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| sealslayer:
All was going well today, I had the PC installed in my cab and fired it up a few times with no problemsat all , I came back from the pub and turned it on and now I get this nasty Blue screen from hell !! :censored: From previous experience this has turned out to be a memory error but I have tried two different sticks and get the same screen, ones a 512 stick the second a 128 stick. Theres currently no Bios battery in the PC but it worked perfectly before with out it. The HDD is quite a fresh install with nothing but win XP on it, no programs to corrupt etc. Any suggestions will be appreciated, I know I could easily do a new install but the problem could come back so I don't really want to do that. |
| kelemvor:
First thing I'd think is a bad Hard Drive. You can go to the drive manufacturer's website and try to download a diagnostics utility. Usually those will create a bootable floppy you can use to test the drive. Hopefully it's still under warranty. If not COmpUSA has a 200 gig drive for $50 in this week's ad. |
| ChicagoDave:
Check your cables going to the hard drive. You'd be surprised how often a simple loose cable can cause this problem. |
| sealslayer:
The thing that's strange is that it was all working perfectly well before I went out, nothing had been touched or changed I just pressed the power button, I hate blue screens in XP it always turns out to be something bad, not like the good old days of WIN 98 when a quick format would sort your problems out :cry: |
| jfh2112:
Yes, but recoverable problems are always preferable. :) Boot from your Windows XP CD and choose to start the Recovery Console. It'll prompt you for your Windows installation (most likely only one), then the Administrator password (most likely blank), then you get a C:\> prompt. Type: chkdsk /f <Enter> After it's done, eject your CD and type: exit <Enter> It'll reboot, hopefully into WinXP. |
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