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So here is the basics:
My friend has an older Dell Inspiron 1520 (by older, I mean a year or so). He was complaining about it being slow, so I took a look at it and the only real upgrade I could do was a larger/faster hard drive and a fresh install.
So I bought a 160GB 7200rpm drive to replace his 80GB 5400rpm drive. I installed it and the Vista Reinstall went off without a hitch. Then I reinstalled the drivers. Also, I should mention I used his Dell Reinstall and Driver discs, not a Vista DVD.
Everything was running fast and fine until we installed the first set of Windows Updates. Everything but SP1 basically. There were two Optional updates that I went ahead and installed (one was for his video card and one for just a generic vista update). As soon as he restarted after those updates a BSOD shows up during the Vista loading bar.
It did not specify a specific error like most BSODs but merely said "check your latest driver installations or recently installed hard drives." I can't remember all it said exactly, but I eventually started up in "debugger mode" and it started up fine. Then anytime I shutdown it works fine. But if you use Restart, the error comes back.
Was there something wrong with the Vista updates? Possibly one of those optional ones?
Or could it be that the hard drive is not cooperating since it is not the original drive that came with the Dell? Since it only happens on Restarts, it seems kind of unrelated to either of those, but I don't know. That's why I'm asking all of you here to see if you have any knowledge on the topic.
Thanks!
My friend has an older Dell Inspiron 1520 (by older, I mean a year or so). He was complaining about it being slow, so I took a look at it and the only real upgrade I could do was a larger/faster hard drive and a fresh install.
So I bought a 160GB 7200rpm drive to replace his 80GB 5400rpm drive. I installed it and the Vista Reinstall went off without a hitch. Then I reinstalled the drivers. Also, I should mention I used his Dell Reinstall and Driver discs, not a Vista DVD.
Everything was running fast and fine until we installed the first set of Windows Updates. Everything but SP1 basically. There were two Optional updates that I went ahead and installed (one was for his video card and one for just a generic vista update). As soon as he restarted after those updates a BSOD shows up during the Vista loading bar.
It did not specify a specific error like most BSODs but merely said "check your latest driver installations or recently installed hard drives." I can't remember all it said exactly, but I eventually started up in "debugger mode" and it started up fine. Then anytime I shutdown it works fine. But if you use Restart, the error comes back.
Was there something wrong with the Vista updates? Possibly one of those optional ones?
Or could it be that the hard drive is not cooperating since it is not the original drive that came with the Dell? Since it only happens on Restarts, it seems kind of unrelated to either of those, but I don't know. That's why I'm asking all of you here to see if you have any knowledge on the topic.
Thanks!