Hi all 
I have joined this forum in hope to get an answer for this frustrating situation for me.
So, I'm helping a friend of mine with his computer. He said there was something wrong with his screen.
After some testing, I concluded the problem was either the HDD or Vista.
I will kep it all short so I make a summary.
-A black screen pops up after seeing the loading screen of Vista
-Pressing F8 will bring you to a menu for Safe Mode etc. If I choose safe mode, it stops at: crcdisk.sys
-If I choose something else in that menu like: Last Known Configuration or System Recovery, it loads, then Vista loads but then you get a blue screen(Not a BSOD!) instead of a black one. It's Windows XP blue-ish.
-Reinstalling Windows doesn't work either. Because when you click on install now, it says something like: loading now(translated). And it keeps loading..hours..hours.
-Also, installing Linux dos not work.
-Repairing the HDD with the Vista installtion disk also takes forever.
-I also tried Vista Recovery Disk, which obviously doesn't work.
-I tried to deattach unusefull components like the WLAN card, I tried disabling USB Legacy also.
-The HDD does get recognised by the BIOS. And if I deattach it fro mthe computer(unplugging power supply and sata cable) the boot screen gives an error. So it is not really broken.
-Also, when you want to install Vista you can choose to repair and you get an option to load some kind of setup file. And this is where I can see ALL the data. So the data is still there and I have the possibility to get it off so its all safe.
As you can see, it like having this: you know a solution, but the another problem occurs and so on.
I tried 10000 of things, all of the do not work unfortunately. Its like a combination with all kinds of problems.
So I have 3 questions:
-Is the HDD broken yes or no and why(data still excists and shows up in BIOS). Does the HDD needs to be replaced(after saving all the data)
-How van I EVER format the HDD if I can't get into Safe Mode or just anything?
-Is the a solution perphaps?
Please, I tried many forums. Mostly no answer. I'm trying other foreign forums now.
I have more hope to get an answer here than other forums I tried out.
Sunday I will get the data of with my external HDD at my friend.
I absolutely appreciate your time and answer, I really do.
Regards
I have joined this forum in hope to get an answer for this frustrating situation for me.
So, I'm helping a friend of mine with his computer. He said there was something wrong with his screen.
After some testing, I concluded the problem was either the HDD or Vista.
I will kep it all short so I make a summary.
-A black screen pops up after seeing the loading screen of Vista
-Pressing F8 will bring you to a menu for Safe Mode etc. If I choose safe mode, it stops at: crcdisk.sys
-If I choose something else in that menu like: Last Known Configuration or System Recovery, it loads, then Vista loads but then you get a blue screen(Not a BSOD!) instead of a black one. It's Windows XP blue-ish.
-Reinstalling Windows doesn't work either. Because when you click on install now, it says something like: loading now(translated). And it keeps loading..hours..hours.
-Also, installing Linux dos not work.
-Repairing the HDD with the Vista installtion disk also takes forever.
-I also tried Vista Recovery Disk, which obviously doesn't work.
-I tried to deattach unusefull components like the WLAN card, I tried disabling USB Legacy also.
-The HDD does get recognised by the BIOS. And if I deattach it fro mthe computer(unplugging power supply and sata cable) the boot screen gives an error. So it is not really broken.
-Also, when you want to install Vista you can choose to repair and you get an option to load some kind of setup file. And this is where I can see ALL the data. So the data is still there and I have the possibility to get it off so its all safe.
As you can see, it like having this: you know a solution, but the another problem occurs and so on.
I tried 10000 of things, all of the do not work unfortunately. Its like a combination with all kinds of problems.
So I have 3 questions:
-Is the HDD broken yes or no and why(data still excists and shows up in BIOS). Does the HDD needs to be replaced(after saving all the data)
-How van I EVER format the HDD if I can't get into Safe Mode or just anything?
-Is the a solution perphaps?
Please, I tried many forums. Mostly no answer. I'm trying other foreign forums now.
I have more hope to get an answer here than other forums I tried out.
Sunday I will get the data of with my external HDD at my friend.
I absolutely appreciate your time and answer, I really do.
Regards
Was their choice and I didn't knew him at that time. Self-assembling ftw <3 
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