Hello, hope you can help - apologies if this is an obvious question, it's all still fairly new to me.
My other computer (which is about 5-6 years old) suddenly switched off last night and now won't boot into Windows2000 via safe mode or via CD.
It's gets to the Windows start-up screen - pauses, then brings up a blue screen which includesthe text:-
STOP: c0000145 (application error) failed to initialize properly.....click OK to terminate...etc
It tells me about safe mode, uninstalling any new hardware and to disable BIOS memory options.
The only thing I noticed before it went off last night, is that the clock read December 31st 1997! I've been trying to boot up this morning and when I went into the BIOS, the date was wrong again.
Could this be the battery? I haven't used this particular computer for about 4 months.
Thanks in advance.
Wilko