Srttrail.txt error and keeps on automatic repairing

When I booted up the Desktop and hit "F2" for the "BIOS" screen I got a screen that said "Windows Boot Manager"

I went to the Device Manager and found the "Display Adapters" and under that was listed NVIDIA GeForce 9200

 

I hooked up the 22" Desktop screen to the Laptop hoping maybe it would just automatically find it since I didn't know what do to do to make it boot up in the order that it would find it but that sadly didn't work either.

 

I didn't see this before.   What can you do with Windows Boot Manager?   Would be nice I imagine to do whatever that is with your laptop too.

The Display Adapters on your Desktop will be completely independent of whatever you have for video support in your laptop.

 

Did you notice if the secondary screen went blank or was it still black?   A difference between blank and black is a very slight change in the shade of black and a fringe of light near the edges.  

 

I was just hoping that the BIOS setup would have a way of indicating that the laptop screen should be off so then when you boot everything would have to be shown on the secondary screen.  And then, since the secondary screen would presumably be more generic than the laptop's monitor you might get better support for it by both WinPE (during the boot) and W8 (after the boot).

 

I think that you should at least be able to find a way to show your BIOS setup screens on the second monitor.  E.g. that would be necessary if you had a hardware problem with the laptop screen.   Then if you can do that I suspect that may be the best you can do as far as trying to make the boot process switch to the second monitor.   Otherwise, the boot's use of both monitors seems haphazard to me.   E.g. sometimes it shows the same thing on both monitors and sometimes not.  I suspect it could have something to do with different native resolutions or with whether both monitors are returning EDID info correctly.   Whatever, I frequently see blank or black screens on my second monitor during the boot process too.

 

Good luck

Robert

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Have you never seen a Windows Boot Manager?  Depending on how you have your computer set up you could have many different options of what you can do.  I didn't see anything that obviously screamed out to me that by clicking on it I would get my BIOS screen up on the Desktop but as I've mentioned many times, my technical knowledge when it comes to these computers is at best what I would call "Beginners Level".  I'm absolutely sure that there is a way to get to the BIOS screen on my Desktop computer however, without anything that looks like it is the monitor on the laptop that we could "take out" of the boot-up process and stick in the monitor from the Desktop I can't see why this would be necessary. This is the 2nd time that you've said that "you didn't see this before" when answering my posts which makes me wonder how you are able to offer suggestions on how to fix my problem without having all of the information.

Did you notice if the secondary screen went blank or was it still black? A difference between blank and black is a very slight change in the shade of black and a fringe of light near the edges.

Neither of the screens went blank or black, I had the identical "light blue screen" with the "white window" and the same words at the bottom of both screens at the same time.  I have no idea which screen would be the primary or the secondary one in this case since they were both running off the laptop and showing the same thing.

I have no idea what "returning EDID info correctly" means or if it has anything to do with my problem at all.  At this point you have me so confused I don't even know what to try anymore.

I sent you a list of the BIOS boot screen from the Laptop.  Can you tell from that list what, if there is any at all, is the monitor for that Laptop.  If you can't, then there's no use in persuing that avenue any furrther.

If you can, then I guess I'm going to have to turn off this Desktop computer and open up again to the "Windows Boot Manager" and start pushing all the buttons I can find until I find the BIOS although from the main screen it seemed to me that I only had two options, to start up the computer using Windows Vista or to go to "Tools" and I did go to the "Tools" section but like I said there was nothing that screamed out "CLICK HERE FOR YOUR BIOS" to me so I have no idea where else to go.

I also don't understand how making a "bootable disk" from the XP Desktop computer at my parent's house which is a) XP and b) most likely 64 bit could help fix my 32 bit Vista laptop.  And now you are suggesting if I am to understand you correctly that perhaps I shouldn't try to upgrade their XP machine to Windows 8 Pro at all?

Good point, especially if it is so much older that its video card is no longer being supported

Prescisely what steps would you like me to take at this point?

When I booted up the Desktop and hit "F2" for the "BIOS" screen I got a screen that said "Windows Boot Manager"

I went to the Device Manager and found the "Display Adapters" and under that was listed NVIDIA GeForce 9200

 

I hooked up the 22" Desktop screen to the Laptop hoping maybe it would just automatically find it since I didn't know what do to do to make it boot up in the order that it would find it but that sadly didn't work either.

 

I didn't see this before.   What can you do with Windows Boot Manager?   Would be nice I imagine to do whatever that is with your laptop too.

The Display Adapters on your Desktop will be completely independent of whatever you have for video support in your laptop.

 

Did you notice if the secondary screen went blank or was it still black?   A difference between blank and black is a very slight change in the shade of black and a fringe of light near the edges.  

 

I was just hoping that the BIOS setup would have a way of indicating that the laptop screen should be off so then when you boot everything would have to be shown on the secondary screen.  And then, since the secondary screen would presumably be more generic than the laptop's monitor you might get better support for it by both WinPE (during the boot) and W8 (after the boot).

 

I think that you should at least be able to find a way to show your BIOS setup screens on the second monitor.  E.g. that would be necessary if you had a hardware problem with the laptop screen.   Then if you can do that I suspect that may be the best you can do as far as trying to make the boot process switch to the second monitor.   Otherwise, the boot's use of both monitors seems haphazard to me.   E.g. sometimes it shows the same thing on both monitors and sometimes not.  I suspect it could have something to do with different native resolutions or with whether both monitors are returning EDID info correctly.   Whatever, I frequently see blank or black screens on my second monitor during the boot process too.

 

 

Good luck

Robert

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Great Balls Of Fire Robert!!!

Good point, especially if it is so much older that its video card is no longer being supported. Then you might need to use the procedure of using a VM to make an image for it...

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_8-windows\_install/windows-8-hp-envy-15-installation-issue/c7a2f670-a44c-4c45-b87a-7ebcb9d3eff0?msgId=dcafa0d0-0b1b-41f5-bcf4-63a83d2dae80

**I have no idea what a VM is or what you're talking about making an image and I went to that site you posted and read the postings there and now I'm REALLY confused.  I'm sorry but this is way over my head.  I'm hoping that it might be helping other people that end up on this thread but it's definitely way too "technical" for my level of comprehension.**That's the idea. It would probably be a good idea to do a full image backup (just in case) and know how to restore from it. Unfortunately I don't think that XP provided that feature, so what would you be using?

I am going to try to find that help site that I mentioned, in case you would rather keep things separate, if that is possible. Also, coincidentally today I found a new source of information about the WinRE implementation and its customization.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744255(v=ws.10).aspx

Full Image Backup??  WinRE implementation and customization??  OMG this is so far over my head someone better throw me a life preserver cause I'm drowning!!!  Like I said earlier I hope that the totally technie information might be helping some other people that might be following this thread but it most certainly will having to be "dumbed down" a long, long way for me to be able to understand any of it.