Re: Bad_Pool_Header BSOD and crashing computers.

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:04:51 -0500

Read your other post. 

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"Fanny" <Fanny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5AA06E72-883F-4C01-82FA-2026B30F135E@microsoft.com...
> Ok, lets start from the beginning.
> Oh, about 3 weeks ago I decided it would be a good idea to download SP2 
> for
> my computer, a year old HP.
> During the installation, the computer decides it doesn't want to finish
> installing the SP2, and gives me a blank black screen.  Naturally, I
> restarted. When the comp. started back up, it reconfigured the prior
> settings, and then I uninstalled the SP2.  Every couple of days I would 
> get
> that black screen again, but restarting it was no biggie.  A week later, 
> as
> soon as I'd start up Windows, I immediately get a screen that says 
> "Windows
> is sorry for the inconvenience", then gives me the options to start in 
> safe
> mode, safe mode with networking, safe with command prompt, last good known
> config., or normally.  No matter what I choose, these will not work.  It 
> just
> goes into this cycle of trying to load, then giving me the screen again.
> So, after doing some research, I got into the boot box by pressing esc.
> while the comp. was trying to load.  I then loaded from the XP CD I have,
> attempting to do a repair install.  However, my computer isn't giving me 
> an
> option to do a repair install.  So I tried the recovery console, but 
> whenever
> I put in the "COPY F:\i386\ntldr C:" prompt, it gives me the BSOD and says
> "BAD_POOL_HEADER". At least I finally know what the BSOD is telling me,
> rather than rebooting over and over, but what can be the problem here??
> Argh!!!

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