Re: Repair Install gives BSOD; next step?

Too bad I didn't see this earlier.

Earlier I started the repair install. It told me it needed to reboot to
complete installation. When it rebooted I got the STOP x50. So I tried to
boot into safe mode, but got a message saying setup cannot boot into safe
mode or something to that effect.

It seems there's a catch 22 -- I need to boot into safe mode to fix the
problem, but because I've started the repair install it won't let me boot
into safe mode.

"HeyBub" wrote:

stlsailor wrote:
Dell Inspiron 530 XP Professional 32 bit

I received a BSOD 0x00000050 [no indication what was causing the
problem. Even diagnostic mode gave me the BSOD. I could only boot to
safe mode. It happened immediately after I rebooted while installed
the calendar printing assistant for Outlook 2007. The motherboard had
been replaced about a week earlier.] There was no indication of a
driver problem and I ran extensive diagnostics and everything was
clean.

I then ran repair reinstall. During the installation it told me it
needed to reboot--and it rebooted into the BSOD (x050 again). I tried
to reboot in safe mode but received a message that setup can't boot
into safe mode. So how do I get the repair install to finish if the
machine won't boot at all? I'd prefer not to reinstall Windows
because it takes far too long to reinstall all my programs--and if
repair reinstall gives BSOD a full install might also, who knows?

Bottom line -- if repair install boots to BSOD and won't let me boot
to safe mode, how do I get out of this loop?


A STOP x50 error indicates an incompatible video driver. Safe mode should
get you far enough to install the correct driver. See here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329293



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