SP1 showed up almost 2 years ago so I'm left to guess why SP1 is only now being installed. I will write that Windows (all versions) do tend to crash if there are malware or hardware issues as we install a service pack. Some have used this as proof there are issues with the service packs beyond the known areas.
Ok, find a hard disk test boot CD. Here's a few -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=hard+drive+test+boot+cd
Omitting the model number means I won't know to comment on the dv6000 and dv9000 issue.
Bob
I have an HP Pavilion laptop with an AMD processor running Windows Vista Prem Home edition. I had been getting some boot errors recently (error2error3), which were always correctable using Vista Recovery disk. I think (not sure) that there was a problem with bootmgr.
On a reboot immediately after loading Service Pack I onto the computer it crashed, now I get the error ?File \boot\bcd? ?0xc0000064' ?The Windows Boot Configuration Data file is missing required information?. The recovery disk wont help, I unsuccessfully tried rebuilding the bcd file.
Is there a way to save the load? Also, is the hard drive physically damaged and in need of repair, is it trustworthy, or should I replace the drive before reloading the computer.
Thanks in advance for your help
Chris
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