BSOD

[Guest Les]

I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it reboots

my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause of

the BSOD and fix it?

 

TIA...Les

[Guest Chris K.]

Re: BSOD

 

Can you boot into safe mode?

 

Press the F8 key (repeatedly sometimes) right after the BIOS finishes

posting (when the motherboard manufactures logo or POST information goes

away)

 

Then you should be greated with a DOS-like menu with options for booting

into Safe-Mode as well as other stuff...

 

Chris K.

 

"Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D81F322A-1FA6-47BA-95B0-6258833B156F@microsoft.com...

>I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

>reboots

> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause

> of

> the BSOD and fix it?

>

> TIA...Les

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: BSOD

 

Turn off automatic restarts so you have time to read the error codes. Press

WinKey+Pause/Bread, select the Advanced tab, under Startup and Recovery

click the Settings button, and under System Failure uncheck "Automatically

Restart."

 

Post back with the stop error code and error message (the program or driver

that caused the blue screen).

 

"Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D81F322A-1FA6-47BA-95B0-6258833B156F@microsoft.com...

>I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

>reboots

> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause

> of

> the BSOD and fix it?

>

> TIA...Les

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: BSOD

 

Les <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it reboots

>my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause of

>the BSOD and fix it?

 

First step would be to disable the restart on such an error so that

you can read it:

 

Control Panel | Switch to Classic View (left column, top) | SYSTEM |

ADVANCE tab |STARTUP AND RECOVERY

 

Uncheck the box

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: BSOD

 

Correction: "Pause/Break" (not "Pause/Bread", which sounds vaguely like the

Last Supper). Sorry.

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:951574DA-CC0F-4472-93F7-BF42596DB121@microsoft.com...

> Turn off automatic restarts so you have time to read the error codes.

> Press WinKey+Pause/Bread, select the Advanced tab, under Startup and

> Recovery click the Settings button, and under System Failure uncheck

> "Automatically Restart."

>

> Post back with the stop error code and error message (the program or

> driver that caused the blue screen).

>

> "Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D81F322A-1FA6-47BA-95B0-6258833B156F@microsoft.com...

>>I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

>>reboots

>> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause

>> of

>> the BSOD and fix it?

>>

>> TIA...Les

>>

>

[Guest Les]

RE: BSOD

 

The PC doesn't get to the point where I can disable the auto-reboot feature.

As soon as I input the password it displays the Blue Screen.

It hangs when attempting to go into safe mode or the Last Known good

configuration.

 

 

"Les" wrote:

> I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it reboots

> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause of

> the BSOD and fix it?

>

> TIA...Les

>

[Guest Chris K.]

Re: BSOD

 

As mentioned before, try Safe Mode...

 

Chris K.

 

"Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:69F9C733-0779-4EA8-98E6-3026BA6CE867@microsoft.com...

> The PC doesn't get to the point where I can disable the auto-reboot

> feature.

> As soon as I input the password it displays the Blue Screen.

> It hangs when attempting to go into safe mode or the Last Known good

> configuration.

>

>

> "Les" wrote:

>

>> I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

>> reboots

>> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause

>> of

>> the BSOD and fix it?

>>

>> TIA...Les

>>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: BSOD

 

Then it is time to restore your backup if you are using an image backup

program like Acronis. Otherwise you need to go into the BIOS, make sure the

cd is ahead of the hdd in the boot order, and run either a repair install of

Windows or a clean install. You at least have an XP installation cd, don't

you?

 

"Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:69F9C733-0779-4EA8-98E6-3026BA6CE867@microsoft.com...

> The PC doesn't get to the point where I can disable the auto-reboot

> feature.

> As soon as I input the password it displays the Blue Screen.

> It hangs when attempting to go into safe mode or the Last Known good

> configuration.

>

>

> "Les" wrote:

>

>> I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

>> reboots

>> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause

>> of

>> the BSOD and fix it?

>>

>> TIA...Les

>>

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: BSOD

 

And this again seems to imply that the best boot order probably would be 1)

floppy, 2 ) CD, and 3) hard drive (keep it last). (IMO)

 

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Then it is time to restore your backup if you are using an image backup

> program like Acronis. Otherwise you need to go into the BIOS, make sure

> the

> cd is ahead of the hdd in the boot order, and run either a repair install

> of

> Windows or a clean install. You at least have an XP installation cd,

> don't

> you?

>

> "Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:69F9C733-0779-4EA8-98E6-3026BA6CE867@microsoft.com...

>> The PC doesn't get to the point where I can disable the auto-reboot

>> feature.

>> As soon as I input the password it displays the Blue Screen.

>> It hangs when attempting to go into safe mode or the Last Known good

>> configuration.

>>

>>

>> "Les" wrote:

>>

>>> I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

>>> reboots

>>> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the

>>> cause

>>> of

>>> the BSOD and fix it?

>>>

>>> TIA...Les

[Guest PD43]

Re: BSOD

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>And this again seems to imply that the best boot order probably would be 1)

>floppy, 2 ) CD, and 3) hard drive (keep it last). (IMO)

 

Floppy? What's that? Haven't seen one in YEARS.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: BSOD

 

PD43 wrote:

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>> And this again seems to imply that the best boot order probably would be

>> 1)

>> floppy, 2 ) CD, and 3) hard drive (keep it last). (IMO)

>

> Floppy? What's that? Haven't seen one in YEARS.

 

Works wonders when you have to get under the hood. In fact, in some cases,

it's almost a necessity, thinking of some BIOS flashes, bootup system access

utilities (like some DOS-based ones, or as yet another example, BootItNG,

for low-level partition work), and a few other goodies.

[Guest PD43]

Re: BSOD

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>> Floppy? What's that? Haven't seen one in YEARS.

>

>Works wonders when you have to get under the hood.

 

So does a bootable CD

[Guest PD43]

Re: BSOD

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>> Floppy? What's that? Haven't seen one in YEARS.

>

>Works wonders when you have to get under the hood. In fact, in some cases,

>it's almost a necessity, thinking of some BIOS flashes, bootup system access

>utilities (like some DOS-based ones, or as yet another example, BootItNG,

>for low-level partition work), and a few other goodies.

>

 

BTW... a bootable CD works fine for bios flashing as well as for

BootInNG.

 

Low-level partition work?

 

You still have hard drives that might be useful with? It certainly is

of no use on today's drives.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: BSOD

 

PD43 wrote:

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>>> Floppy? What's that? Haven't seen one in YEARS.

>>

>> Works wonders when you have to get under the hood. In fact, in some

>> cases,

>> it's almost a necessity, thinking of some BIOS flashes, bootup system

>> access

>> utilities (like some DOS-based ones, or as yet another example, BootItNG,

>> for low-level partition work), and a few other goodies.

>>

>

> BTW... a bootable CD works fine for bios flashing as well as for

> BootInNG.

 

A bootable CD is a bit overkill for some of these operations. A floppy is

much easier to create and change at will. Translation: it's called using

the appropriate tool for the appropriate job.

> Low-level partition work?

>

> You still have hard drives that might be useful with? It certainly is

> of no use on today's drives.

 

Wrong. I mean basic partition copy, resize, or whatever, operations.

Low level in the sense that windows is nowhere to be found, nor is it even

accessible, in many cases. Under the hood, as I said. (I take it you've

never used NTFSDOS, or BartPE, or any such utilities. That's ok, I

understand. Most haven't).

[Guest PD43]

Re: BSOD

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>>>> Floppy? What's that? Haven't seen one in YEARS.

>>>

>>> Works wonders when you have to get under the hood.

>

>A bootable CD is a bit overkill for some of these operations. A floppy is

>much easier to create and change at will. Translation: it's called using

>the appropriate tool for the appropriate job.

 

Computer manufacturers are strangely unaware of that.

 

I'm quite adept at booting to DOS and doing all that... but when I

built this computer 18 months ago, I decided to leave out the floppy.

 

Guess what? Don't miss it.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: BSOD

 

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:55:43 -0600, "Bill in Co."

<not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

> And this again seems to imply that the best boot order probably would be 1)

> floppy, 2 ) CD, and 3) hard drive (keep it last). (IMO)

 

 

My opinion is very different. My view is that the hard drive should be

kept as first in the boot order.

 

Boot sector viruses aren't as common as they used to be, but they are

still around. If the floppy is set to boot first, and you happen to

have left a floppy in the drive, and that floppy happens to have a

boot sector virus on it, you're infected.

 

The risk may be small, but there's no reason to run it at all. The

hard drive should be kept as the first boot device, and it should be

changed to another device *only* when you need it.

 

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> > Then it is time to restore your backup if you are using an image backup

> > program like Acronis. Otherwise you need to go into the BIOS, make sure

> > the

> > cd is ahead of the hdd in the boot order, and run either a repair install

> > of

> > Windows or a clean install. You at least have an XP installation cd,

> > don't

> > you?

> >

> > "Les" <Les@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:69F9C733-0779-4EA8-98E6-3026BA6CE867@microsoft.com...

> >> The PC doesn't get to the point where I can disable the auto-reboot

> >> feature.

> >> As soon as I input the password it displays the Blue Screen.

> >> It hangs when attempting to go into safe mode or the Last Known good

> >> configuration.

> >>

> >>

> >> "Les" wrote:

> >>

> >>> I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it

> >>> reboots

> >>> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the

> >>> cause

> >>> of

> >>> the BSOD and fix it?

> >>>

> >>> TIA...Les

>

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Les]

RE: BSOD

 

Hey everyone;

Thanks for your time and all of your input, it is greatly appreciated. I

tried everything and still no joy. I've had to replace the OS. Oh well, if

that's the worst thing today it's still not a bad day!

 

Thanks again...Les

 

"Les" wrote:

> I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it reboots

> my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause of

> the BSOD and fix it?

>

> TIA...Les

>