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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: coopdawg1 on December 19, 2006, 11:04:33 AM

Title: windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: coopdawg1 on December 19, 2006, 11:04:33 AM
recently my toshiba laptop crashed and the next time i turned it on it started with the screen where i can choose safe mode or to start windows normally. which ever option i choose the startup begins and "the blue screen of death" appears very briefly. it then goes back to the safe mode screen and i have not been able to get around this. any help would greatly be appreciated.
thanks
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: pcdoc4christ on December 19, 2006, 11:17:22 AM
What stop code number is displayed? (it's the number that begins with 0x and has eight other numbers and or letters).
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: coopdawg1 on December 19, 2006, 11:19:44 AM
the blue screen only shows for a split second so i don't have enough time to read the stop code
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: GX1_Man on December 19, 2006, 07:05:00 PM
Do you have a real XP CD?

You can run free diagnostics on the RAM from www.memtest86.com

Free diagnostics for the hard drive from the appropriate drive maker's site or use SeaTools from www.seagate.com

Neither of these require Windows to be used. If the hardware is defective, Windows is irrelevant.  ;)

Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: coopdawg1 on December 19, 2006, 08:57:17 PM
i have a reinstall cd from the dell computer i am on now but do not have the toshiba disks with me right now.

i burned the memtest86 to a disk but do not know how to get it to run.  whenever i power on the laptop it immediately goes to the "windows did not start successfully" screen.  there i have the safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, start windows normally options, but i do not know how to run the cd without running windows.
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: fffreak on December 20, 2006, 01:35:01 AM
Press 'F8' as you are booting to select which device you would like to boot from or you could configure your cd rom drive to boot first every time by hitting the "Delete" key as you are booting and setting the cd rom drive to boot first then either floppy drive(if you have one) or Harddrive.
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: coopdawg1 on December 20, 2006, 07:00:37 AM
i got the stop code to display:
ox000000ed (ox82309a68, oxc0000006, ox00000000, ox00000000)

still working on the memtest
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: fffreak on December 20, 2006, 07:09:59 AM
Have a look here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185), and here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315403), just googled found 32,900 for your stop error code at 0.06 seconds.
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: pcdoc4christ on December 20, 2006, 01:39:39 PM
A few possible causes and fixes:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302

http://www.support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892000






Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: GX1_Man on December 20, 2006, 06:39:19 PM
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Have a look here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185), and here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315403), just googled found 32,900 for your stop error code at 0.06 seconds.

fffreak,

Just like Calum you are showing some real promise. Keep up the good work.  ;)
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: pcdoc4christ on December 23, 2006, 09:15:47 AM
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fffreak,

Just like Calum you are showing some real promise. Keep up the good work.  ;)

I agree.

 8-)
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: GX1_Man on December 24, 2006, 05:32:03 AM
And now the original poster has gone off for Christmas or to find his correct Windows CD or something....  ::)
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: pcdoc4christ on December 31, 2006, 08:12:41 PM
We can only hope Santa didn't put Windows Vista under the tree!

 ;D
Title: Re:  windows crashed and will not load again
Post by: pcdoc4christ on December 31, 2006, 08:15:35 PM
You'd think the guy would give his elves a break and let them hammer out all the bugs in XP before they release an infested new OS! (it had a limited release in 2006).

::)