Crap Crap Crap!!!

[cpugeniusmv]

Okay, here's the thing:

I was over at my girlfriends house, i was going into safe mode (XP Home by the way) to fix a different problem, it booted into safe mode fine, BUT, i couldn't see it because it was out of range for the LCD!!! so i turned it off at the power button. then, i tried to boot up again, it shows one of those BLUE SCREENS and then restarts before i can read it.

I told her to never let me touch it again after i fix it...and here's what i think will fix it:

boot up with XP cd into recovery console and use the fixboot command

do you think it'll work!? I HOPE SO...because i'll kill myself if i don't fix it, they just bought the thing a couple weeks ago.

[SUprEMeBeiNg]

good luck............sometimes things just go wild




(like girls :bk )

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by SUprEMeBeiNg
good luck............sometimes things just go wild

thanks, i'm working on it with krell, as well as digging through ms knowledgebase...i'll keep you all posted.

Originally posted by SUprEMeBeiNg
(like girls :bk )

yeah baby!!

[isus]

yes, good luck. i dunno tho, i dont even have an lcd (stop laughing). i want one though. where does the blue screen show up? as win is starting? or once it has finished loading, or what?

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by isus
yes, good luck. i dunno tho, i dont even have an lcd (stop laughing). i want one though. where does the blue screen show up? as win is starting? or once it has finished loading, or what?

yeah, i wish i had an lcd :mellow they're so sexy...

if i recall correctly, the BS pops up after the 'pretty scroll bar'

[Sephiroth]

I have a lcd monitor

nice and its alot easier for my eyes since there is less strain plus barely any glare.

Id try a soft reinstall. sounds like it messed up a driver or a windows file got messed up or something..

[Wings_of_Azrael]

Something similar happened to me a couple months ago with Windows 2000. I tried booting into safe mode, then it just froze for about 5 minutes. So, I restarted and booted normally, and haven't tried safe mode since then. I wasn't trying to fix any problems through safe mode, just run a cleaning program.

Also, I had a problem with Windows ME where it said some shit like "Cannot write %1 from %2" or something.. and wouldn't boot to Windows, or even let me reinstall the OS without completely reformatting. I upgraded to Windows 2000 after that incident. All's well that ends well, I guess.

[phalkon30]

If its new, it most likely came with a restore disk, and you could either restore it to a working spot, or just reformat and reinstall

Personally I'd reformat, but I tend to go a little nuts with fresh starts :)

[cpugeniusmv]

if it were my computer, i wouldn't hesitate to reinstall...however, it's not, and i'm hoping that one of the knowledgebase articles, or the recovery console will yield the desired result.

[tree hugging hippie crap]

Maybe you should just quit kicking it? Just a thought. I'm but a lowly peasant. :mellow

[GâIileo>]

Here, I'll tell you what happened.

When you shut it down forcibly, the registry Hive got corrupted.

What is happening to you now, is that you boot, then before it gets to the windows xp screen, it comes up with an error message on a blue background, and then it's too fast for you to read it and your pc reboots.

Here I'll tell you what your blue screen there says:

It will have one of the following error messages:

-Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

-Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

-Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate


You can fix it easily if Krell hasn't reformatted your system already.

If it's the SYSTEM HIVE, there is an alternate system hive called SYSTEM.ALT and you can simply rename the current damaged system hive and copy the SYSTEM.ALT to SYSTEM

System.alt is in C:\Windows\System32\Config

If it's the SOFTWARE HIVE, there is a backup in the repair folder. (but it will just have the info on programs from when the pc was installed at the factory, so any new changes since then may be gone.)

The repair folder is C:\Windows\repair

You can either do this manually by booting up with another hard drive with an OS that can see NTFS partitions. Or you can use the ERD disks you made (you did make some, right?) or the recovery console.

See: support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

[crazytrain]

HAHAHAHAHA welcome to the world of Microsoft where nothing works right,and the blue screen of death is common.

Solution tell her to buy a MAC.HAHAHAHA

[Sephiroth]

Originally posted by GâIileo>

You can fix it easily if Krell hasn't reformatted your system already.

Considering that your suppose to be banned if i were you i wouldnt be starting crap with anyone... especially krell since you seem to have some stupid grudge or something against him..

[GâIileo>]

Oh, gee. Did you ban me? Sorry I didn't even notice.

[cpugeniusmv]

UPDATE:

I went over there today, tried lots and lots of things...

I even tried to reformat and use the restore disks...BUT THOSE DIDN'T WORK!!!

man, when i break 'em, i break 'em good!

it's on its way to sony.