wow, deja vu...
this is a MacBook Pro. there are "no user serviceable parts inside" as far as BIOS tweaking goes (that I know of).
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Vista boot failure: 0xc0000225 - NLS data is missing or corrupt
This is the error I'm getting on a MacBookPro with Vista+SP1 installed (the default boot option). It booted & worked fine for several weeks, then just stopped for the usual "no apparent reason". (OS X boots & runs fine)
I booted from DVD & ran Repair, and the results log suggests it failed at the 'System files integrity check and repair' stage, error code 0xa. It couldn't repair it an no further action. Vista RAM test is OK. There was no System Restore point to go back to. LastKnownGoodConfig also didn't help, nor does SafeMode.
I'd really like to avoid rebuilding this thing from scratch after having already spent so much time doing so, but have no idea where to go now. Is there a 'default' NLS file I could extract from DVD & copy onto C: ? Is there doco somewhere 'out there' that might help me fix this?
Thanks, Anthony.
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Your running Windows virtually so you want to get support in the Apple forums.
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Choose your O/S and post in there.
The cure for a PC computer is the BIOS enable. In the end you have a MAC computer
and virtual or partitioned you may find more experienced help from the MAC forums.
You've got Chevy rims on a Ford so best talk to the Ford owners not the Chevrolet ppl.
I'm just trying to get you to the best zone for a better opportunity of finding assistance,
If there is any pre-boot (or bootloader) control on that MAC your looking for processor
control and any options for multi-core handling.
Programmable Interrupt Controller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
i've now tried replacing all the .NLS files in c:\windows\system32 with ones from a near-identical Vista+SP1 PC, but still no joy.
from above suggestions, i can't & won't dispute that the PIC/APIC may have some bearing on *some* ".NLS file is missing or corrupt" Vista-no-boot problems (as unrelated as it seems on the surface), but for those not familiar with "putting Chevy rims on a Ford", there is NO control over BIOS tweaks when Windows runs bare-metal on a Mac - the PC BIOS is emulated enough to facilitate booting various other OSs, and after the OS takes control it's the real McCoy (Windows, Linux, whatever) running on a set of relatively standard 'WinTel'-genre hardware that is either driver-supported, or not. Windows is, via a set of 'Boot Camp' drivers compiled by Apple suitable for all Mac hardware, much like any name-brand PC manufacturer ships, or you can go get your own on a per-device basis if you want/need to go to that trouble.
so i now have no option but to wipe days of Windows+Apps install & config, and start again.
i'll report back on findings after it's been running for a while.
and this time i won't forget to take a whole-disc-image backup before handing it over to its user!
& find out why System Restore hadn't taken any snapshots... :-(
final report:
no amount of fluffing around (within my knowledge) would retrieve that installation.
so i wiped, reinstalled Vista & all apps, took a whole-disk-image backup, and it seems to be running as-expected once again.
it's awaiting collection by its permanent user, so we'll see what punishment he can deal it...
given that it ran fine before, and runs fine now, forgive me for the cynicism i showed at multiple suggestions that i had to fluff about in non-existent BIOS settings to resolve this particular flavour of "NLS is missing or corrupt" error. red herring IMHO.
thanks, Anthony.
There comes a point when the time spent out-weighs the problem, reinstall become inevitable.
BootCamp Vistas are not something one runs into a lot for recovery requests. Maybe a Drive Image
would save some time if this happens to corrupt down-the-road. Can MAC image a drive including
any BootCamp installs? I don't know.
You should ask for a points refund on this question.
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by: spiderfixPosted on 2009-02-28 at 13:30:51ID: 23765444
There is a feature in the BIOS - APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller)
(or IO APIC) - you want that enabled.