[rshaffer61]

To change Boot Sequence in your BIOS
Reboot the system and at the first post screen (where it is counting up memory) start tapping the DEL button
This will enter you into the Bios\Cmos area.
Find the Advanced area and click Enter
Look for Boot Sequence or Boot Options and highlight that click Enter
Now highlight the first drive and follow the directions on the bottom of the screen on how to modify it and change it to CDrom.
Change the second drive to the C or Main Drive
Once that is done then click F10 to Save and Exit
You will prompted to enter Y to verify Save and Exit. Click Y and the system will now reboot with the new settings.

Hopefully you have already put the Vista cd in the drive before all this. If everything is setup correctly you will get a black screen with the following message in the upper left corner:
"Push Any Key To Boot To Cd". When you see this then push any key and the cd will take over. Then follow the prompts or if you need assistance we will help.

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I'm currently using my phone


I have followed everything as told, however when I enter chkdsk /r into the command prompt, it says

The type of file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.
Windows cannot run disc checking on this volume because it is write protected.

[samwiches]

I'm currently using my phone


I have followed everything as told, however when I enter chkdsk /r into the command prompt, it says

The type of file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.
Windows cannot run disc checking on this volume because it is write protected.

[rshaffer61]

Try this and see if the isue goes away on FireFox:

* Go to Start and then to Run
* Type in firefox -safe-mode
* A window will popup asking things that you want to disable or reset (eg: reset/disable bookmarks/toolbars, etc.)
* Click Disable all add-ons and press Restart for the changes to take effect.


Let me know if Firefox runs faster now.

[samwiches]

I didn't get any pop-up, it just opened FireFox with all my add-ons and such enabled

[rshaffer61]

Do you use IE also?
To disable add-ons in Internet Explorer 8
1. Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools button, and then click Manage Add-ons.
3. Under Show, click All add-ons.
4. Click the add-on you want to disable, and then click Disable.
5. Repeat step 4 for every add-on to disable. When you are finished, click Close.
Now restart IE and retry IE as before. Let us know if it still happens or not. If not then try enabling one add on at a time and trying IE again till you find the problem.
Most times the cause will be a toolbar add on.

[samwiches]

I don't use IE, however I had disabled all of the add-ons, way more than I expected/knew about!

And conveniently, a stutter literally occured as I was typing this so that can't have been the problem

[rshaffer61]

OK reboot system and go into Safe Mode With Networking
This will allow you to log in to the internet. Try it there and see if it works.

[samwiches]

Sorry for the late reply, I had to sleep!

Anyway, all that went fine and chkdsk /r ran on my next restart and simply said "The disc is clean."

[rshaffer61]

So now everything is running ok?

[samwiches]

Yep it has so far! Thanks a lot

[rshaffer61]

Great to hear and I will continue to monitor this topic for a couple of days for you.

Edited by rshaffer61, 11 March 2010 - 07:21 AM.

[samwiches]

Irritatingly, this problem is still occuring! Although less dramatically, it freezes for a shorter time and less often, but still happens none the less


Anything else I could try?

[rshaffer61]

Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

Download Auslogics Defrag from the link in my signature below. Auslogics Defrag in my opinion is better because:
It does a more comprehensive job at Defragging
It will actually show you what it is doing
At the end of working it will show you how much speed you picked up
You can view a online log of the files that Auslogics defragged

[samwiches]

Used TFC and rebooted, and I actually use Auslogics defrag quite often myself, but I'll do a run now then let you know if the error occurs again

[samwiches]

Errors are STILL happening, such a pain:(