Fatal Error (ughhhhhhh)

[RbHawk]

fatal (ughhhh) error
Im working on a 2.4 gig dell that starts to boot >goes splash screen>then blue screen:
STOP: c000021a (fatal system error)
The windows log on process system terminated unexpectly with a status of 0x0000005 ( 0x00000000 0x00000000
The system has been shut down.Im not sure what else I can do other than wipe the drive and reinstall,..this thing wont boot at all...
I tried the repair function ... no help.
Any ideas?

 

[johnjkr1]

If the repair fails, there is nothing left. FORMAT!!! WOOOO!!!

Also, if you get real bored you can run the Dell Diagnostics, maybe you have a hardware problem.

 

[RbHawk]

that is sorta what I thought,I know I can slave the drive and hopefully remove any needed files,I tried that earlier and I could access the disk

 

[jbrock31]

Here is what microsofts website has for this error.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316503

If you do not have GoBack, (installed from System works) then this is not for you.

 

[oLLie]

This just happened to me the other day. I switched the power supply off, pulled the power cable out of it, let it sit for a while, reversed the steps and powered it on OK. Everything seems to be back to normal except some weird email issues. I was pretty surprised when I couldn't even get into safe mode.