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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
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I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
"rock" wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. -- SC Tom |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
Thanks but this did not work on my XP box.
It is a USB KB. oz On 6/02/2010 11:18 AM, SC Tom wrote: "rock" wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
rock wrote in
: Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. It is a USB KB. That shouldn't matter but I had a feeling that wasn't gonna work. You have a digital camera or a camcorder, like everyone in the world except me, right? Set it up on a little tripod or prop it up on a few books and just shoot the screen during the problem period. You should be able to read the screen - a few tries /may/ be necessary. Not that it's gonna help you much - IME, those messages are totally useless since no one but some moron at MS who coded them in the first place knows what they mean. But I /have/ Googled for the exact portion(s) of some of them over the years, and sometimes you get lucky... -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t. |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
rock wrote:
Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. It is a USB KB. USB, PS/2 - doesn't matter much if the system is setup properly. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
Thanks guys..
Silly as it sounds, I might try that as I do want to know what this thing is telling so I can go straight to the problem. I have taken the HD out of that box and into a usb external of another box and can see all the files.. It looks so innocent!! I am trying to save all my files before I attempt to fix the bad blocks, if I ever am able to get to that point. Shame there is not anyway with the files being exposed like that that one can 'fix' the corrupt ones!! Now that's an idea MS?? What about doing a Chkdsk as it is in the usb. Could that screw my XP files if that is where the bad blocks are. Is there some way of doing this right? Thanks again for the input. oz On 6/02/2010 1:20 PM, thanatoid wrote: wrote in : Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. It is a USB KB. That shouldn't matter but I had a feeling that wasn't gonna work. You have a digital camera or a camcorder, like everyone in the world except me, right? Set it up on a little tripod or prop it up on a few books and just shoot the screen during the problem period. You should be able to read the screen - a few tries /may/ be necessary. Not that it's gonna help you much - IME, those messages are totally useless since no one but some moron at MS who coded them in the first place knows what they mean. But I /have/ Googled for the exact portion(s) of some of them over the years, and sometimes you get lucky... |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
rock wrote:
Thanks guys.. Silly as it sounds, I might try that as I do want to know what this thing is telling so I can go straight to the problem. I have taken the HD out of that box and into a usb external of another box and can see all the files.. It looks so innocent!! I am trying to save all my files before I attempt to fix the bad blocks, if I ever am able to get to that point. Shame there is not anyway with the files being exposed like that that one can 'fix' the corrupt ones!! Now that's an idea MS?? What about doing a Chkdsk as it is in the usb. Could that screw my XP files if that is where the bad blocks are. Is there some way of doing this right? Thanks again for the input. Depending on your periodic/consistent backups for the important files (yours) is the standard way people protect their data. ;-) Imaging the entire disk is another thing you can do. Backups of some sort - best defense against all such issues. ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
Boot into BIOS and look for a 'Enable Legacy USB Devices' setting and make
sure it is enabled, not just auto. It shouldn't make any difference what type of keyboard it is. What I suggested will work if the OS is intact enough to get there, and from your description of the boot process, it should get to the boot options menu just fine. -- SC Tom "rock" wrote in message ... Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. It is a USB KB. oz On 6/02/2010 11:18 AM, SC Tom wrote: "rock" wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
On Feb 5, 7:47*pm, rock wrote:
Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. It is a USB KB. oz On 6/02/2010 11:18 AM, SC Tom wrote: "rock" wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. What does "did not work" mean? Does it mean you were not able get to the boot options menu by pressing F8? Does it mean you chose to Disable automatic restart and it didn't stop on the BSOD? Did you also try Last Known Good Configuration? What do you think might have changed in your system between the time it last booted and the BSOD? No matter the case I would try again. If you miss the F8 window of opportunity, you have to start again. That is one reason that boot option exists. If you want to run chkdsk, why don't you leave the disk in the system and run chkdsk from Recovery Console instead of physically moving the disk to some other location? Isn't that time consuming? Do you have a bootable XP installation CD or do you need to make a bootable Recovery Console CD? If you move the HDD and run chkdsk on another computer, move it back and it still doesn't work, what are you going to do next? Seems like if you have a problem, you would leave the HDD in the afflicted system and fix the problem there. |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
rock wrote:
Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. Try pressing the Break key. Usd to be that would "halt"...OTOH, it *is* a Microsoft error mesage so maybe not. dadiOH _______________ On 6/02/2010 11:18 AM, SC Tom wrote: "rock" wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. |
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On 7/02/2010 1:14 AM, Jose wrote:
On Feb 5, 7:47 pm, wrote: Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. It is a USB KB. oz On 6/02/2010 11:18 AM, SC Tom wrote: wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. What does "did not work" mean? Does it mean you were not able get to the boot options menu by pressing F8? Does it mean you chose to Disable automatic restart and it didn't stop on the BSOD? Did you also try Last Known Good Configuration? What do you think might have changed in your system between the time it last booted and the BSOD? No matter the case I would try again. If you miss the F8 window of opportunity, you have to start again. That is one reason that boot option exists. If you want to run chkdsk, why don't you leave the disk in the system and run chkdsk from Recovery Console instead of physically moving the disk to some other location? Isn't that time consuming? Do you have a bootable XP installation CD or do you need to make a bootable Recovery Console CD? If you move the HDD and run chkdsk on another computer, move it back and it still doesn't work, what are you going to do next? Seems like if you have a problem, you would leave the HDD in the afflicted system and fix the problem there. Thanks for the help.. Altho' I touched F8 as one would, it went straight thru to the Windows welcome and the the blue and reboot etc. Yes I tried the Last Config and Safe and still the same result thru to reboot. I am going to run chkdsk in the usb as it is there now and I have taken all my data off in both a True Image full image and by manually taking the data files and the whole Doc and Settings directories. Yes I have both XP full setup and a Repair CD. I also have the WD HD diags program. FYI The disk is 320Gb SATA and is new last July WD32000AVJS-63B6A0 I must admit this is the 3rd WD disk in 3 years I have had trouble with and never a Seagate Barr which I mainly use both SATA and IDE I continue... Thanks again oz |
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On 7/02/2010 12:11 AM, SC Tom wrote:
Boot into BIOS and look for a 'Enable Legacy USB Devices' setting and make sure it is enabled, not just auto. It shouldn't make any difference what type of keyboard it is. What I suggested will work if the OS is intact enough to get there, and from your description of the boot process, it should get to the boot options menu just fine. Thanks. Yes I did that and I do get to all the Bios and then to the opening Windows Welcome screen fine, it is just after a few seconds on the Welcome screen and a few seconds of blue bars and then I get the black, then quick blue then black and reboot. oz |
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How to stop screen so i can read blue screen message
On 7/02/2010 4:22 AM, dadiOH wrote:
rock wrote: Thanks but this did not work on my XP box. Try pressing the Break key. Usd to be that would "halt"...OTOH, it *is* a Microsoft error mesage so maybe not. dadiOH _______________ On 6/02/2010 11:18 AM, SC Tom wrote: wrote in message ... Hi, I have XP pro and it has started to keep on rebooting at start up with a flash of a blue screen message which I can't read as it is so fast. It boots up with the Windows logo screen and the blue lines showing it working for a few seconds but then it goes black and then the blue screen flashes and it then reboots to the same thing again. How can I read that blue screen and how can I see what it wrong and fix it. Thanks oz Press F8 during boot up until the boot options menu comes up. Scroll down to "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter. That will stop it at the BSOD if it comes up again. Ah ha.. It seems I have 7 Bad blocks and they all showed near the beginning of the Seagate Tools programs which I just used as it reads WD disks as well. So it makes sense these blocks are effecting the XP files. What is the work around here? oz |
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