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LOL I know, it repairs windows, but I'm looking for a little more in depth answer. I have been having Vid card problems so I took one out. The one left in played for a while then crashed (the weird ncontinuous noise and then frezzing). So I powered down and ...


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Old 25th Dec 2008, 10:24
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Default What does Windows Repair do?

LOL I know, it repairs windows, but I'm looking for a little more in depth answer.

I have been having Vid card problems so I took one out. The one left in played for a while then crashed (the weird ncontinuous noise and then frezzing). So I powered down and restarted. It worked for a while but then my mouse started dragging, so I rebooted and went to bed. I got back on and the mouse was still dragging so i rebooted (restarted, not cold reboot). EVERYTHING went haywire then. First it wouldn't load BIOS, then it went booted bios and wouldn't boot safe mode, then it went in safe mode and the mouse wouldn't respond at all. SO i shut down, and since I was shut down, pooped one GFX card out and put the other one in. Restart: won't get past BIOS, and then it says, the video input cannot be read. I switched cards again, same message. Many failed restarts later, I popped in my Vista disc and hit repair. It seems to have repaired as I am now here, butr repaired for how long and what started this whole mess lol?

Anyways, does the repair function reinstall all the drivers back to factory or something? My Razer mouse is showing Microsoft drivers from 2006 as is my Logitech keyboard. My vid card however not only is showing the NVidia drivers it should, but it is showing I have two vid cards installed which I don't anymore. (all this info is from the Device Manager).

I'm so lost and frustrated...........
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Old 25th Dec 2008, 10:45
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Default What does Windows Repair do?

As far as I am aware it re-installs all the drivers and core Windows files, boot, registry etc.

Personalization of seems to stay as it was. Files, installed programs, choices for various settings etc.
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Ok, thanks. It just crashed again BTW lol. I guess I'll try a different mouse, maybe for some reason the Razer has gone bad. I checked and the drivers and firmware are up to date. Would a mouse cause the whole computer to lock up though? I couldn't even get to task manager through CTL ALT DEL..............
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