5512A. It is Quad Core Intel. I am trying to install an extra hard drive an IDE 320GB Western Digital HD. I am running Vista 64-bit the computer is recognizing the drive as a floppy drive how can i fix this?
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Feb 10, 2009
The Hard Drive LED light on my Sony Vaio keeps blinking EVERY SECOND. When it's really quiet I can hear it too, it's constantly writing. Constantly. I did my research - read all the threads on the net and so far I have disabled:
Windows index
Windows defender
Windows search
Superfetch
System Restore
Readyboost
Defragmenter
I have uninstalled google desktop.
The system is totally virus and spyware free, and the anti-virus is not scanning (schedule scan disabled). All Vista updates are installed. Nothing has helped. I've run out of things to disable. I'm running Vista Business SP1, Dual Core 2.2 Ghz, 3 Gb RAM.
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Jul 29, 2009
I have a ASUS laptop running Vista Home Premium, 64 bit OS. I have several programs that I use but no loner have the insall disks for. Should I have to reformat in the future I would hate to lose them. Here's what I'm thinking: Buy a extrenal hard drive. Seagate, 1Tbit, usb, cost $90.00. Copy my hard drive to it. If I need to reformat. Reinstall Vista from my recover disk that came with the computer. Then copy files from external drive. Bingo. All my old programs would be there and working. Question is: Can this be done?
What file/folders do I need to copy to the external drive?
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May 27, 2008
Is it possible to copy my entire hard drive onto an external hard drive. Vista Premium, all the data, etc. and what would be a good software to accomplish this?
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Sep 27, 2008
I have an external hard drive, I reformated it so I could use Vista's backup.Now it seems that when my brother inlaw tries to put some music files(Itunes) that the hard disc is unavailable to his computer. At this stage it seems that Vista has conned me into destroying a perfectly good WD harddrive!I have created a second partion on the hard drive and I am reformatting that, as I write this, but the only formatting option seems to be this NTFS, and that is what I had already formatted the ExtHD to so I think this formatting will be to no avail!From what I can figure I need to format into FAT but I tried a quick format an ex-fat option was there, but the problem was the same. I am becoming more frustrated with Vista, seems I just keep running into things that should be simple and aren't!
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May 8, 2008
Can vista 32 pro install on an ntfs partition formated with 16k clusters. If so how can I format the drive to 16k clusters using the vista boot cd, are there any steps or commands I need to do during the boot sequence? And are there any "stable" third party programs or suggestions so I don't have to dump the current os that is on the drive? As I believe that the image file restores the cluster size.
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Apr 18, 2008
I have some 700Mb rewritable CDs. For some reason, Vista (Home Premium) formats these as 576Mb. Where is the other 124Mb? They are currently formatted as Live File System. Does that make a difference? How would I change the format to Mastered?
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Mar 26, 2008
I have an MSI K9NSLI Platinum motherboard with a brand new Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB SATA drive attached as the third master drive. The primary master has an old school ATAPI DVDRW. Keep in mind there is no way I can change a setting in the BIOS (or I don't know how to do it) so that the SATA device is the primary master drive, so these are permanent settings; the primary master and slave drives connect to the IDE connector on my mobo. Now, I?ve tried and tried and tried, but I can?t do a clean install nor an upgrade of Windows Vista Home Premium x86 (from DVD) on that SATA drive when it is hooked up alone (as the third master drive)...........
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Mar 23, 2008
I have an MSI K9NSLI Platinum motherboard with a brand new Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB SATA drive attached as the third master drive. The primary master has an old school ATAPI DVDRW. Keep in mind there is no way I can change a setting in the BIOS (or I don't know how to do it) so that the SATA device is the primary master drive, so these are permanent settings; the primary master and slave drives connect to the IDE connector on my mobo. Now, I?ve tried and tried and tried, but I can?t do a clean install nor an upgrade of Windows Vista Home Premium x86 (from DVD) on that SATA drive when it is hooked up alone (as the third master drive).
But here?s the kicker. If I plug in my old regular ATA IDE drive as the primary master drive, the DVDRW as the primary slave, and leave the SATA drive as the third master drive, I can install Vista with no problems onto the SATA drive. I just have to leave my old regular ATA IDE drive plugged in as the primary master. If I try to disconnect my old regular ATA IDE drive but leave the SATA drive plugged in by itself, Windows
Vista won?t boot.
What is the deal here? How come I can have the SATA by itself as the third master and install WINDOWS XP with no problems and have a workable system, but VISTA doesn?t install. I just paid over $250 for Vista and I have to use this kind of setup to get Windows Vista to work on a SATA drive by itself? This is lame. I want to take that old IDE hard drive out of the box.
Here are my install screens:
First screen: ?Windows is loading files.? bar goes to 100% and the screen advances
Second screen: Black screen with moving green bar and Copyright Microsoft Corporation on bottom. The green bar just keeps moving on forever and doesn?t go to the next screen (which would be the colorful ?Install Windows? dialog box where you choose the language, time/currency, and keyboard, etc.)
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Mar 23, 2008
when booting up from a vista cd I accidentally had my usb external hard drive plugged in and the drive has been emptied and replaced by windows there are sintimental photos etc on the drive can anyone help me to restore them
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Jul 2, 2008
Does 'Local Disc' D mean it is a drive inside my machine or could it be my external hard drive?
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Apr 17, 2008
I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem. I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using vista and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse the drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003 & XP have never had trouble.
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May 18, 2009
i bought a kit for an old hard drive. i got it to work once ealier today, and now it doesn't work. when i plug it into the usb, it will not successfully install. the kit is a rocketfish hd 35, the hard drive is seagate u8 model st313021a. the "remove hardware" icon appears in the tray, but no designated lettered drive appears on the computer.
the hard drive was part of an older tower that i couldn't get to boot. it's strange because just today i accessed the hard drive and located old pictures, music and other files that i hadn't seen in a few years. had i known this would have happened i would have started saving right away. i thought i had it working.
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Mar 26, 2008
I've upgraded my machine at some point in the last year, where I added a new 500GB drive and moved my C: partition across to it. The previous 250GB drive was left in for additional storage. Just recently (while upgrading my BIOS) I realised that my system was still booting from the 250GB drive even though Windows was on the other disk. There is a fair possibility in the not too distant future that I'll replace the 250GB disk with a larger disk, in which case I won't be able to boot. Is there a safe and reliable way to change it so that the system boots from the 500GB disk?
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Oct 6, 2009
I was starting my computer today (that has Vista), and during the start up process, a black screen came up stating that there was an error opening up my external hard drive and it was checking for errors. After it finally booted up, I went to open the hard drive files, and it was totally BLANK! I then restarted the computer, and still the hard drive is EMPTY! I had ALL my important files in there!
The ONLY thing that looks promising is that when I go to Start then to Computer, it shows the hard drive there, and it still shows that 43GB are free of 111GB of storage (same info shows by right clicking on it and going to Properties). Why would it show this if nothing is on the hard drive anymore? Is there ANYWAY to recover these files again you think???? I NEED those files!!!! Remember that the hard drive STILL PHYSICALLY WORKS. It's just that I cannot access the files on my pc at the time for some reason.......
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May 21, 2008
I just bought and installed a external hard drive. I am fairly knowlegable about computers but this is my first Ex. Hard drive and know very little about there use. So what I want to know is how to save my Family Tree Makers files to it. And once I do that how do I know for sure it is opening from my new drive and not my computer C: drive? I saved it to a DVD one time but when the time came when I needed it all that was there was a short cut but no files.
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Feb 16, 2009
is it possible. ? guidence would be needed. i have installed froma dvd. but it a waste of a dvd. can i put it on my usb and install and then delete it. it waste me a dvd to install ubutu ..
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Oct 6, 2009
I have a sata motherboard with 4 sata data connections on. My hard drive is connected to Sata 0 and my DVD burner is connected to Sata 1. This is all fine. But I want to add another DVD drive. I have connected the power cable to the drive and tried connecting the data cable to Sata 2 and Sata 3, neither of which has worked.
The drive does not show up in the bios no matter how I try. I have switched cables round and ports round - both drives work as do both data cables, as whichever is connected to Sata 1 appears in the bios.
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May 15, 2010
I am in need of re-installing Windows Vista on my laptop. My optical drive stopped working a while back, and a lot of other bugs started happening as well. I contacted HP, (the manufacturer of the laptop I have) and they gave me all the troubleshooting tips I needed, and tried them all. Finally someone just told me to send it in and they would replace the drive since my warranty was still in effect, and I really don't want to send it in. I really need to re-install Vista on my laptop, but have no drive or no CD. What are my options? I would rather have Windows XP, but don't know how I would get it on here either.
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Nov 6, 2009
I want to install Windows 7.I have 2 Hard Drives, both are portioned in 2 .
If I install windows 7 by booting into Vista, inserting the Windows 7 DVD and run setup.
This way I can assign drive letters that I will want to use consistently in both Operating Systems
I am a little bit confused after reading about installing Win 7. If I boot from Win 7 DVD it will assign the letter C: to its Boot Volume, no matter what drive I choose.
Then it says to assign D: to the start volume. The other letters will be in sequence.
Does that mean I need to put Win & Boot Volume on the same drive as Vista's Boot Volume?
As of now I have First Drive Portioned in to C: and D:
Second Drive Portioned into E: and F:.
I want to install Win 7 on the second drive in part ion 1 which is E:
When I install from Vista I just have to check E: Drive and the Boot Volume
will be on E: too. Hopefully I will have the choice to boot into Vista or
Win 7?
I would also like to give the Drives Names:
Drive 1 Portion 1 Big Vista - Which is C:
Drive 1 Partition 2 Little Vista - Which is D:
Drive 2 Partition 1 Big Win 7 - Which is E:
Drive 2 Partition 2 Little Win 7 -Which is F:
This way I will know exactly which is which, even if Vista calls Big Vista
C and Little Vista D: Also if Win 7 calls it Big Win 7 H:
I hope I explained myself?
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Sep 8, 2009
I have Windows XP and Vista. I always go through "safely remove hardware" before pulling off USB drive on XP. However, I have been trying to do the same on Vista, it seems that I cannot do the same as XP. For instance, I plug in my USB on Vista and it appears as H drive on Vista, when I am ready to do "safely remove hardware", I don't see the device drive H is on the "Safely remove hardware" window, so I cannot stop the H drive. I am concerned about the Vista hardware.
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Sep 8, 2009
My question is about D: drive. i know d: drive is a recovery image but taht's all i know. does it have OS as well, it's 8 gigs and can it be made to a bootable disk. My pc didn't come with any disks and it came from best buy what ass's you are gateway but i love the pc. The reason i ask is because i want to thoroughly clean my pc and hard drive with the destructive option. to give it that 100% no virus can possibly be on my pc result. i have tried that recovery with disk option before on other pc's and the virus managed to stay some how. My brother taught me that the best way to clean pc's are to,
1. take memory sticks and battery out of pc.
2. turn it on it gives like a flush to the memory stick.
3. put memory and battery back.
4. Turn on put OS (not recovery) disk in and and proceed to install
5. when at hard drive cleaning option choose destructive (yes i know it eliminates the D: drive partition) and proceed for a fresh OS.......
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May 25, 2009
I have Windows Vista Home Premium x64. and I am trying to boot up my computer with an XP64 CD. it goes into the Windows Setup blue screen and runs all of that, after it is finished it gives me the blue screen of death saying that an error occured and has prevented me from continuing. I don't understand why?? I tried to do stuff in BIOS settings in order to have it work right but my computer is dumb.
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Apr 20, 2008
My problem happened yesterday when I went to re-install Vista on my computer in an attempt to wipe the drive. I inserted the Windows Vista installation DVD into my computer, followed the instructions and then clicked the 'Custom' button on the menu which said I could start a clean copy of Vista, or something like that. So I did this and it asked where I wanted to do this, I selected the /C disk partition (I think it's called). After about 20 minutes it finished and when the computer restarted everything was deleted and wiped as I expected but I could not connect to the internet. This is what I didn't expect. I have a broadband connection wired into my computer (not WiFi) so I saw no reason it should have terminated my connection or something, but Internet Explorer said to make sure that Work Offline wasn't checked, which it was. I unchecked it but when I did a menu appeared that asked for a username and password. I'm not sure which username and password it means. I understand everything is erased but I just want to be able to connect to the internet again. Also I'd like to note that the software (games, etc.) fail during there installation.
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Apr 26, 2009
i have an older maxtor 250gb ide hard drive and i am trying to put it in my computer so i can reformat it and install vista ultimate, the thing is when i go to disk manager i can see the drve, feel the drive, but it wont let me initialize it or anything, it comes up as "the request could not be performed because of an I/O devise error, the disk was originally in my modded xbox and i could acces it with xp.
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