Workaround for STOP 0x0000C1F5 / 0xC1F5 / C1F5 / BSOD / CLFS.SYS / KB946084
Published in WHS, Vista by Tom Karpowitz | Comment (107)
Last night, I did something stupid on my primary desktop computer (a Vista box) and needed to restore the system to a recent backup. I use Windows Home Server on my home network, so I was confident in my ability to roll back the system to a previous night's backup. I booted my machine using the WHS Client Restore CD, chose the appropriate backup, waited (im)patiently for about two hours while the bits were restored, the system rebooted...
...and that's when I saw the Blue Screen of Death... specifically, a STOP 0x0000C1F5. Crap.
Now, my first instinct was that I had a sketchy backup image in WHS, and perhaps I should try a slightly older one. I repeated the restore process with three older backups and got the same result. On the verge of going off on a major "WHS sucks" tirade, I instead opted for some Googling on a still-working system to see if I could find any clues. It seems as though the frequency of reports of STOP 0x0000C1F5 problems is increasing, with most people attributing the issue to a bad Vista SP1 (or prepare-for-SP1) update or patch. Microsoft acknowledges the problem in KB946084, but there is no public hotfix or workaround save for "clear the MBR and reinstall", which IMHO is unacceptable.
Looking for a couple of high school buddies...
Published in General by Tom Karpowitz | Comment (0)I’ve been trying to track down two friends of mine from high school and haven’t had much luck. I’m hoping that they are as vain as the rest of us and follow suit by Googling themselves from time to time. With any luck, they will see their names mentioned here and get in contact with me.
So… Gary Rosenthal and Michael Finnegan, members of BHS Class of 1980, if you happen to trip across this posting PLEASE contact me… I’d love to catch up with you!