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    Need HELP ASAP! Bad pool caller BSOD... installed vista on 2nd partition. How to fix now?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by moosen34, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. moosen34

    moosen34 Newbie

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    I have a HP dv6000 and ran a few updates from the HP website and now I can't get into my OS. I hope I don't need to do a fresh install because I have study materials installed that will only allow me to install a certain number of times and it would be devastating to lose them or have to pay to activate them again.

    The updates that I installed are from here
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3224055&lang=en

    and are
    -video card update for my nvidia graphics card
    - quicklaunch update
    - the essential system update for vista
    - the critical security update

    I installed vista on an empty partition of my hard disk and now I can get on here but I NEED to fix my primariy install of vista to get my work back.

    Is there a way I can uninstall the updates from this partition? I tried to get into the primary vista install after I installed this one and it's the same thing. bad pool caller. Please help.
     
    moosen34, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. swarmer

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    Press F8 at bootup, go into safe mode... uninstall the updates you think are causing the problem. Or better yet, do a system restore.
     
    swarmer, Jul 2, 2008
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    moosen34 Newbie

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    I really wish it was that easy.

    Safe mode does the same thing and will not allow me to go into the computer and unfortunately for me, there are not any system restore points set on my computer. Now I know
     
    moosen34, Jul 2, 2008
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    moosen34 Newbie

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    Is there any way that I can start my computer with my good install and then run the primary install simultaneously so I can uninstall what the problem is?

    Or could I check the registry to find out the problem and fix it?
     
    moosen34, Jul 2, 2008
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