I turn my computer on, it goes through all the motions (I've got Windows XP), shows the happy little logo while it starts - and then suddenly flicks on a blue screen of death for a split second (with a small amount of writing on it but I can't read it that fast) and restarts. It does it all again, and I think it would just keep doing it.
It does it when I tell it to use the most recent settings that worked, and in safe mode it just does it quicker.
I tried running it from the Windows CD but I'm not sure I did that properly. If you think that's worth a try I'll give it another go.
Does this sort of thing sound familiar to anyone? I don't know if it's software, hardware, a virus.
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I use to get a blue screen when my hard drive was dying the screen would say something about a memory dump I believe... so maybe your hard drive is dying like mine was
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virus! yar! goto www.avast.com and get it. install it somehow.
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reboot in safe mode.
does it bring you to the screen where you can choose Dos? where it says hit [insert key] for startup menu ?
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that happend to mine once, we had to send it out to be fixed
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Quote: from Death of rats at 4:48 pm on Jan. 22, 2007
Your computer is doomed. Get a Mac.
Yay for Mac users!! Have a mac, love it. Get a Mac!
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Quote: from norock at 9:48 am on Jan. 23, 2007
reboot in safe mode.
does it bring you to the screen where you can choose Dos? where it says hit [insert key] for startup menu ?
Nope. Lists a heap of driver files and then sits for a minute as usual - before restarting.
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omg dont get a mac if its the last thing you do
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I'm assuming by all the other replies, nobody actually fully read your topic.
Anyway, this could be an error on your hard drive. I advise you run a disk scan via starting your computer in DOS prompt. The reason your computer is rebooting as soon as it blue screen is because this is a setting you have (or someone has) set on your computer. I'm not sure off hand where to change this, but try looking in BIOS settings; though, I'm not sure if you'll find it there. Anyway, try this, and see if the disk scan comes up with any hard drive errors.
Edit: I forgot; in case you don't know, the dos command to do this scan is SCANDISK
Quote: from Death of rats at 7:48 pm on Jan. 22, 2007
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Post edited at 5:01 pm on Jan. 22, 2007 by ZenaGirl
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Restart it again, when it comes up with the message about "setup" hit the "delete" key... at least that's what it is on mine... find the page for boot order and set it to boot from CD.
Then put the Windows disk in and reboot. At some point it should say something about "hit any key to boot from CD"...... hit any key...
That should allow you to reload your OPSYS.
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This is exactly what happened to me like 2 weeks ago. Backup all your files via making the HDD into an external with enclosure or Linux LiveCD and burning. Once backed up you get to reinstall Windows and that stop the screen.
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If I run it from the CD, and it gives three options:
- set up windows xp - repair windows xp installation - quit
... will repairing repairing the installation cause me to lose files?
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