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| Thread ID: 108985 | 2010-04-19 08:49:00 | Vista gives BSOD on startup - safe mode not working | Sir Prospect (14735) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 878166 | 2010-04-19 10:04:00 | What are you using now? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 878167 | 2010-04-19 10:11:00 | The Screwed Computer is running Ubuntu Live disc Im using the wifi on my phone... The other computer I have is a celeron with 184mb of ram, and virutally no HDD space... running Windows ME |
Sir Prospect (14735) | ||
| 878168 | 2010-04-19 10:26:00 | Does the celeron, have a floppy then?? And do you have a flash drive? Or does ubuntu have some kind of disk error checking program on it? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 878169 | 2010-04-19 10:30:00 | Yes, the Celeron has a floppy disk drive, Yes I have a USB flash drive, I dont really use Ubuntu, so im not sure about the disk checking, but I did do a memory check, and that found no errors either. Im wondering why there are no minidump files? |
Sir Prospect (14735) | ||
| 878170 | 2010-04-19 10:37:00 | Bugger :angry the BSOD said it was writing them. OK From the original post #1 - did you try the system restore option, wind the PC back a day or two to before the problem happened. heres How (www.bleepingcomputer.com) or select command prompt and type in rstrui.exe <press enter> If restore is run, it may boot normally again, other wise it may fix the problem enough to boot into safe mode at least. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 878171 | 2010-04-20 05:32:00 | Wainuitech - No luck, I tried the system restore option, it went as it should, i picked a restore date, then it said (c:/) has errors, I clicked the "check disk for errors" button, it started checking the disk, and for some reason, it went back to the "(c:/) has errors dialog box, and refused to continue. the "Disk has errors box": Attached file: sysrestorestops.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (398 KB) The checking disk box: Attached file: runningchkdsksysrestore.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (535 KB) This was what I get when i run chkdsk in the command prompt: Attached file: chkdsk1271737715.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (462 KB) |
Sir Prospect (14735) | ||
| 878172 | 2010-04-20 06:03:00 | This says (www.vistaheads.com) it may need reformatting, or the hdd is knackered. The last post | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 878173 | 2010-04-20 06:25:00 | Try this -- From the command prompt, type in chkdsk C: /r <press enter>. If you still get the drive in read only, you can also try chkdsk /x/r to see all the options chkdsk /? As one site says -- /x Forces the volume to dismount. Also invalidates all open file handles. This should be avoided in Desktop Editions of Vista, because of possibility ofdata loss/corruption. so use the X command at your own risk -- But then again, its broken anyway :( |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 878174 | 2010-04-20 06:47:00 | After some re-booting and attempting System Restore again, the chkdsk has started to run, it been running for over an hour, and is still..... a far way off... I think il just let it run and see what happens, ive ticked both option (auto. fix file sys errors, scan for/attempt recovery of bad sectors), Il do what you say Wainiuitech if the chkdsk fails. Speedygonzales - I dont think the HDD is knackered, because using the ubuntu livecd, I was able to access all the files on the HDD??? would this be possible if the HDD was knackered? |
Sir Prospect (14735) | ||
| 878175 | 2010-04-20 06:54:00 | Could be the partition windows is on thats knackered / corrupt. And since Ubuntu is on another, it probably isnt affected | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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