funny thing. I tried every way I could think of, and it won't give me the safe mode option
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:42:20 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death > > If you can boot into safe mode you can right-click on My computer, > Select Properties, Advanced tab, Look for the settings of "Startup and > Recovery". Uncheck automatically restart. > > If (when) the BSOD occurs you can then read it to see what it say. > > I've found the solution to most BSOD errors is to install Linux only ;-) > > -Chris > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've been reading this Page: > > http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/asm/mbr/Win2kmbr.htm, and from what I > > can gather from it, is that if I run boot.in and NTLDR files, and it boots > > up, then that would indicate that the problem is in the MBR and/or partition > > table, and that once I get into the system, I should be able to find the > > partition table stored in C:\WINNT\system32\dmadmin.exe > > and a few other locations. I suppose that if I can access these files, then > > I can compare it with the current partition table to determine if it has > > been corrupted. I don't have much time to work on this today, but I will > > continue to post progress. I may be able to figure this out myself, buy any > > suggestions would be appreciated, of course. > > > > Thanks > > Paul > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:39:32 -0700 > > Subject: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death > > > > I ran parted magic on my friends laptop, only to look which broadcom > > wireless model he had. > > While restarting, he plugged in his flash drive, and afterwards it got the > > blue screen of death. The blue screen only pops up for less than a second, > > so it cannot be read. Can plugging the flash drive in during bootup cause > > the MBR to be corrupted? Is there a possibility that the Parted Magic OS > > could have caused the problem? In other words, if it was not shut down > > properly, could the Parted Magic have caused a problem? > > > > I've been checking out the Hirens boot disk, and the disk that Roger called > > coolcd.iso, and I found the MBR Save/Restore tool, but I couldn't figure out > > how to make it work, and I couldn't find any documentation online. I did > > find a users manual for the Active Partition Recovery. > > > > We ran a utility called: MBRWorks, and it is showing me the partition table. > > > > Can anyone suggest which tool I should be running to restore this disk > > operational, and hopefully a documentation page, since I will not be able to > > figure out how to run the program without documentation, and or user manual. > > > > I did find this website that explained the MBR: > > http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/asm/mbr/Win2kmbr.htm > > > > Is this good info? I also have other websites that I have archived about the > > windows method of mbr. Is understanding the XP style MBR the key to the > > situation, and how can I tell if the boot record is even the problem. > > > > Thanks > > Paul > > > > ________________________________ > > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. See how. > > ________________________________ > > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check > > it out. > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009
