BIG Problem!! *please read!!*

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Danny :)
Vista Guru
Heyy!
Ive got a big problem here!
So the other day my dad came home with a new motherboard and processor for me:party:
So i pulled my motherboard tray out and fixed it in, put the processor in and put my fan on top. plugged my main drive in and booted it up, looked fine...
got to the OS selection screen, hit vista and it started loading, then just after the green bars a flash of BsOD!
So i put my vista disc in and tried startup repair, it repaired it and everything was fine, tried to boot again and still the flash of BsOD... so now im thinking ill just put the old motherboard back in, i dont want to reinstall vista.

So this afternoon i plugged it in again and booted. After the vista logo i get a black screen instead of the log on screen, so i typed my password in and hit enter. Up comes my desktop, but only the top right corner i think, no taskbar, no icons, no sidebar. The resolution looks massive! Tried to open the nVidia control panel up but its not showing.

So now im stumped. I tried to boot in safemode and it boots, but i cant open nVidia control panel because its not started in safemode!!:mad:

i have it runnning next to me and theres hard drive activity...

Sorry its all jumbled and in one big chunk but im panicky here!

Daniel =(
 

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squeesy cheese said:
Heyy!
Ive got a big problem here!
So the other day my dad came home with a new motherboard and processor for me:party:
So i pulled my motherboard tray out and fixed it in, put the processor in and put my fan on top. plugged my main drive in and booted it up, looked fine...
got to the OS selection screen, hit vista and it started loading, then just after the green bars a flash of BsOD!
So i put my vista disc in and tried startup repair, it repaired it and everything was fine, tried to boot again and still the flash of BsOD... so now im thinking ill just put the old motherboard back in, i dont want to reinstall vista.

So this afternoon i plugged it in again and booted. After the vista logo i get a black screen instead of the log on screen, so i typed my password in and hit enter. Up comes my desktop, but only the top right corner i think, no taskbar, no icons, no sidebar. The resolution looks massive! Tried to open the nVidia control panel up but its not showing.

So now im stumped. I tried to boot in safemode and it boots, but i cant open nVidia control panel because its not started in safemode!!:mad:

i have it runnning next to me and theres hard drive activity...

Sorry its all jumbled and in one big chunk but im panicky here!

Daniel =(
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Could you please tell us the make and model of your motherboard and processor, I think the original BSoD is likely to do with your BIOS settings but I could be wrong.

I think to fix the second problem you should attempt a system restore from the installation disk (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html) to yesterday or before you got the MB and CPU.

I hope this is of use.

Oli
 

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Heyy,
Thanks for the quick reply!
The new motherboard is an Asus P5LD2-TVM SE/S and the processor is an Intel core2duo @ 1.8GHz.

The old motherboard is an Asus P5RD2 - TVM/S and the processor is an Intel P4 hyperthreading @ 3.60, or 2.60, i cant remember.

system restore sounds the best option, but i have installed loads of programs since the last restore point *sometime back in 2009*, i know thats really bad but system restore keeps turning its self off!

Thanks, Daniel
 

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    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
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    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
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    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
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    750 watt.
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    4 fans.
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squeesy cheese said:
Heyy,
Thanks for the quick reply!
The new motherboard is an Asus P5LD2-TVM SE/S and the processor is an Intel core2duo @ 1.8GHz.

The old motherboard is an Asus P5RD2 - TVM/S and the processor is an Intel P4 hyperthreading @ 3.60, or 2.60, i cant remember.

system restore sounds the best option, but i have installed loads of programs since the last restore point *sometime back in 2009*, i know thats really bad but system restore keeps turning its self off!

Thanks, Daniel
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I thought most programs created a restore point while they were being installed by default whether or not you system restore is turned on (I may be totally wrong, I'm not an expert in this field). It may just be worth check to see if you have a more recent restore and you could just attempt another repair install although whether or not it'll make any difference I don't know.

...or you could always restore to one of the many backups or system images you've created like a responsible Windows user... ;)

Oli
 

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osholt said:
squeesy cheese said:
Heyy,
Thanks for the quick reply!
The new motherboard is an Asus P5LD2-TVM SE/S and the processor is an Intel core2duo @ 1.8GHz.

The old motherboard is an Asus P5RD2 - TVM/S and the processor is an Intel P4 hyperthreading @ 3.60, or 2.60, i cant remember.

system restore sounds the best option, but i have installed loads of programs since the last restore point *sometime back in 2009*, i know thats really bad but system restore keeps turning its self off!

Thanks, Daniel
Click to expand...

I thought most programs created a restore point while they were being installed by default whether or not you system restore is turned on (I may be totally wrong, I'm not an expert in this field). It may just be worth check to see if you have a more recent restore and you could just attempt another repair install although whether or not it'll make any difference I don't know.

...or you could always restore to one of the many backups or system images you've created like a responsible Windows user... ;)

Oli
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System restore is suppose to make a restore point automatically before installing a new program, but it will not if turned off.
 

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osholt said:
squeesy cheese said:
Heyy,
Thanks for the quick reply!
The new motherboard is an Asus P5LD2-TVM SE/S and the processor is an Intel core2duo @ 1.8GHz.

The old motherboard is an Asus P5RD2 - TVM/S and the processor is an Intel P4 hyperthreading @ 3.60, or 2.60, i cant remember.

system restore sounds the best option, but i have installed loads of programs since the last restore point *sometime back in 2009*, i know thats really bad but system restore keeps turning its self off!

Thanks, Daniel
Click to expand...

I thought most programs created a restore point while they were being installed by default whether or not you system restore is turned on (I may be totally wrong, I'm not an expert in this field). It may just be worth check to see if you have a more recent restore and you could just attempt another repair install although whether or not it'll make any difference I don't know.

...or you could always restore to one of the many backups or system images you've created like a responsible Windows user... ;)

Oli
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See, thats the problem! I cant check because i cant see the taskbar! all i can see is a corner of my desktop *its the top right corner* safe mode works fine... nVidia driver problem possibly?

Lol, im not a responsible user, i just use my pc to play games and go on facebook, sometimes to do my coursework ;)

Daniel
 

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    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
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    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
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    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
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    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
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    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
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richc46 said:
osholt said:
squeesy cheese said:
Heyy,
Thanks for the quick reply!
The new motherboard is an Asus P5LD2-TVM SE/S and the processor is an Intel core2duo @ 1.8GHz.

The old motherboard is an Asus P5RD2 - TVM/S and the processor is an Intel P4 hyperthreading @ 3.60, or 2.60, i cant remember.

system restore sounds the best option, but i have installed loads of programs since the last restore point *sometime back in 2009*, i know thats really bad but system restore keeps turning its self off!

Thanks, Daniel
Click to expand...

I thought most programs created a restore point while they were being installed by default whether or not you system restore is turned on (I may be totally wrong, I'm not an expert in this field). It may just be worth check to see if you have a more recent restore and you could just attempt another repair install although whether or not it'll make any difference I don't know.

...or you could always restore to one of the many backups or system images you've created like a responsible Windows user... ;)

Oli
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System restore is suppose to make a restore point automatically before installing a new program, but it will not if turned off.
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Thanks Rich, I'll remember that next time.

You can check for restore points using the installation disk by using the previously mentioned tutorial.

Once you click on the system restore button it shows all of the restore points on your PC, new or old.

Oli
 

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Ahaa, okay.
So should i just be able to do a restore and then put the new board in?

Tbh, i think its the nVidia driver, system works fine in safe mode, but not in normal...

Im gunna try last known good configuration *fingers crossed*
Aaaannnndddd.... it didnt work... i will have a look thru the disc and try the restore...

Daniel
 

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    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
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    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
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    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
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    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
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    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
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    750 watt.
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    Foxconn TSAA699.
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    4 fans.
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you have fitted a new motherboard , im assuming the chipset is differant , no ammount of fiddling with the os will help , neither will a repair install , you have to reformat and reinstall windows...pay close attention to the reformat bit , do that before running the windows install ,
 

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archie123 said:
you have fitted a new motherboard , im assuming the chipset is differant , no ammount of fiddling with the os will help , neither will a repair install , you have to reformat and reinstall windows...pay close attention to the reformat bit , do that before running the windows install ,
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Thats what i didnt want to have to do....
Im downloading the driver for my card from nvidia now, lets hope thats the problem.
 

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    Custom built.
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    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
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    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
    PSU
    750 watt.
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    Foxconn TSAA699.
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    4 fans.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
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you could try , but its not the problem , the problem is your chipset , it controls your pcie bus which controls your GPU , theres an outside chance that you may be able to install the chipset drivers if you can get into windows but i doubt it'll help anyways.................good luck :D
 

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    XFX 780i
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    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
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    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
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    1680x1050
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    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
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    OCZ Modstream 700w
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    Titan Fenir
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    Logitech G5 Gamer
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    Razer Reclusa
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    8mb
archie123 said:
you could try , but its not the problem , the problem is your chipset , it controls your pcie bus which controls your GPU , theres an outside chance that you may be able to install the chipset drivers if you can get into windows but i doubt it'll help anyways.................good luck :D
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Lol, where theres a will theres a way...
Booted into safemode with networking, opened up chrome and downloaded the driver.
Installed in safemode and rebooted.. computers just booting now!

back to my native res of 1440x900!

Wahoo!!:D:D

Coming back to the re-install of vista. I think im going to buy a bigger hard drive when i get my new case, i was thinking 500GB, maybe 1TB if they are cheap!

And nice explination there :)

Daniel =)
 

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    Custom built.
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    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
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    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
    PSU
    750 watt.
    Case
    Foxconn TSAA699.
    Cooling
    4 fans.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
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    download about 60/65MB/s, upload about 3/4MB/s. Virgin Media
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well i never :) .. if you do buy a new hard drive just download some coying software (trail version) and copy your entire hard drive onto the new one , no need to format then :)
 

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    XFX 780i
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    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
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    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
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    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
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    1680x1050
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    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
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    OCZ Modstream 700w
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    Razer Reclusa
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Aha, yes, i think my dad has something like that due to his job *network/server engineer*

I think it was ghost or something. We used it when i upgraded from 80GB to 160GB but i had to do startup repair then it would work! ;)

Im actually running my dual set-up now, 19" widescreen and standard 15" i use this when im gaming on TrackMania Nations Forever to monitor my temps and stuff. :D
Daniel =)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom built.
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
    PSU
    750 watt.
    Case
    Foxconn TSAA699.
    Cooling
    4 fans.
    Mouse
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
    Keyboard
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
    Internet Speed
    download about 60/65MB/s, upload about 3/4MB/s. Virgin Media
    Other Info
    ASUS EEEPad Transformer 16GB with Dock w/32GB class10 SD | Dell PE1950 II / 2xDual Core Xeons @3.00GHz / 16GB RAM / PERC 5i/R / 2x36GB SAS OS - 2x1TB SATA Data both RAID 1 |
squeesy cheese said:
Aha, yes, i think my dad has something like that due to his job *network/server engineer*

I think it was ghost or something. We used it when i upgraded from 80GB to 160GB but i had to do startup repair then it would work! ;)

Im actually running my dual set-up now, 19" widescreen and standard 15" i use this when im gaming on TrackMania Nations Forever to monitor my temps and stuff. :D
Daniel =)
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If you want a new hard drive you can get them for under £60 from Amazon now from both Seagate and Western digital.

Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATAII 64MB Cache 3.5-inch: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB Hard Drive, SATA, 7200: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

You can probably get them a bit cheaper if you search around a little but it's not a bad price, especially considering this time last year they were all over £100 (I think).

I hope this is of use.

Oli

PS Congratulations on fixing your PC ;).
 

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    Nvidia 9400m
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.3" Apple MacBook LCD Screen + 22" HannsG DVI LCD + 21.5" Samsung USB Lapfit Monitor LD220
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 + 1920x1080 + 1920x1080
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    SATA Internal 2.5" 500GB (305GB HFS+, 195GB NTFS) External USB 3.5" 1TB (HFS+)
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    Aluminium Unibody
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    Apple Magic Mouse
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    Apple Late 2009 Wireless Keyboard (US)
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Aha, thanks!
And thanks for finding them hard drives for me ill get my mum to order for me! Just a quick question, 2 partitions on my main drive *vista + ubuntu* would they still copy across okay? Loosing Ubuntu isnt much of a problem really because i installed it wrong lol :rolleyes:;)

Daniel =)
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom built.
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
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    750 watt.
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    Foxconn TSAA699.
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    4 fans.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
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squeesy cheese said:
Aha, thanks!
And thanks for finding them hard drives for me ill get my mum to order for me! Just a quick question, 2 partitions on my main drive *vista + ubuntu* would they still copy across okay? Loosing Ubuntu isnt much of a problem really because i installed it wrong lol :rolleyes:;)

Daniel =)
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It depends on what imaging software you use and how you choose to make the image (just of one partition or of the whole drive). It's fairly self explanatory in most backup systems.

Oli
 

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osholt said:
squeesy cheese said:
Aha, thanks!
And thanks for finding them hard drives for me ill get my mum to order for me! Just a quick question, 2 partitions on my main drive *vista + ubuntu* would they still copy across okay? Loosing Ubuntu isnt much of a problem really because i installed it wrong lol :rolleyes:;)

Daniel =)
Click to expand...

It depends on what imaging software you use and how you choose to make the image (just of one partition or of the whole drive). It's fairly self explanatory in most backup systems.

Oli
Click to expand...

You have been so very helpful in this thread, that I think you deserve rep and you will get more than a few.
 

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osholt said:
squeesy cheese said:
Aha, thanks!
And thanks for finding them hard drives for me ill get my mum to order for me! Just a quick question, 2 partitions on my main drive *vista + ubuntu* would they still copy across okay? Loosing Ubuntu isnt much of a problem really because i installed it wrong lol :rolleyes:;)

Daniel =)
Click to expand...

It depends on what imaging software you use and how you choose to make the image (just of one partition or of the whole drive). It's fairly self explanatory in most backup systems.

Oli
Click to expand...

Rightt, okay, i think my dad uses this ghost one to copy failing server drives to new ones.

Thanks for your help tonight guys!
Im off here for the night!:sleepy::sleepy:

Daniel =)
 

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    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
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    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
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    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
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    Foxconn TSAA699.
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    4 fans.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
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    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
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richc46 said:
osholt said:
squeesy cheese said:
Aha, thanks!
And thanks for finding them hard drives for me ill get my mum to order for me! Just a quick question, 2 partitions on my main drive *vista + ubuntu* would they still copy across okay? Loosing Ubuntu isnt much of a problem really because i installed it wrong lol :rolleyes:;)

Daniel =)
Click to expand...

It depends on what imaging software you use and how you choose to make the image (just of one partition or of the whole drive). It's fairly self explanatory in most backup systems.

Oli
Click to expand...

You have been so very helpful in this thread, that I think you deserve rep and you will get more than a few.
Click to expand...

Agreed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom built.
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive 1 250GB sata main drive. 1 160GB from old install. 1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk. 1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
    PSU
    750 watt.
    Case
    Foxconn TSAA699.
    Cooling
    4 fans.
    Mouse
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
    Keyboard
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
    Internet Speed
    download about 60/65MB/s, upload about 3/4MB/s. Virgin Media
    Other Info
    ASUS EEEPad Transformer 16GB with Dock w/32GB class10 SD | Dell PE1950 II / 2xDual Core Xeons @3.00GHz / 16GB RAM / PERC 5i/R / 2x36GB SAS OS - 2x1TB SATA Data both RAID 1 |
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