Helplesswonder

Yeah, I did it earlier today just to check. It worked before.

By after the first step I mean after the bcdedit step. I hit ThinkVantage, then I hit F11 when prompted and then it doesn't do anything, just goes back to booting up.

After the first step it would take me to the appropriate screen and then when I hit F11 it just went back to booting up and then to the eventual error screen. So, I guess maybe it isn't the ThinkVantage button per se, but F11 doesn't seem to work appropriately afterward. I will try a few more times. If it still doesn't work should I do the fixmbr?

Yeah, I don't think it works properly now. I didn't try anything else after it rebooted, but it already is goofed up. Oh well.

Everything looked good until I restarted the computer and the error came up again.

Rescue and Recovery offers the options of restoring files, hard disk, or OS from a backup (which I don't have) or complete factory restore. I have already unloaded all of my files to a removable hard drive.

There is a ThinkVantage button I can press at startup and then I hit F11 and it takes me to Rescue and Recovery...

No, I don't have a factory reset disc.

I downloaded the Windows Vista Recovery iso from SystemDiscs the other day and have it on my USB at the moment. Is that what you are referring to?

I ran another scan this morning because the first one did not include Avast definitions. Same results in the log as the one above. Attached is the mbr.dat file. MBR.zip

aswMBR version 0.9.9.1665 Copyright© 2011 AVAST Software Run date: 2012-03-15 07:15:55 ----------------------------- 07:15:55.054 OS Version: Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 07:15:55.054 Number of processors: 2 586 0x1706 07:15:55.054 ComputerName: UNC-L3A8368 UserName: UNC Support 07:17:00.585 Initialize success 07:18:18.786 Disk 0 (boot) \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IAAStorageDevice-1 07:18:18.786 Disk 0 Vendor: HITACHI_ FBEZ Size: 238475MB BusType: 3 07:18:18.818 Disk 0 MBR read successfully 07:18:18.833 Disk 0 MBR scan 07:18:18.849 Disk 0 unknown MBR code 07:18:18.849 Disk 0 Partition 1 80 (A) 07 HPFS/NTFS NTFS 95393 MB offset 63 07:18:18.880 Disk 0 Partition 2 00 07 HPFS/NTFS NTFS 133067 MB offset 195365520 07:18:18.911 Disk 0 Partition 3 00 12 Compaq diag MSDOS5.0 9996 MB offset 467888400 07:18:18.927 Disk 0 scanning sectors +488360880 07:18:19.005 Disk 0 scanning C:\Windows\system32\drivers 07:18:40.408 Service scanning 07:19:10.922 Service MpKslef0f0faf C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Definition Updates\{238AC1B0-8ACE-41DD-AD42-F35C577F1A57}\MpKslef0f0faf.sys **LOCKED** 32 07:19:11.312 Service MpNWMon C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\MpNWMon.sys **LOCKED** 32 07:19:49.516 Modules scanning 07:20:16.644 Disk 0 trace - called modules: 07:20:17.019 ntkrnlpa.exe CLASSPNP.SYS disk.sys acpi.sys hal.dll iaStor.sys 07:20:17.034 1 nt!IofCallDriver -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0[0x86c7cac8] 07:20:17.066 3 CLASSPNP.SYS[89b0f8b3] -> nt!IofCallDriver -> [0x85f30668] 07:20:17.081 5 acpi.sys[82e886bc] -> nt!IofCallDriver -> \Device\Ide\IAAStorageDevice-1[0x85981028] 07:20:17.112 Scan finished successfully 07:20:41.667 Disk 0 MBR has been saved successfully to "F:\MBR.dat" 07:20:41.807 The log file has been saved successfully to "F:\aswMBR.txt"

MBRScan v1.1.1 OS : Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (32 bit) PROCESSOR : x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel BOOT : Normal Boot DATE : 2012/03/14 (ISO 8601) at 17:16:58 ________________________________________________________________________________ DISK : Device\Harddisk0\DR0 __HITACHI HTS543225L9S (FBEZ) BUS_TYPE : (0x03) P-ATA USE_PIO : NO MAX_TRANSFER : 128 Kb ALIGNMENT_MASK : word aligned ________________________________________________________________________________ Device\Harddisk0\DR0 232.9 Go [Fixed] ==> Unknown MBR Code MBR_MD5 : 2E56EDB4C9B72C8A56960C2A5BF3473C MBR_SHA1 : 2F0F2D7453D649706DE1BB8A463E97182D7EDC73 Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 93.16 Go 0x07 NTFS / HPFS __ BOOTABLE __ Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 129.9 Go 0x07 NTFS / HPFS Device\Harddisk0\Partition3 9.76 Go 0x12 Diagnostic ________________________________________________________________________________ ############################### Additional scan ################################ DRIVER : C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\dump_iaStor.sys => Invisible on the disk ADDRESS : 0x9045E000 SIZE : 832.0 Ko DRIVER : C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\dump_dumpfve.sys => Invisible on the disk ADDRESS : 0x9052E000 SIZE : 68.0 Ko DRIVER : C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\mbr.sys => Invisible on the disk ADDRESS : 0xB3DE4000 SIZE : 28.0 Ko BCD EmsSettings {0CE4991B-E6B3-4B16-B23C-5E0D9250E5D9} => BcdLibraryBoolean_EmsEnabled (16000020) SystemStartOptions : /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN ________________________________________________________________________________ _______MBR \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 0x00000000 EB 0E 0A 00 04 00 F3 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 4E 50 ë.....ó.......NP 0x00000010 FA 33 C0 BC 00 66 8E D0 50 07 50 1F FB FC BF 00 ú3À¼.f.ÐP.P.ûü¿. 0x00000020 08 BE 00 7C B9 00 01 F3 A5 50 BF 2F 08 57 CB BB .¾.|¹..ó¥P¿/.Wë» 0x00000030 00 06 BE 02 08 0F B6 0C B8 01 02 BA 80 00 CD 13 ..¾...¶.¸..º..Í. 0x00000040 BA 05 00 BF 00 06 B9 00 02 E8 1F 01 B9 05 00 BB º..¿..¹..è..¹..» 0x00000050 00 12 BE 00 06 03 F1 E8 FA 00 EB 0A B3 01 BE A7 ..¾...ñèú.ë.³.¾§ 0x00000060 12 88 1C E9 89 00 E8 2D 00 3C 01 74 EF E8 52 00 ...é..è-.<.tïèR. 0x00000070 3C 01 74 E8 BA 04 00 BF 00 0A B9 A7 08 E8 EB 00 <.tèº..¿..¹§.èë. 0x00000080 E8 3A 05 E9 8D 01 BE 05 08 0A 04 88 04 B1 01 BB è:.é..¾......±.» 0x00000090 00 08 E8 B4 00 C3 BE 00 06 E8 17 00 BE 23 06 80 ..è´.þ..è..¾#.. 0x000000A0 3C 00 74 0C 3C 00 74 08 B0 02 E8 D9 FF B0 01 C3 <.t.<.t.°.èÙ.°.à 0x000000B0 B0 00 C3 B9 00 02 4E 32 C0 8B D9 8A 10 32 C2 E2 °.ù..N2À.Ù..2 0x000000C0 F8 C3 B9 05 00 51 B8 00 02 F7 E1 05 00 08 8B F0 øù..Q¸..÷á....Ð 0x000000D0 E8 E0 FF 5E 56 0F B6 8C 05 06 E3 04 38 C1 75 06 èÀ.^V.¶...Ã.8áu. 0x000000E0 59 E2 E2 B0 00 C3 59 B0 01 E8 9A FF B0 01 C3 BE Y°.ÃY°.è..°.þ 0x000000F0 07 08 0F B6 0C B8 01 02 BB 00 7C BA 80 00 CD 13 ...¶.¸..».|º..Í. 0x00000100 BE 00 7C E8 AD FF BE 06 08 0F B6 0C E3 1C 38 C1 ¾.|è­.¾...¶.Ã.8á 0x00000110 74 18 B0 04 E8 6F FF BE AF 07 E8 91 02 BE A7 12 t.°.èo.¾¯.è..¾§. 0x00000120 80 3C 01 74 03 E8 0F 01 CD 18 BE BE 09 BF BE 7D .<.t.è..Í.¾¾.¿¾} 0x00000130 B9 20 00 F3 A5 BA 04 00 BF 00 7C B9 BE 01 E8 2A ¹ .ó¥º..¿.|¹¾.è* 0x00000140 00 33 C0 50 BF 00 7C 57 CB 32 ED B8 01 03 BA 80 .3ÀP¿.|Wë2͸..º. 0x00000150 00 CD 13 C3 51 4E 0F B6 0C E3 08 B8 01 02 BA 80 .Í.ÃQN.¶.Ã.¸..º. 0x00000160 00 CD 13 81 EB 00 02 59 E2 EA C3 52 57 51 B8 00 .Í..ë..YÂêÃRWQ¸. 0x00000170 BB CD 1A 72 2B 66 83 F8 00 75 25 81 F9 02 01 7C »Í.r+f.ø.u%.Ù..| 0x00000180 1F 66 81 FB 54 43 50 41 75 16 33 C0 8E C0 66 33 .f.ûTCPAu.3À.Àf3 0x00000190 F6 B8 07 BB 66 33 C9 66 33 D2 59 5F 5A CD 1A C3 ö¸.»f3éf3ÒY_ZÍ.à 0x000001A0 59 5F 5A C3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Y_ZÃ............ 0x000001B0 00 00 00 00 00 2C 44 63 45 69 E1 63 00 00 80 01 .....,DcEiác.... 0x000001C0 01 00 07 EF FF FF 3F 00 00 00 51 0A A5 0B 00 00 ...ï..?...Q.¥... 0x000001D0 C1 FF 07 EF FF FF 90 0A A5 0B 80 5E 3E 10 00 00 á..ï....¥..^>... 0x000001E0 C1 FF 12 EF FF FF 10 69 E3 1B A0 62 38 01 00 00 á..ï...iÃ..b8... 0x000001F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA ..............Uª

OK. I think it is scanning now. Not sure how to tell though. I right-clicked, ran as admin then clicked report. Some of the boxes filled with values and it looks like there is activity based on the hard-drive green light flickering...

Did bcdedit /enum all>bcdeditlog.txt and that worked. Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} extendedinput Yes default {current} resumeobject {4139ccab-f9e5-11dc-ac02-faca484c907a} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 resume No customactions 0x10000ba000001 0x54000001 custom:54000001 {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d} Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Microsoft Windows Vista locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {4139ccab-f9e5-11dc-ac02-faca484c907a} nx OptIn Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d} device ramdisk=[boot]\tvtos\winpe.wim,{ramdiskoptions} path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe description WinPE osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\tvtos\winpe.wim,{ramdiskoptions} systemroot \windows nx OptIn detecthal Yes winpe Yes Resume from Hibernate --------------------- identifier {4139ccab-f9e5-11dc-ac02-faca484c907a} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winresume.exe description Windows Resume Application locale en-US inherit {resumeloadersettings} filedevice partition=C: filepath \hiberfil.sys pae Yes debugoptionenabled No Windows Memory Tester --------------------- identifier {memdiag} device partition=C: path \boot\memtest.exe description Windows Memory Diagnostic locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} badmemoryaccess Yes Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------ identifier {ntldr} device partition=C: path \ntldr description Earlier Version of Windows EMS Settings ------------ identifier {emssettings} bootems Yes Debugger Settings ----------------- identifier {dbgsettings} debugtype Serial debugport 1 baudrate 115200 RAM Defects ----------- identifier {badmemory} Global Settings --------------- identifier {globalsettings} inherit {dbgsettings} {emssettings} {badmemory} Boot Loader Settings -------------------- identifier {bootloadersettings} inherit {globalsettings} Resume Loader Settings ---------------------- identifier {resumeloadersettings} inherit {globalsettings} Setup Ramdisk Options --------------------- identifier {ramdiskoptions} description Ramdisk options ramdisksdidevice boot ramdisksdipath \boot\boot.sdi

Yes the first command gives me the message as well as the second. I can do just bcdedit /enum all without any problems but adding the log.txt portion gives me the message.