HDD stuff, with a couple of questions

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Maori1776

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Wow...so I like Vista 64...but boy is it giving me a headache...

I just built a new computer, and I am pretty proud of it, except, I don't have an outside support source, since I got an OEM version of Ultimate 64. So I turn to y'all's knowledge. Here's the machine that I'm running:

Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz (OC'd to 2.76ghz)
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus Mobo
4 gig Mushkin DDR2-800 mhz RAM
EVGA 8800 GTS Superclocked 640meg
Dual 500g Seagate 7200.10 SATA drives

Everything is current as far as drivers, patches, and updates, for all hardware and software.

Problems:

BOOT: When I boot, it is unable to boot without having the Vista DVD in the drive. I saw on here that someone had a similar problem with his external drives, but unplugging internal drives on startup doesn't really work...Any ideas on how to fix this? I don't really want to put them into RAID 0, because I want to keep all my media on a seperate drive in case something goes wrong, as I don't have any external drives.

HDD: My HDDs are OEM, so they are showing about 35 gigs less than what they should, and I account this to a hidden partition that is on the drive from the former builder. Anyone know of a way to regain this space?

iPod: The infamous iPod issue...I plug it in, and Vista says its corrupt. I download the Update fix, run it, and the fix says that the patch doesn't apply to my system. Anyone else seen this??

That pretty much does it. I love the look and feel, for the most part of Vista, and I'm trying not to kill my new system before SP1 comes out...which may be a while...but its starting to get to me.

That, and the lack of Bluetooth support...

Thanks in advance
 

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From the sounds of it, are you running an array? If so, did you install the drivers for the raid controller?

Also (and this may sound stupid) but you are talking about booting fro the HDDs after installing Vista, right??
 

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yeah, its set up correctly, well as correctly as it can be.

The order I have it in is 1) CD/DVD 2) HDD 3) Removable

If I take it out of boot from cd/dvd, there's a "system error. insert system disk to continue."
 

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Try setting up your computer to boot from the HDD first, rather than the CD.

There is a workaround posted here somewhere about the ipod problem.

Do a search for btwinitialupdate and see if that fixes your BT problem.

Is your boot drive the C: drive? Is it an external drive? In the BIOS did you set up the HDD's as non-RAID? Is the SATA controller enabled? Is the RAID Controller disabled?

That 35 Gig loss is normal formatted space, not to worry.
 

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  • CPU
    qx6700
    Motherboard
    intel badaxe2
    Memory
    6 Gig Corsair ddr2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia 9600GT 512
    Sound Card
    OB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ24 Princeton19
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200 1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    8 X 500 Gig 3X 1TB RAID 0 and 2X 500 GB
    PSU
    Rosewill 950
    Case
    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    Chilltec
    Mouse
    Kensington Expert
    Keyboard
    MS Natural Ergonomic 6000
    Internet Speed
    DSL
Maori1776 said:
yeah, its set up correctly, well as correctly as it can be.

The order I have it in is 1) CD/DVD 2) HDD 3) Removable

If I take it out of boot from cd/dvd, there's a "system error. insert system disk to continue."
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Hi Maori,

Since you have two partitions on your boot hard drive, I think it might be that you have the recovery partition from the OEM set as the boot (Active, Primary) partition instead of the Vista partition.

Check here:
1. Open Computer Management. (Administrative Tools)
2. Click on Disk Management.
3. Look and see if the partition that Vista is installed on is set as Primary.
4. If not, then make it so.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Some things have been fixed...I did a little further diggind in my BIOS and found the solution to my HDD problem...the boot order was mixed up on my HDDs...my storage drive had been switched to first in the HDD boot order...I didn't think this would be a problem since I plugged my HDDs into 1 and 2, boot drive and storage drive, respectively. System boots fine without the disc now.

iPod has been fixed...I still fail to understand why I can't use the front USB port for my iPod...what the freak is up here...

the BT problem is still an issue...I may just forget about it for a while, until SP1 comes out...thanks for all your help!
 

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Maori1776 said:
Some things have been fixed...I did a little further diggind in my BIOS and found the solution to my HDD problem...the boot order was mixed up on my HDDs...my storage drive had been switched to first in the HDD boot order...I didn't think this would be a problem since I plugged my HDDs into 1 and 2, boot drive and storage drive, respectively. System boots fine without the disc now.

iPod has been fixed...I still fail to understand why I can't use the front USB port for my iPod...what the freak is up here...

the BT problem is still an issue...I may just forget about it for a while, until SP1 comes out...thanks for all your help!
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Hi Maori,

Here is a link on the BT issue for a update download from Broadcom.

Broadcom Corporation - Bluetooth Software Download

Hope it helps,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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