Windows crcdisk.sys error

Question：Hi I had this issue where windows Vista would not boot and would hang on crcdisk.sys even in safe mode.
I tried formatting my hard drive, partition and all and reinstalling Vista and it went through 95% of the install and after the last boot it STILL shows to be hanging on the SAME file. 

I have no hardware changes on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5920) and not sure where to go from here...

Answer 1：http://www.acer.com/worldwide/support/index.htm

Above is the Acer Support link.

If following the Acer eRecovery Steps does not resolve your problem, contact Acer.

http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal20.cfm?recordid=853&formid=3390&website=AcerPanAm.com&siteid=7117&words=all&keywords=&areaid=2

Acer eRecovery Facts

 

1.      At the Acer splash screen, you can press Alt and F10 (at the same time you would press F2 to enter the BIOS) to bring up a DOS style version of eRecovery.

·        The unit is able to reload Windows from this mode faster then from CD.

·        The password by default is 000000 (6 zeros) and it is displayed when you are asked for the password.

·        Users are able to change the password in this mode for eRecovery only.

·        The system can recover from the hidden image on the hard drive (PQService partition) or from CD/DVD media.

·        It is possible to reload from the factory style CDs/DVD or the snapshots that the Windows version of eRecovery creates.

 

2.      In Windows there is 3 ways to access the eRecovery feature.

·        Press Alt and F10

·        Open Acer eManager and then double click eRecovery.

·        When a system is new it should automatically open this application and prompt you to make the recovery media.

 

3.      The Windows version of the eRecovery program is more robust then the Dos Version. Listed below are the different features of the Windows version:

Recovery Settings: Create backup files and Change Password

·        Backup snapshot image (create a disc image of your system's current configuration)

1.      The system is able to make a CD/DVD image of the current state of the notebooks software including customer installed programs.

2.      This CD/DVD is usable in the Windows and DOS version of the program.

3.      The disk should be bootable but isn't always.

4.      When a snapshot is made the image resides on the D: partition and then may be burned to disks if eRecovery is told to.

·        Burn Image to disc (create backup disc)

1.      You can create 3-7 CD's or 1-2 DVD's like the ones that were sent with units prior to eRecovery.

2.      The burned CD's are equal in usage to the System CD and Recovery CD's.

·        Delete user snapshot backup image data (if available)

1.      This is how you delete the snapshot images on the D: partition

 

·        Password: (Change eRecovery Password)

 

1.      Recovery actions: Recover your system using an existing backup file or Restore your system's factory default configuration.

2.      Backup using one of the snapshots that has been made or by the factory image on the D: partition.

 

4.      eRecovery Facts

 

·        When the hard drive is replaced the system loses its eRecovery features. These features are on the hard drive and cannot be reinstalled.

·        When reinstalling from the made CD/DVD's you will lose the eRecovery program but the DOS version may still work, also if uninstalled you can't reinstall.

·        eRecovery uses Ghost (just like our Recovery CD's use) to create the snapshot images.

·        If the PQService partition is deleted using fdisk or any utility in Windows you may need to reinstall Windows.

·        If the system is reloaded using the DOS version you will retain the eRecovery functionality.

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Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner

Answer 2：

crcdisk.sys

I have been studying this problem since TWO of THREE Dell Inspiron 1525s that I bought for my kids at XMAS had this error within days of each other. My first assumption was that it must be a virus, but why would a virus "recur" after the hard disk was formatted and there was a clean install of VISTA? It wouldn't.  A virus scan of the third unit came up clean, to lend further validity to my theory.

My kids systems have no weird hardware or peripherals, and the most complex software application they use is the game Spore.

I spent many hours staying up late and reinstalled VISTA on both failed systems - NONE of the solutions proposed online in multiple forums have revealed squat, nor has exploration of Microsoft's site or Dell's site. I do not have the patience to talk to tech support in INDIA, and am not willing to pay someone else to do what I can do from home. My MAC powerbook PRO, BTW, functions beautifully and has allowed me to continue having internet access when the other machines are down.

Even with clean installs of VISTA and the most current drivers I could locate on the web, the error recurred and put one of the Inspirons in an endless "death spiral" where I couldn't even reboot from the intallation boot disks. 

Ths solutions proposed on these forums are laughably complex, and the average user has no idea how to start messing around with core commands or rewriting line by line code from the C:\ prompt.

I think this is a fundamental incompatibility of VISTA with most hardware for some unknown reason. The fact that it is such a common problem, and Microsoft is mute about it, also makes me think there was a major fuckup in the code that just cannot be fixed.

My solution was to install UBUNTU on the dead system - guess what - it was free and installed in about 25 minutes and is remakably user friendly (like the MAC OS). My son loves it, and so do I.

Goodbye VISTA, and good luck to all of you out there reintalling VISTA for the 100th time and fussing with your motherboards....

Answer 3： Hi !!

Thank you for the post.

It seems to be that, you are really not happy with the Vista. Well, this is not very typical problem as for as the Vista is concerned. Here's the solution:

Basically it seems the crcdisk.sys is not working because of the pcmcia and fire wire driver ( which I never used) So i disable the driver manually.

The same problem occurred to me when first installed vista RTM and after installing SP1 this drivers installed again and freeze my pc at boot time.

So this is how to fix the problem:

1) I start windows Vista from my DVD and select repair, select the command to star the console.
2) in the command prompt I go to where my windows is installed and remane ( or delete) the following file:

\windows\system32\drivers\pcmcia.sys*
\windows\system32\drivers\1394bus.sys
\windows\system32\drivers\ohci1394.sys
\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\pcmcia.infblablabla*
\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\1394.infblablabla
\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\sdbus.infblablabla*
\windows\inf\sdbus.inf*
\windows\inf\sdbus.PNF*

*NOTE: the file with * where NOT renamed (or delete) and it worked for me. In case Ur PC freeze again try to rename all files.


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Anurag Shukla
Microsoft Certified Professional