I can still break a system with the best.

[Guest Dennis Pack]

As the saying goes fix it until it breaks or if it isn't broke don't fix it

but that's no fun. The involved system; AMD 5200x2, Asus M2N-E (AM2 chipset,

NF 570), 2GB (2x1) Crucial ram, Asus GF7600gs PCI-E video, Audigy 2zs

audio, Leadtek TV2000 XP Expert capture, USR 5610b modem, WD5000YS SATA3GB/s

hard drive, WD1600JB SATA hard drive x2, Epson cx4800 printer/scanner,

Lite-on DVD player, Lite-on DVD burner. Operating systems XP x64sp2, Vista

Enterprise x64 and Vista x64 test from a degraded raid array with BitLocker

on the Vista Enterprise x64 partition. Partition layout; Disk0 (1)XP x64,

(2) Vista Enterprise x64, (3) Data, Disk1 (1) Boot, (2) Vista x64 test, (3)

Movies, Disk2 Unallocated.

Everything was functioning properly before I used Acronis Disk Director to

resize the Enterprise partition. Where I went wrong was before I started, I

forgot to decrypt the Vista Enterprise x64 partition. There were a couple

error messages that I ignored. When I got done XP x64 and Vista x64 test

booted normally and all partitions were visible under Computer and in Disk

Management, the Vista Enterprise x64 booted normally with only the Vista

Enterprise x64 partition was visible and in Disk Management all partitions

were visible. Not being able to make the other partitions visible I deleted

the Vista Enterprise x64 partition and reinstalled the system.

Now everything is functioning properly again except when starting the Vista

Enterprise x64 operating system. The login screen appears, password entered,

the screen goes black with a pointer with no change as time passes. Hitting

control, alt, delete brings up the options page, hitting logoff or restart

allows the system to boot normally after typing the password. Eliminating

the password or BitLocker has no effect. Turning off all startup programs in

msconfig had no effect. Startup repair and sfc /scannow had no effect. The

0502 bios or 1001 bios have no effect. The 0602, 0702 and 0802 bios aren't

Vista x64 compatible. Nvidia video drivers 100.59, 162.22 and 163.44 react

the same. In summation I inadvertently created a backwards startup. Instead

of hitting control, alt, delete then entering a password you enter the

password, hit control, alt, delete and enter the password again.

 

 

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Dennis Pack

XP x64 SP2, Vista Enterprise x64

Office Professional Plus 2007