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The Traveler
I read that Vista was supposed to be much better at preventing hard
crashes. Well, read-on...
a. Burnt a backup of some of my applications to a DVD
b. Tried to read the DVD
c. The DVD reader kept on going and going (non-stop)
d. All desktop applications started to lose their focus (can't close
them, can't start any, etc.)
e. Ctrl-Alt-Del failed to bring-up the Program Manager
f. The screen became a milky while (20% transparent) and nothing
worked
g. Popped-out the DVD without any resolution.
h. I had to reboot the computer!
Tried this twice in my MadDog 10x drive.
i. Popped-out the DVD and tried it in my other drive, a SONY DVD
burner
j. Problems noted in steps b - h repeated.
k. After last reboot, I did NOT install the DVD and all ran fine
l. I checked in the Event Viewer and this is where I saw that the
problem was caused by bad sectors on the DVD.
So... I burnt another copy and this time all went well.
Conclusion --> Based on my (very) subjective tests, if Vista is trying
to read a bad DVD, it will maintain full focuss and not let you do
anything else. This is NOT how it worked in XP Pro (sigh)
Comments?
My system:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 w/nVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
RAM: 2048 MB (Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400PRO - DDR2-800, PC2-6400)
BIOS: Award Modular (06/19/06)
Video: BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT OC (w/512 MB DDR3)
Case: Antec 900-series
PSU: Thermaltake "Thoughpower" 650W, model W0128RU
Main HDD: WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR1 "Raptor" (74 GB, 10,000 RPM SATA-II)
Data HDD: ST3300622AS (300 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
O/S: Microsoft Windows Vista Business
AV: AVG Pro 7.5x
AS/FW: Microsoft OneCare suite
______________________
The Traveller
Oceanside, California
crashes. Well, read-on...
a. Burnt a backup of some of my applications to a DVD
b. Tried to read the DVD
c. The DVD reader kept on going and going (non-stop)
d. All desktop applications started to lose their focus (can't close
them, can't start any, etc.)
e. Ctrl-Alt-Del failed to bring-up the Program Manager
f. The screen became a milky while (20% transparent) and nothing
worked
g. Popped-out the DVD without any resolution.
h. I had to reboot the computer!
Tried this twice in my MadDog 10x drive.
i. Popped-out the DVD and tried it in my other drive, a SONY DVD
burner
j. Problems noted in steps b - h repeated.
k. After last reboot, I did NOT install the DVD and all ran fine
l. I checked in the Event Viewer and this is where I saw that the
problem was caused by bad sectors on the DVD.
So... I burnt another copy and this time all went well.
Conclusion --> Based on my (very) subjective tests, if Vista is trying
to read a bad DVD, it will maintain full focuss and not let you do
anything else. This is NOT how it worked in XP Pro (sigh)
Comments?
My system:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 w/nVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
RAM: 2048 MB (Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400PRO - DDR2-800, PC2-6400)
BIOS: Award Modular (06/19/06)
Video: BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT OC (w/512 MB DDR3)
Case: Antec 900-series
PSU: Thermaltake "Thoughpower" 650W, model W0128RU
Main HDD: WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR1 "Raptor" (74 GB, 10,000 RPM SATA-II)
Data HDD: ST3300622AS (300 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
O/S: Microsoft Windows Vista Business
AV: AVG Pro 7.5x
AS/FW: Microsoft OneCare suite
______________________
The Traveller
Oceanside, California