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    Installing programs corrupts the mbr???

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by cathain, Nov 8, 2008.

  1. cathain

    cathain Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently got a xps m1530 with vista home pre-installed. I cleared it down to get rid of bloatware and then re-installed vista as I always do with new laptops. Everything was fine for the first few days now every time I install a new program it corrupts the mbr. If I put the vista disc in and repair it everything is fine again until I install another program. Has anyone seen this problem before?
     
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    Charr Notebook Deity

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    What programs are causing the error?
     
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    First program was Azureus then Java then Adobe Reader 9 and they all corrupted it. After I repaired each time I could start up and shut down no problem. I'm installing iTunes at the moment so I'll see if that does it as well. I was thinking it might have been caused by step 3 of this tweaking guide so I changed it back to the default.
     
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    Yep iTunes corrupted it as well.
    Heres the error when I try to boot
     
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    Disabled windows update and it rebooted twice with no problems.
    Then uninstalled iTunes and rebooted. Back to corrupt mbr :(
    I don't want to do a format and re-install yet but this problem has me really baffled?
     
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    I gave up on this one and just re-installed vista, hopefully doesn't happen again.
     
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    fusionsenses The Unbannable

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    Could be hard drive problem.

    Do the long diagnose on the hard drive?
     
    fusionsenses, Nov 8, 2008
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