Lost Vista games

June 22, 2008

I have wrecked Vista Ultimate x64 to the point of my games and Windows

features not working. I have a Intel 965 chipset with ICH8R and run 3 Raptors

in a RAID 5 config. I have a 4th. drive, 80gb Barracuda, for Linux and

storage. I got a wild hair to try Slackware. After what I felt was a

productive couple of hours learning about Linix fdisk and getting a root and

swap partition set up I managed to write over my second drive of the RAID

config. I run the Windows Vista disk repair utlitly a couple of times to no

avail and them realized what Slackware had done to my middle drive. I

unplugged the middle drive and it booted to vista and started rebuilding the

array with the missing drive. I shut down and plugged the middle drive back

in thinking I would need to wipe it but Vista came up and the Intel Matrix

Storage Manager started rebuilding the drives. It finished and the system

runs just great like before except my Games won't open. Crysis still runs

from the folder but Windows Solitaire, Mahjong, Spider, etc. all say wcp.dll

isn't for this Windows or is corrupt. I have got it off the install disk and

replaced it. I also tried sfc /scannow with no luck.

Baffled with format c: closing in! Thanks for any suggestions.

--

Sam

June 23, 2008

RE: Lost Vista games

Sam,

What you want to do is an "Upgrade Install" from within Vista.

This is equivalent to the old repair install during boot in Xp.

You will need a Vista DVD with the same version (or higher) that you have

currently installed, i.e., if you have Vista SP1 on your hard disk and your

Vista DVD is pre-SP1 you can't follow this procedure.

If you have Vista SP1 installed and your Vista DVD is SP1 then you are good

to go.

Just put the DVD in your DVD drive, let it auto-run and choose the "upgrade"

option.

That should reset things back to normal without losing your installed apps.

Carlos

"Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

> I have wrecked Vista Ultimate x64 to the point of my games and Windows

> features not working. I have a Intel 965 chipset with ICH8R and run 3 Raptors

> in a RAID 5 config. I have a 4th. drive, 80gb Barracuda, for Linux and

> storage. I got a wild hair to try Slackware. After what I felt was a

> productive couple of hours learning about Linix fdisk and getting a root and

> swap partition set up I managed to write over my second drive of the RAID

> config. I run the Windows Vista disk repair utlitly a couple of times to no

> avail and them realized what Slackware had done to my middle drive. I

> unplugged the middle drive and it booted to vista and started rebuilding the

> array with the missing drive. I shut down and plugged the middle drive back

> in thinking I would need to wipe it but Vista came up and the Intel Matrix

> Storage Manager started rebuilding the drives. It finished and the system

> runs just great like before except my Games won't open. Crysis still runs

> from the folder but Windows Solitaire, Mahjong, Spider, etc. all say wcp.dll

> isn't for this Windows or is corrupt. I have got it off the install disk and

> replaced it. I also tried sfc /scannow with no luck.

>

> Baffled with format c: closing in! Thanks for any suggestions.

> --

> Sam

June 23, 2008

Re: Lost Vista games

Carlos - with the new Upgrade Install, does the DVD also need to be of the

same "type" as your existing? So if you have OEM Vista, it would have to be

an OEM disk? I can see this being a problem for users running OEM who have

upgraded to SP1. Getting a disk out of your OEM that allows an upgrade

install might be an issue. (yet another reason I'm not a big fan of OEM.)

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7E6110D5-3551-421C-B00D-8CBF9F9B86C1@microsoft.com...

> Sam,

> What you want to do is an "Upgrade Install" from within Vista.

> This is equivalent to the old repair install during boot in Xp.

> You will need a Vista DVD with the same version (or higher) that you have

> currently installed, i.e., if you have Vista SP1 on your hard disk and

> your

> Vista DVD is pre-SP1 you can't follow this procedure.

> If you have Vista SP1 installed and your Vista DVD is SP1 then you are

> good

> to go.

> Just put the DVD in your DVD drive, let it auto-run and choose the

> "upgrade"

> option.

> That should reset things back to normal without losing your installed

> apps.

> Carlos

>

> "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

>

>> I have wrecked Vista Ultimate x64 to the point of my games and Windows

>> features not working. I have a Intel 965 chipset with ICH8R and run 3

>> Raptors

>> in a RAID 5 config. I have a 4th. drive, 80gb Barracuda, for Linux and

>> storage. I got a wild hair to try Slackware. After what I felt was a

>> productive couple of hours learning about Linix fdisk and getting a root

>> and

>> swap partition set up I managed to write over my second drive of the RAID

>> config. I run the Windows Vista disk repair utlitly a couple of times to

>> no

>> avail and them realized what Slackware had done to my middle drive. I

>> unplugged the middle drive and it booted to vista and started rebuilding

>> the

>> array with the missing drive. I shut down and plugged the middle drive

>> back

>> in thinking I would need to wipe it but Vista came up and the Intel

>> Matrix

>> Storage Manager started rebuilding the drives. It finished and the system

>> runs just great like before except my Games won't open. Crysis still runs

>> from the folder but Windows Solitaire, Mahjong, Spider, etc. all say

>> wcp.dll

>> isn't for this Windows or is corrupt. I have got it off the install disk

>> and

>> replaced it. I also tried sfc /scannow with no luck.

>>

>> Baffled with format c: closing in! Thanks for any suggestions.

>> --

>> Sam

June 23, 2008

Re: Lost Vista games

Charlie,

I concur with you that getting an SP1 OEM disc might be an issue.

Don't know whether the upgrade needs the same "type" or not, maybe Darrell

or some other regular might shed some light.

Carlos

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> Carlos - with the new Upgrade Install, does the DVD also need to be of the

> same "type" as your existing? So if you have OEM Vista, it would have to be

> an OEM disk? I can see this being a problem for users running OEM who have

> upgraded to SP1. Getting a disk out of your OEM that allows an upgrade

> install might be an issue. (yet another reason I'm not a big fan of OEM.)

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:7E6110D5-3551-421C-B00D-8CBF9F9B86C1@microsoft.com...

> > Sam,

> > What you want to do is an "Upgrade Install" from within Vista.

> > This is equivalent to the old repair install during boot in Xp.

> > You will need a Vista DVD with the same version (or higher) that you have

> > currently installed, i.e., if you have Vista SP1 on your hard disk and

> > your

> > Vista DVD is pre-SP1 you can't follow this procedure.

> > If you have Vista SP1 installed and your Vista DVD is SP1 then you are

> > good

> > to go.

> > Just put the DVD in your DVD drive, let it auto-run and choose the

> > "upgrade"

> > option.

> > That should reset things back to normal without losing your installed

> > apps.

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

> >

> >> I have wrecked Vista Ultimate x64 to the point of my games and Windows

> >> features not working. I have a Intel 965 chipset with ICH8R and run 3

> >> Raptors

> >> in a RAID 5 config. I have a 4th. drive, 80gb Barracuda, for Linux and

> >> storage. I got a wild hair to try Slackware. After what I felt was a

> >> productive couple of hours learning about Linix fdisk and getting a root

> >> and

> >> swap partition set up I managed to write over my second drive of the RAID

> >> config. I run the Windows Vista disk repair utlitly a couple of times to

> >> no

> >> avail and them realized what Slackware had done to my middle drive. I

> >> unplugged the middle drive and it booted to vista and started rebuilding

> >> the

> >> array with the missing drive. I shut down and plugged the middle drive

> >> back

> >> in thinking I would need to wipe it but Vista came up and the Intel

> >> Matrix

> >> Storage Manager started rebuilding the drives. It finished and the system

> >> runs just great like before except my Games won't open. Crysis still runs

> >> from the folder but Windows Solitaire, Mahjong, Spider, etc. all say

> >> wcp.dll

> >> isn't for this Windows or is corrupt. I have got it off the install disk

> >> and

> >> replaced it. I also tried sfc /scannow with no luck.

> >>

> >> Baffled with format c: closing in! Thanks for any suggestions.

> >> --

> >> Sam

>

June 23, 2008

Re: Lost Vista games

As long as it not a recovery type dvd, an OEM provided dvd should be fine.

A retail dvd probably would not be since IIRC the pk is needed. I don't

have a system builder dvd that I can try in a vm or I would check that out.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:836C59A0-FFD5-4994-A824-50FD2B024567@microsoft.com...

> Carlos - with the new Upgrade Install, does the DVD also need to be of the

> same "type" as your existing? So if you have OEM Vista, it would have to

> be an OEM disk? I can see this being a problem for users running OEM who

> have upgraded to SP1. Getting a disk out of your OEM that allows an

> upgrade install might be an issue. (yet another reason I'm not a big fan

> of OEM.)

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:7E6110D5-3551-421C-B00D-8CBF9F9B86C1@microsoft.com...

>> Sam,

>> What you want to do is an "Upgrade Install" from within Vista.

>> This is equivalent to the old repair install during boot in Xp.

>> You will need a Vista DVD with the same version (or higher) that you have

>> currently installed, i.e., if you have Vista SP1 on your hard disk and

>> your

>> Vista DVD is pre-SP1 you can't follow this procedure.

>> If you have Vista SP1 installed and your Vista DVD is SP1 then you are

>> good

>> to go.

>> Just put the DVD in your DVD drive, let it auto-run and choose the

>> "upgrade"

>> option.

>> That should reset things back to normal without losing your installed

>> apps.

>> Carlos

>>

>> "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

>>

>>> I have wrecked Vista Ultimate x64 to the point of my games and Windows

>>> features not working. I have a Intel 965 chipset with ICH8R and run 3

>>> Raptors

>>> in a RAID 5 config. I have a 4th. drive, 80gb Barracuda, for Linux and

>>> storage. I got a wild hair to try Slackware. After what I felt was a

>>> productive couple of hours learning about Linix fdisk and getting a root

>>> and

>>> swap partition set up I managed to write over my second drive of the

>>> RAID

>>> config. I run the Windows Vista disk repair utlitly a couple of times to

>>> no

>>> avail and them realized what Slackware had done to my middle drive. I

>>> unplugged the middle drive and it booted to vista and started rebuilding

>>> the

>>> array with the missing drive. I shut down and plugged the middle drive

>>> back

>>> in thinking I would need to wipe it but Vista came up and the Intel

>>> Matrix

>>> Storage Manager started rebuilding the drives. It finished and the

>>> system

>>> runs just great like before except my Games won't open. Crysis still

>>> runs

>>> from the folder but Windows Solitaire, Mahjong, Spider, etc. all say

>>> wcp.dll

>>> isn't for this Windows or is corrupt. I have got it off the install disk

>>> and

>>> replaced it. I also tried sfc /scannow with no luck.

>>>

>>> Baffled with format c: closing in! Thanks for any suggestions.

>>> --

>>> Sam

>

June 23, 2008

Re: Lost Vista games

Yeah, I don't either. I strongly suspect the issue will be actually

_getting_ the right DVD from the OEM. That has been the problem in the past.

And I strongly suspect retail DVDs won't work on OEM boxes.

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:D8CB60AC-C2FA-4D7E-A0A5-E3924AD3B0EA@microsoft.com...

> As long as it not a recovery type dvd, an OEM provided dvd should be fine.

> A retail dvd probably would not be since IIRC the pk is needed. I don't

> have a system builder dvd that I can try in a vm or I would check that

> out.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:836C59A0-FFD5-4994-A824-50FD2B024567@microsoft.com...

>> Carlos - with the new Upgrade Install, does the DVD also need to be of

>> the same "type" as your existing? So if you have OEM Vista, it would have

>> to be an OEM disk? I can see this being a problem for users running OEM

>> who have upgraded to SP1. Getting a disk out of your OEM that allows an

>> upgrade install might be an issue. (yet another reason I'm not a big fan

>> of OEM.)

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:7E6110D5-3551-421C-B00D-8CBF9F9B86C1@microsoft.com...

>>> Sam,

>>> What you want to do is an "Upgrade Install" from within Vista.

>>> This is equivalent to the old repair install during boot in Xp.

>>> You will need a Vista DVD with the same version (or higher) that you

>>> have

>>> currently installed, i.e., if you have Vista SP1 on your hard disk and

>>> your

>>> Vista DVD is pre-SP1 you can't follow this procedure.

>>> If you have Vista SP1 installed and your Vista DVD is SP1 then you are

>>> good

>>> to go.

>>> Just put the DVD in your DVD drive, let it auto-run and choose the

>>> "upgrade"

>>> option.

>>> That should reset things back to normal without losing your installed

>>> apps.

>>> Carlos

>>>

>>> "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

>>>

>>>> I have wrecked Vista Ultimate x64 to the point of my games and Windows

>>>> features not working. I have a Intel 965 chipset with ICH8R and run 3

>>>> Raptors

>>>> in a RAID 5 config. I have a 4th. drive, 80gb Barracuda, for Linux and

>>>> storage. I got a wild hair to try Slackware. After what I felt was a

>>>> productive couple of hours learning about Linix fdisk and getting a

>>>> root and

>>>> swap partition set up I managed to write over my second drive of the

>>>> RAID

>>>> config. I run the Windows Vista disk repair utlitly a couple of times

>>>> to no

>>>> avail and them realized what Slackware had done to my middle drive. I

>>>> unplugged the middle drive and it booted to vista and started

>>>> rebuilding the

>>>> array with the missing drive. I shut down and plugged the middle drive

>>>> back

>>>> in thinking I would need to wipe it but Vista came up and the Intel

>>>> Matrix

>>>> Storage Manager started rebuilding the drives. It finished and the

>>>> system

>>>> runs just great like before except my Games won't open. Crysis still

>>>> runs

>>>> from the folder but Windows Solitaire, Mahjong, Spider, etc. all say

>>>> wcp.dll

>>>> isn't for this Windows or is corrupt. I have got it off the install

>>>> disk and

>>>> replaced it. I also tried sfc /scannow with no luck.

>>>>

>>>> Baffled with format c: closing in! Thanks for any suggestions.

>>>> --

>>>> Sam

>>

>

June 23, 2008

RE: Lost Vista games

Thank you all for the info! I have a Vista DVD from Best Buy but it is

pre-SP1 and I have everything up-to-date. I don't really play the Vista games

unless I'm just sittung by waiting for some utility to finish. If something

else critical or important is busted I will probably wipe it and do a clean

install. Whenever I put a bandaide on it, I always have this little telloing

me it isn;t quite right and would be better if I had wiped it ;)