Reinstall/Repair?

Is there a process by which I can reinstall Vista Ultimate so that it
repairs an existing install? Perhaps foolishly, I installed SP1 RC.
Initially it ran well. A week (or two?) my hard disk is trashing
constantly (like background defrag) and everything's slow as molasses.
That includes web screen flips, file reads, email, etc. I suspect it's
SP1 RC but am not certain, as I've installed other software since,
that being HP Solution Center for my wireless AIO printer.

I uninstalled SP1 RC but nothing improved. If I can refresh or repair
the existing Vista Ultimate, I'd like to try. I've been unable to
determine if there are other problems. My alternative is a full
rebuild and reinstall, which I'd really rather not do.

TIA
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Hi Chris,

Vista has no repair install like XP did. This is due in part to how it is
installed compared to previous versions of Windows. You can only create a
new installation without formatting (provided you have sufficient drive
space), then recover data from the old installation in a windows.old folder
that will be created. Programs will need to be reinstalled from their
original installation media.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Chris Cowles" <spam_magnet@remove-me-bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Is there a process by which I can reinstall Vista Ultimate so that it
> repairs an existing install? Perhaps foolishly, I installed SP1 RC.
> Initially it ran well. A week (or two?) my hard disk is trashing
> constantly (like background defrag) and everything's slow as molasses.
> That includes web screen flips, file reads, email, etc. I suspect it's SP1
> RC but am not certain, as I've installed other software since, that being
> HP Solution Center for my wireless AIO printer.
>
> I uninstalled SP1 RC but nothing improved. If I can refresh or repair the
> existing Vista Ultimate, I'd like to try. I've been unable to determine if
> there are other problems. My alternative is a full rebuild and reinstall,
> which I'd really rather not do.
>
> TIA
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL
>

If you have a restore point prior to the SP1 install use it.

If your restore points don't go back that far Run sfc /scannow.


"Chris Cowles" <spam_magnet@remove-me-bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:eHSiGBHaIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Is there a process by which I can reinstall Vista Ultimate so that it
> repairs an existing install? Perhaps foolishly, I installed SP1 RC.
> Initially it ran well. A week (or two?) my hard disk is trashing
> constantly (like background defrag) and everything's slow as molasses.
> That includes web screen flips, file reads, email, etc. I suspect it's SP1
> RC but am not certain, as I've installed other software since, that being
> HP Solution Center for my wireless AIO printer.
>
> I uninstalled SP1 RC but nothing improved. If I can refresh or repair the
> existing Vista Ultimate, I'd like to try. I've been unable to determine if
> there are other problems. My alternative is a full rebuild and reinstall,
> which I'd really rather not do.
>
> TIA
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL
>

Un upgrade install is eqivalent to a repair install.
--
Paul


"Chris Cowles" wrote:

> Is there a process by which I can reinstall Vista Ultimate so that it
> repairs an existing install? Perhaps foolishly, I installed SP1 RC.
> Initially it ran well. A week (or two?) my hard disk is trashing
> constantly (like background defrag) and everything's slow as molasses.
> That includes web screen flips, file reads, email, etc. I suspect it's
> SP1 RC but am not certain, as I've installed other software since,
> that being HP Solution Center for my wireless AIO printer.
>
> I uninstalled SP1 RC but nothing improved. If I can refresh or repair
> the existing Vista Ultimate, I'd like to try. I've been unable to
> determine if there are other problems. My alternative is a full
> rebuild and reinstall, which I'd really rather not do.
>
> TIA
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL
>
>
>

BTW have you tries a system restore?
--
Paul


"Chris Cowles" wrote:

> Is there a process by which I can reinstall Vista Ultimate so that it
> repairs an existing install? Perhaps foolishly, I installed SP1 RC.
> Initially it ran well. A week (or two?) my hard disk is trashing
> constantly (like background defrag) and everything's slow as molasses.
> That includes web screen flips, file reads, email, etc. I suspect it's
> SP1 RC but am not certain, as I've installed other software since,
> that being HP Solution Center for my wireless AIO printer.
>
> I uninstalled SP1 RC but nothing improved. If I can refresh or repair
> the existing Vista Ultimate, I'd like to try. I've been unable to
> determine if there are other problems. My alternative is a full
> rebuild and reinstall, which I'd really rather not do.
>
> TIA
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL
>
>
>

"PaulB" <PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> BTW have you tries a system restore?

Restore points don't go back that far, unfortunately.

"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:QtOdnXf6o5lOsjTanZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> If you have a restore point prior to the SP1 install use it.
>
> If your restore points don't go back that far Run sfc /scannow.

Results:

Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix
some of them.
Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log

I looked in the log but didn't find anything explicitly listing the
files that remain corrupt.

Where to from here?

The disk is thrashing much less but I haven't rebooted yet.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Reboot. If problem unresolved run sfc \scannow in safe mode. If problem
still unresolved Run CHKDSK (takes a loong time).


"Chris Cowles" <spam_magnet@remove-me-bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:QtOdnXf6o5lOsjTanZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> If you have a restore point prior to the SP1 install use it.
>>
>> If your restore points don't go back that far Run sfc /scannow.
>
> Results:
>
> Verification 100% complete.
> Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
> of them.
> Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example
> C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
>
> I looked in the log but didn't find anything explicitly listing the files
> that remain corrupt.
>
> Where to from here?
>
> The disk is thrashing much less but I haven't rebooted yet.
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL
>
>