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    Truecrypt BSOD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by airacutie, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. airacutie

    airacutie Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,
    I have a problem with this otherwise awesome app. While trying to mount encrypted volume, I get BSOD in 90% of cases. I think its caused by some Dell app, I have already found on net that some backuping tools can cause that. I already uninstalled most of the Dell stuff, but still receiving this BSOD. I had same problem also on M11x, however never had this problem on my previous HP machines (6400, 8430). I have tested this also on my SSD drive (which I have returned last week due to freezing problem) and after fresh installation of Win 7 with Dell drivers only (no Dell app) it was running without any BSOD caused by Truecrypt. So I think reinstalling of Win may resolve this problem (or it is disk related and reinstalling wont help I just dont think this is the case ...) just dont want to spend so much time on reinstalling and backuping all the stuff.
    Any idea what may cause the problem? Thx.
     
    airacutie, Aug 15, 2011
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  2. Brabostaan

    Brabostaan Notebook Deity

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    Could be Alienrespawn, uninstall that and see if it works.

    Mind you...make a backup of the system if you need it since thats where Alienrespawn is for.
     
    Brabostaan, Aug 15, 2011
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    chillcut Notebook Guru

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    Grab the IMO best BSOD tool ever, bluescreenview, so you can see what causes the BSOD.
     
    chillcut, Aug 15, 2011
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  4. airacutie

    airacutie Notebook Consultant

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    Already uninstalled, still BSODing. maybe some service or something was not uninstalled properly.

    Will give it a try, thx.
     
    airacutie, Aug 15, 2011
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