Gawd, I go to bed, and my computer is working just fine...

[gabemcg]

like the title says, computer has been running fine for weeks (since I reinstalled windows last)
I left it on last night, and it was not running any unusual programs or doing anything special... I wake up this morning, and it has crashed...


1. hit reset button
2. try to boot
3. @ boot screen (xp logo) it seems to stop short, and BSOD before rebooting itself
4. boot into safe mode (works fine)
5. Thinking the problem most likely caused by some skinning software I installed yesterday, Uninstall it from safe mode
6. No luck booting normally
7. Maybe if I do a system restore from safe mode...
8. Try to boot normally (no luck)
9. Pop in Windows CD, and boot to repair console
10. Fix boot
11. Fix MBR
12. Still no fsking luck! my sh!t is FUBAR!!!

Safe mode still works just fine, I'm using safe mode w/networking A.T.M.

 

[xtknight]

What about Last Known Good Config mode?

Almost CERTAINLY a bad driver.

 

[gabemcg]

Originally posted by: xtknight
What about Last Known Good Config mode?

Almost CERTAINLY a bad driver.

13. Try to boot in Last Known Good Config mode (no luck 🙁 )


thanks for the suggestion, I totally forgot about it, still no luck tho... this sucks.

any other tips/ suggestions appreciated, keep 'em comin' !

 

[firewall]

Repair install if you can't figure out and resolve the BSOD.

 

[xtknight]

If you're desparate, go in safe mode and roll back every driver you can. Just flat-out uninstall chipset, IDE, video, and audio drivers for now. After that use Driver Cleaner and clean out everything you can. Don't uninstall your network card though as it appears Safe Mode+Networking is working fine for you? Try this before you do a repair/reinstall at least. It's worth the try.

 

[piasabird]

Try the safe video mode. It might be the video card. There is memory on the video card. I would start looking at the memory.

BSOD usually indicates bad hardware like RAM or Power Supply or something like that.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: piasabird
Try the safe video mode. It might be the video card. There is memory on the video card. I would start looking at the memory.

BSOD usually indicates bad hardware like RAM or Power Supply or something like that.

No.

Check drivers. I like having two hard drives so I can just reinstall Windows instead of messing w/ the drivers if they become corrupt. But if this isn't an option, just rollback all drivers in safe mode and then reinstall them. You might save your network driver like someone said, though.

 

[grappa]

First, boot into Safe Mode, right-click My Computer, go to Properties > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery settings and UNcheck "Automatically restart" and "Write debugging information." Click OK.

Reboot the computer and when you get the BSOD, write down the message you get (minus the columns of hexidecimal addresses.) Often, this message tells you where the problem lies. Let us know what you find.

 

[gabemcg]

I did a repair install, and I'm back up and running... I don't get that squeakey clean feeling of a fresh install tho.... I'm just going to back up my important stuff to my File Server, and do a clean install....

I swear, I've clean installed windows probably 9 times in the last 12 months!

 

[Dunbar]

Originally posted by: gabemcg
I swear, I've clean installed windows probably 9 times in the last 12 months!

Oh, how I don't miss those days. With a backup HD and True Image there's no reason you can't do a system backup every month or so.

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: Dunbar

Originally posted by: gabemcg
I swear, I've clean installed windows probably 9 times in the last 12 months!

Oh, how I don't miss those days. With a backup HD and True Image there's no reason you can't do a system backup every month or so.

Oh so true! I've not had to reinstall XP in almost a year! 🙂
I use Acronis True Image and love it. Works well with my SATA HD's which Norton always gave me problems with, and it's easy to use.