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| Thread ID: 30519 | 2003-02-21 21:31:00 | Windows won't load | Geebee99 (3192) | Press F1 |
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| 123093 | 2003-02-21 21:31:00 | I have been having problems with windows BSOD and Freezing. However the problem has escalated. Instead of loading windows I now get the following message "Windows protection error - Please restart your computer" That does not help. The message just repeats itself. It will load in safe mode but has a tendency to freeze. It runs OK in Dos but that's not much help What does this all mean? |
Geebee99 (3192) | ||
| 123094 | 2003-02-21 21:33:00 | NEED MORE INFO what age of system? what OS? what CPU? what RAM? given the description i would point the finger at bad ram. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 123095 | 2003-02-21 21:39:00 | Age 4 to 5 years OS Win 95 CPU 166MMX RAM 32MB |
Geebee99 (3192) | ||
| 123096 | 2003-02-21 21:56:00 | Hi GeeBee There are probably a heap of other questions that could be relevant here, but on reading your posts the key things that came to mind were: An old system Previously stable? What has changed/been installed recently? Hard disk age, maybe developing problems? What has your HD housekeeping been like (scan disk & defragging)? What were you doing/using when the BSODs appeared? I'm not normally disposed to this idea, but maybe it is time for a reformat & reinstallation. Do you have backups of your data? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 123097 | 2003-02-22 07:01:00 | disconnect all the external cordage--place non too gently in boot of car--drive around block--reconnect every thing and try again. | dum dugie (432) | ||
| 123098 | 2003-02-22 07:38:00 | Have a look here (support.microsoft.com) , MS Knowledge Base, its for Win98/ME but the same things apply for Win95. There is a link at the bottom of the page to troubleshooting. You may find an answer with a bit of luck. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 123099 | 2003-02-22 08:24:00 | reformat and reinstall too many variables that could cause the problem - take to long to find the problem and besides that you cannot start Windows . If data on the drive need to be recovered before reformating, consider data recovery . If that is too expensive or difficult - well them's the breaks . |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 123100 | 2003-02-22 10:06:00 | I've had this problem on a machine this week. Tried everything, formatted, reinstalled, patched etc etc etc. Finally tracked it down to the Matrox G200 Video card. I'd used this card hundreds of times in the past for testing, as they are so reliable & will work with any OS. Swapped the card several times with another one, with the same "Windows protection eror" result every time I put the Matrox back in. Guess I "tested" it just once too often. |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 123101 | 2003-02-22 20:32:00 | Right! All the veterans in this thread put your hand out, your about to get a smack! The original poster has asked a question about protection faults and so far i have read, format your h/d, and open up your pc and pull everything out and stick it back on, i've also heard it's probably your ram thats causing the problem. No since the poster can boot in to safe mode ok suggests that there is a program loading thats causing all this fuss. To the original poster: while in safe mode goto the Run command and type msconfig We need to know all the lines that are ticked under "startup" and under "static VxD" Then from there maybe we can help |
roofus (483) | ||
| 123102 | 2003-02-22 20:40:00 | Win 95 has msconfig? I would have thought sysyedit would have to be used. Stand to be corrected though. |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
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