Re: BSOD and Reboots

If you use the F8 boot menu is there an option to disable automatic restart?
If so use it. There is no way to advise a fix if we don't know what the
exact BSOD error is.

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"mcp6453" <mcp6453@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A notebook tries to boot into Windows but hits a BSOD and then reboots.
There are many posts on the Internet about this all-too-common problem, but
the solution is not apparent to me. It must be that there are multiple
causes of the problem.

When the computer is first started, it goes to the Safe Mode/Last known
good configuration screen. Selecting any option, including Safe Mode with
Command Prompt, results in a BSOD and a reboot.

1. The suggestions that I disable reboot on error in Windows are not
useful since I cannot boot into Windows.
2. No new hardware or software was installed prior to the problem.
3. No updates or service packs were applied prior to the boot.
4. With the drive installed in a desktop as a secondary drive, a chkdsk
does not report any disk errors.
5. An image of the drive using BING was successful and did not report any
drive read errors.

My next step is to try Alex Nichol's "Possible Fix by reconfiguring
boot.ini using Recovery Console", unless someone here has a idea that the
problem lies elsewhere. (Alex's fix assumes that ntldr or ntdetect.com is
corrupt and that boot.ini needs to be rebuilt.)

Are there any other suggestions for solving this problem? A repair install
would be my last option since I have had mixed results doing them. Thanks!


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