BSOD & Access Denied

[Bigfella]

Hi All
I think I have just identified why Vista keeps BSOD on me. I installed the
Vista Ultimate as a 30 day demo to a separate partition (D:\ drive). Then
installed the Vista Home Premium (purchased) to C:\. Within a week when ever
the system was not under load I'd get a BSOD..eg doing a download etc. I had
installed Norton 360 for AV etc. What I think was happening was the Norton
360 would try and complete disk optimisation and when tring to access either
the D:\Windows or D:\Program Files ...would cause Vista to BSOD... I disabled
N360 Disk Opt.. and stability returned.

I have tried deleting both folders even under safe mode and I get the BSOD,
Amending permissions on both also fails..

Can anyone suggest a tool that I could use (or a way within Windows) that
will allow the deletion of these two redundant locations.. as stated Safe
Mode and Cmd prompts all fail.....

Ta Muchly

Bigfella

 

[John Barnes]

If you are going to delete either of the files you mention, Vista Ultimate
won't run, so why don't you just reformat the partition. Make sure you have
your boot files for Vista Home on the C drive and the C drive is your system
drive.

"Bigfella" <Bigfella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40B55C58-B203-4757-877C-9BB5E3E91471@microsoft.com...
> Hi All
> I think I have just identified why Vista keeps BSOD on me. I installed the
> Vista Ultimate as a 30 day demo to a separate partition (D:\ drive). Then
> installed the Vista Home Premium (purchased) to C:\. Within a week when
> ever
> the system was not under load I'd get a BSOD..eg doing a download etc. I
> had
> installed Norton 360 for AV etc. What I think was happening was the Norton
> 360 would try and complete disk optimisation and when tring to access
> either
> the D:\Windows or D:\Program Files ...would cause Vista to BSOD... I
> disabled
> N360 Disk Opt.. and stability returned.
>
> I have tried deleting both folders even under safe mode and I get the
> BSOD,
> Amending permissions on both also fails..
>
> Can anyone suggest a tool that I could use (or a way within Windows) that
> will allow the deletion of these two redundant locations.. as stated Safe
> Mode and Cmd prompts all fail.....
>
> Ta Muchly
>
> Bigfella

 

[Bigfella]

Thanks John.... I have 260 GIG of data on the drive as well... But yes it
does provide a solution..just got to decide whether to buy some more HDD
space...

Would really love a tool or a cmd that will delete the two locations..if
such a thing exists....under Vista...

"John Barnes" wrote:

> If you are going to delete either of the files you mention, Vista Ultimate
> won't run, so why don't you just reformat the partition. Make sure you have
> your boot files for Vista Home on the C drive and the C drive is your system
> drive.
>
> "Bigfella" <Bigfella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:40B55C58-B203-4757-877C-9BB5E3E91471@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All
> > I think I have just identified why Vista keeps BSOD on me. I installed the
> > Vista Ultimate as a 30 day demo to a separate partition (D:\ drive). Then
> > installed the Vista Home Premium (purchased) to C:\. Within a week when
> > ever
> > the system was not under load I'd get a BSOD..eg doing a download etc. I
> > had
> > installed Norton 360 for AV etc. What I think was happening was the Norton
> > 360 would try and complete disk optimisation and when tring to access
> > either
> > the D:\Windows or D:\Program Files ...would cause Vista to BSOD... I
> > disabled
> > N360 Disk Opt.. and stability returned.
> >
> > I have tried deleting both folders even under safe mode and I get the
> > BSOD,
> > Amending permissions on both also fails..
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a tool that I could use (or a way within Windows) that
> > will allow the deletion of these two redundant locations.. as stated Safe
> > Mode and Cmd prompts all fail.....
> >
> > Ta Muchly
> >
> > Bigfella
>
>

 

[John Barnes]

Have you tried from a command prompt on the Vista install DVD (shift/F10)?
What codes do you get when you BSOD. If your computer restarts before you
can determine, turn off auto restart in system properties/advanced/startup
and recovery.

"Bigfella" <Bigfella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0C62CFD-0116-4C86-8B83-90A6652D6D46@microsoft.com...
> Thanks John.... I have 260 GIG of data on the drive as well... But yes
> it
> does provide a solution..just got to decide whether to buy some more HDD
> space...
>
> Would really love a tool or a cmd that will delete the two locations..if
> such a thing exists....under Vista...
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> If you are going to delete either of the files you mention, Vista
>> Ultimate
>> won't run, so why don't you just reformat the partition. Make sure you
>> have
>> your boot files for Vista Home on the C drive and the C drive is your
>> system
>> drive.
>>
>> "Bigfella" <Bigfella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:40B55C58-B203-4757-877C-9BB5E3E91471@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All
>> > I think I have just identified why Vista keeps BSOD on me. I installed
>> > the
>> > Vista Ultimate as a 30 day demo to a separate partition (D:\ drive).
>> > Then
>> > installed the Vista Home Premium (purchased) to C:\. Within a week when
>> > ever
>> > the system was not under load I'd get a BSOD..eg doing a download etc.
>> > I
>> > had
>> > installed Norton 360 for AV etc. What I think was happening was the
>> > Norton
>> > 360 would try and complete disk optimisation and when tring to access
>> > either
>> > the D:\Windows or D:\Program Files ...would cause Vista to BSOD... I
>> > disabled
>> > N360 Disk Opt.. and stability returned.
>> >
>> > I have tried deleting both folders even under safe mode and I get the
>> > BSOD,
>> > Amending permissions on both also fails..
>> >
>> > Can anyone suggest a tool that I could use (or a way within Windows)
>> > that
>> > will allow the deletion of these two redundant locations.. as stated
>> > Safe
>> > Mode and Cmd prompts all fail.....
>> >
>> > Ta Muchly
>> >
>> > Bigfella
>>
>>