Question:
Computer startup problems?
J
2009-07-22 15:36:17 UTC
Suddenly my computer wont startup, thought the operating system was corrupted but wen i plug another hard drive into it that has a perfectly good operating system workin it does the same thing.. Which is jus as the windows loadin screen comes up a blue screen flashes saying a bunch of stuff that cant be read.. Then the computer resets an repeats the process.. I've reset the bios settings to fail safe mode, the computer detects the harddrive, ram an obviously cpu.. Safe mode wont load.. The computer gives one beep at startup.. Wat is wrong?
Five answers:
Aeristes
2009-07-22 15:48:02 UTC
Realize that the operating system is on the hard drive. So if you put in a hard drive with Vista it will boot Vista. So it still could be the OS. I'm also assuming you have XP as the Blue Screen of Death is not that popular for Vista.



So it sound like the hard drive is failing or the Master Boot Record (MBR) is failing. Both are bad. It could also just be a nasty virus. What I would try to do is keep you hard drive plugged in, and then set a working hard drive as the primary. Boot it from the working hard drive and then see if you can access the broken one and back-up the files you need. Then format the sucker.



If you can't access the hard drive at all, then its fried pretty good and you won't be able to get your data without going to a specialist, and even then, nothing is guaranteed.
2009-07-23 02:42:39 UTC
OK, here's the real nitty gritty off your problem.

The reasons for blue error screens are many and varied. It happens when the system encounters a critical error. By default the system is set to restart on critical error, this can be disabled so that the blue screen stays visible. In reality there's not much point in doing this as the error message is difficult to interpret, also reference to the Microsoft help and support articles web site is needed.



Transplanting a hard drive from one system to another proves nothing, even though the donor system is working correctly. The donor system has a different motherboard, CPU, RAM and maybe expansion cards, therefore a totally different set of drivers installed. The result is going to be critical errors i.e. blue error screen. This would in reality be expected.



Now to the problem.

One of the most common problems to cause blue screens is Hard Drive corruption, so the first thing to do is to do a full scan of the drive for errors. This then has to be done using an original Microsoft install CD, as we have no access to the system.



I am now assuming you are running XP as you don't say what the OS is.

So you will need the Windows XP install CD, not a recovery set.



Place the CD in the drive and re-boot the system as the system boots you should be given the option "Press any key to boot from cd" press a key. The system will boot from the CD. Allow it to boot to the first screen where it will give you 3 choices.



You now need to select repair using the recovery console, press R.

The recovery console window will open. You will be asked, which Windows system do you want to log onto enter 1 then press enter. You are then asked to enter the Administrator password, if there is one enter it and press the enter key, if there is not a password just press enter. You will now be logged into the recovery console.



Enter the following command exactly as shown including the spaces followed by the enter key.



chkdsk /r c:



The check disk utility will now run, this will take some time, just wait and let it complete. When it completes type "exit" press enter key. The system will now re-start. Do not boot from the CD let it boot normally. All being good the system should now boot up. If not there is still another option left. Come back to me for the details of this if you need to.



If your using Vista the process should be much the same.

If you do not have an original install CD try to borrow one for this purpose only, otherwise you have no option but to recover the system using the original recovery media.
?
2009-07-22 20:36:00 UTC
Blue screen treatment, you can refer to

new hardware detection of new services

Trojan virus detected

checks BIOS and hardware compatibility

run "sfc / scannow" system to check whether documents have been replaced, and then use the installation disk to restore the system

upgrade SP2 or SP3

motherboard refresh virus infection

BIOS were damaged, need to be replaced

see ditail here

http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/repairpcerror/entry/20090608
2009-07-22 15:45:05 UTC
Try pressing f8 repeatedly and try loading settings from last known working settings. I cant figure out exactly what would be wrong with your machine.
2009-07-22 15:40:15 UTC
Try changing the memory chips


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