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| Thread ID: 109100 | 2010-04-24 04:33:00 | BSOD when loading live CD | stone2 (9037) | Press F1 |
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| 879549 | 2010-04-24 04:33:00 | Hi all, My wife work laptop has a problem. It is a HP (yeah I know...suck) Probook 4515s. The other day it started randomly repeating the number 6 all by it's self in explorer, excel, etc. The only way to stop it is to press any key but it will soon start again. Running Windows 7 Professional btw. Ok I thought, lets see if it's software or hardware. So I tryed to boot Ultomate Boot CD for Windows and it blue screens every time with this (stop: 0x0000007b (0xf78de528, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) But I can still boot to windows afterwards. Ok so lets try HP Recovery Manager (f11 at boot). I keep getting this error: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1.Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2.Choose your language settings and click next. 3.Click repair your computer. Status: 0xc000000f She doesn't have any recovery or install disc's so I tried my windows 7 install disk and followed the instructions but nothing wrong was found. The hard drive does have a "HP_Tools" partition. I tried booting into safe mode but still had the number 6 appear randomly. Can anyone shed some light on this please? Do I have a corrupted windows install? Cheers |
stone2 (9037) | ||
| 879550 | 2010-04-24 04:36:00 | Get your keyboard repaired/cleaned. Your #6 key contacts are stuck together. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 879551 | 2010-04-24 04:51:00 | umm...I don't think it's a simple as that cause when in the 'command prompt' at the repair windows stage I can leave it for ages and the 6 never appears. Would I be correct to assume it's a software related problem? Cheers p.s. It's a brand new laptop. |
stone2 (9037) | ||
| 879552 | 2010-04-24 05:06:00 | Did someone change AHCI mode in the BIOS to IDE / compatibility mode (or vice-versa)? If the hdd on it is a SATA hdd?? Is it saying inaccessable boot device?? Thats what 0x0000007b means Was windows7 on it, or did you install it? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 879553 | 2010-04-24 05:26:00 | I only get the boot error when trying to boot (f11 HP Recovery Manager) otherwise it boots to windows. I'm pretty sure no-one has messed with the bios. This dam machine does have a lot of HP software installed. It could be preventing anything booting from cd. Maybe? I can boot my windows 7 disc just not able to boot any rescue disc like UBCD4W. Ok, I just got ubuntu live to load. Will see if I get the number 6 problem. If it appears could I safely assume that its hardware related? |
stone2 (9037) | ||
| 879554 | 2010-04-24 05:40:00 | This may help (www.lylesantos.com) if F11 didnt work. Looks like some people have been getting P.O'ed with recovery manager. Most of the time it doesnt do anything / work (www.google.co.nz) :lol: Probably because of <- that | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 879555 | 2010-04-24 06:31:00 | It would be indicitave of a faulty keyboard if the number 6 kept appearing by itself. However, I'm sure this could just as well be caused by a software issue. Running Ubuntu for a while will no doubt find out which one! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 879556 | 2010-04-24 08:19:00 | Lol... well I tried the suggestion in that link you gave me and made the hp tools partition active but it has totally screwed up the computer. I now get this "Non-system disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready. I'm now officially screwed.:drool |
stone2 (9037) | ||
| 879557 | 2010-04-24 08:26:00 | lol err..See if the main hdd is still the boot disk in the BIOS. Does F11 work tho ? :p One of these (www.overclockers.com) may help. Does this PC have a floppy? If it does, try this (support.microsoft.com). A USB flash drive may also work, if the PC supports booting from one | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 879558 | 2010-04-24 08:48:00 | It seems that the partition letters have changed I can see this when I start with windows disc and go to load drivers and I can see all the partitions and the HP_Tools partition is marked as C: and the Local Disc is now E: There are some other partitions as well. This is what is listed in My Computer: HP_Tools(C:) 1.91GB free of 1.98GB SYSTEM(D:) 260MB free of 299MB Local Disk(E:) 187GB free of 215GB HP_RECOVERY(F:) 7.46GB of 14.9GB Boot(X:) 29MB free of 31.4MB |
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