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vista doesn't boot !

hey guys,
I got an htc shift and when I power it on, it dosent find the vista and says insert boot media in the selected boot device,
I tried to recover it from the recovery partition but it doesn't work either,
I appreciate if anyone can help me.

Have you tried going into the BIOS to see if the HDD/SDD is enabled? If it's not listed, it could be that your drive is dead.
Restart your device (or turn it on if it is off), Press "Del" at the HTC Splash Screen, press "Right", "Return, "Down", "Return". You should see it in the list if it's still working OK. If it is in the list and enabled, check the other Setting under the "Boot" menu and check that it is selected as your primary boot device.
If none of this works (or at least drive is not visible), I think your drive may be dead.
If it does show your Drive in the list(s), but Windows still says there is no boot media, and recovery partition is not recovering it, you'll need to try to install an OS so it has some valid Boot Media to boot from.

indeed I tried the bios setup and my HDD is ok,
I saw some linux an xp bootable images but I am wondering that if I use them my device gona work properly!!
cuz I saw some issues with drivers!!
THX &
sorry if my english is kinda wonky pal!!!

sahandf said:
indeed I tried the bios setup and my HDD is ok,
I saw some linux an xp bootable images but I am wondering that if I use them my device gona work properly!!
cuz I saw some issues with drivers!!
THX &
sorry if my english is kinda wonky pal!!!
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It's worth a try. If you can at least get it to boot, you may be able to check the drive for errors etc. Don't worry about things working properly for now. Just get the barebones working.
Another suggestion though, you could have a virus in the boot sector. I'm not sure if these are reversible or salvagable, but if you do get it to boot, try running a thorough virus scan to see if that throws anything up.
Failing all that, the best solution for trying to diagnose the problem would probably be something like this...
SSD-to-USB converter
With this, you could connect it to another computer and at least see if the drive is readable. Obviously this means taking your Shift to pieces to get the SSD out, but I've done it and it's not that difficult really.
And your English is good!

sure I'll give it a shot,
thanks a million!

Can not Mount Phone to PC

I have run into another issue. I can not mount my phone to computer. I think this is happening because of me rooting my phone. I was able to root the phone successfully. But somewhere along the way something happened and I can't mount my phone to my pc. This is as if my pc is not reading/recognizing the phone when plugged in. However, my phone is reading its memory and sd card perfectly.
When I plug the phone to my pc:
With USB Debugging off... I dont even get a notification in the slide down menu asking me to either mount/unmount.
With USB Debugging on... I do get the option in slidedown menu to mount my phone. At the same time the computer shows a pop up message asking me to install driver software for Samsung_Android. In the meantime , I press mount sd card which by the way is still not recognized by the computer.
I dont have the driver for samsung_android to install on the computer.
This thread here describes how I rooted my phone. I thought this background info might be helpful in solving the problem.
Does anyone know a potential fix for this situation.
Thanks.

When this happened to me having it" ask what to do" when connected may have solved the issue. I went through this just yesterday. You also might re-boot your phone and computer a few times...nothing like that can hurt. Until someone who actually knows something finds this thread : P

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Reading your post is a little confusing. If you are saying you cannot "mount" the phone the term Mount is replaced with "connect usb storage" in the pull down. If yours is saying mount, then your rooting process may have not worked. It is hard to tell based on how you wrote this up. Use the one-click rooting you can find all you need INCLUDING the Samsung computer drivers (32 or 64bit) @ unlockr.com along with a nice youtube video showing the whole process beginning to end.
Additional thoughts:
If you are really jacked you can always go to the bible (in the top of this general forum) and search for the "ALL in One" zip to flash back to stock...etc. The All in One has the stock kernel, the .pit (used for mapping) the 32 bit driver/64 bit driver for the computer and Odin all in one Zip. You should have this in your computer folder named (unbrick tools) either way you should get all this if you are going to be customizing the phone, along with the Eugene's froyo that does not brick rom. This rom is a lifesaver should you flash in a way where the format will not recognize the stock format. You can flash this 1st then stock right after and that ALWAYS gets you back to stock.
In the future, when you are trying to describe what is going on try to be careful with terminology it is important not to use terms loosely otherwise we are just guessing on how to help......... hope this helps

Thanks for your thoughts. It seemed as if my computer was lacking the drivers for samsung vibrant so I installed them from here
and now I can connect my phone to the pc and its working fine. I thought I had downloaded and installed the drivers before when I downloaded on the big download button on the top and installed some fake software from advertisement.

If you ever flash a 2.2 rom and experience the problem again with the drivers already installed, this might fix it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846384

found new hardware

I already have my samsung usb and android modem drivers installed. but everytime i plug my phone in with usb debugging on, the "Found New Hardware" window keeps popping up, why?

im not sure, but it could be the problem to why it always says "waiting for device" on superoneclick

My day job is pc tech, I have seen this a few times but going to follow the steps, first give me some info
Which version of windows?
32 or 64 bit?
How proficient are you at driver maint. *add and removeal ov drivers*
When did this start?

windows xp - 32 bit - and im pretty proficient at maintenance. i think its always been like this.

Ok, Do you always use the same USB port? and have you tried a different cable? and have you tried it on other computers? if so did it do the same thing there?
First we got to get rid of the drivers on the pc.
http://download.cnet.com/DriverMax/3000-18513_4-10572602.html
This is a free program that has a few nice features but most important is that it can tell you the name of the files that are used as drivers. After you install and register (its free, they just want to know who you are.. name, email, that kind of stuff) there will be an entry on the right side called "Installed Drivers Report". Make sure you phone is connected before you click this as it scans active drivers. it will generate a report you can scroll through and find any samsung driver entrys. Write down those file names, we will need them in a moment.
Go to device manager and remove the device there. Windows XP was kinda lame about device removal it did not actually remove the device just broke the connection. Vista and 7 give you the option to actually delete the files which make this easier. Since your on XP after the devices have all been removed UNPLUG your phone from the PC then start a search for those files in the Windows directory. Delete (or move) those files and the rerun the driver install program from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
After that it may setup and find new hardware a few times. Mine did it 3 since there are multiple different methods it can connect with and each uses differnet hardware. Also each time you use a differnt USB port it sees it as new device in a new location so it also goes through new hardware setup again.
Report back and let me know if this helped any.

okay thanks for the quick response. i will try it when I have time and ill get back to you. first, imma try it on a different computer.
also, when its plugged in and i open device manager, theres 3 yellow exclamation marks, one on the android modem, device, and in the "OTHER devices" section, the USB controllers. if that means anything.

just turn off usb debugging... and it will stop. turn it back on if you need to use it for something.

[Need Help] "Missing operating System"

Hi all,
I don't know if my problem as already been solved but I didn't found anything.
At first, I have to say I installed windows 8 as principal operating system (I know, it's stupid...).
I used windows 8 without big problem since the deployment but today, after a bug, I reboot the PC and now I have just black screen with the message "operating system missing"... The system does not boot, just black screen with the message
Does anybody have an idea how I can solve this problem ?
(Sorry for my english)

you can put dev preview DVD or USB whatever you used to install.
and run the installation and then repair Windows 8 (if it detects a Windows installed). with system restore or maybe it will repair. if not you will have to refresh your win8.
also it can be (if you have more hard drives) that you aren't starting the one with Windows 8. so you can try and see in bios if thats the case. thats when i have seen this message.

Thanks for your answer.
When I run the pc, it doesn't launch anything, just the black screen. It's probably the bios but I can't do anything, just the message but I'm not allowed to do anything :-(
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Finally, the problem is quite solved.
When I have this message, by pushing ctrl+alt+suprr, if I'm enough fast, I can push F12 and choose wich part I want to run. Then I placed my W7 backup on CD and runned it.
It was not easy but W7 is successfull restored.
Of course, all my personal data were deleted...
But whe I reboot the PC, I've always the message "missing operating system", then I have to ctrl+alt+suprr and after F12, and then choose the hard drive, and the PC W7 boot.
It's not yet perfect but for the moment the PC works...

Thats exactly i told you. of course it changes between bios and motherboard. your problem is not your windows. its the priority of your harddrive.
I dont know what motherboard you have.
so i will find pictures to explain what you have to look for. because you didnt have to repair your Windows if thats the case. the problem its (like i mentioned) your harddrive priority.
so you go to your bios and look for the Boot section.
http://www.motherboards-reviews.com...ges/ASUS_M2N68-AM_PLUS_BIOS_boot_settings.jpg
if you go to Boot Device Priority, you can check if your harddrive is second (the one with your OS) and if you want your cd or usb to boot first if not you can leave it first.
http://motherboards-reviews.com/ASU...s/ASUS_M4N78-AM_BIOS_Boot_Device_Priority.jpg
something like this.
and if that part is right you have to go to Hard disk drives
http://www.laptops-battery.co.uk/images/maintain/bios-boot-hard-disk-drives-445x261.jpg
so there you have to check if your harddrive is first or the correct one. and ready... its probably this Hard disk devices thing. and then you don't have to use that method of changing manually which boots

Thanks for your help
I'm not at home for the moment. I'll try your method tomorrow or wednesday, I'll let you know, but thank you for the time you spent on my problem.
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Bricked Snapvue, unrecognized device

It
had Hard SPL installed so I didn't though it would be killed, but after reset, it would
only be recognized as some data communication device without drivers that searching the
forums I found the drivers for Qualcomm modem 6000 and other two devices would fit, now I
can only communicate to it through COM7, but the commands are very restrictive (no cego,
no mw) and I could not devise a solution to flash it again.
I tried PM several people here but got no answers (of course they have they own business),
so I'm posting as a thread in the hope that some ideas may arise.
I also looked towards JTAG but there is no info about the pinouts (not even commercial
solutions) and looking the board you won't have a clue.
I hope that correctly using "radata" I can go somewhere, please tell me if I'm wrong and
I'll just drop it and sell the Shift for parts, I never actually used it.

just to collect more information- is your Shifts' PC side running?
Did you try to flash a stock rom to SnapVue?