just tried that hotfix. It says "does not apply to your system". Im on a legit buisness vista install that i got from my school.
Also the port error it gets is on boot, when it comes up in the bios. Sometimes it wont even detect the drive.
I just tried to do a full reformat of the drive in question, and a full long reformat bluescreens the whole machine after like 15 min or so. A quick format actually works.
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