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by wondering1
Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: BSOD ~ cannot boot even safe mode ~ win32k.sys error ~ Vista
Replies: 5
Views: 18732

Re: BSOD ~ cannot boot even safe mode ~ win32k.sys error ~ V

I purchased Macrium for this computer and it comes with a bootable Windows PE CD. I've run chkdsk from the bootable Macrium disk until it reports no errors. Both the recovery partition and the main partition are free of errors according to chkdsk. Currently, checking for a virus that may be affectin...
by wondering1
Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:25 pm
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: BSOD ~ cannot boot even safe mode ~ win32k.sys error ~ Vista
Replies: 5
Views: 18732

Re: BSOD ~ cannot boot even safe mode ~ win32k.sys error ~ V

To help get the recovery partition working, I copied winload.exe from the main partition. Next error was missing hal.dll, I copied that one from the main partition. Recovery partition has now advanced to ntoskrnl.exe corrupt. Unfortunately, this file is corrupt on the main partition that I'd like to...
by wondering1
Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:32 am
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: BSOD ~ cannot boot even safe mode ~ win32k.sys error ~ Vista
Replies: 5
Views: 18732

BSOD ~ cannot boot even safe mode ~ win32k.sys error ~ Vista

This computer was on during a storm which may have surged the computer. The monitor died. I ran diagnostics on the RAM and found a problem. I've put the original RAM back into the system and memory tests (run from bootable CD) are working fine. I was able to backup the system with a bootable Macrium...