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    Blue screen of death, and an endless loop

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by smileyman111, Aug 1, 2006.

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    I've had a Sony s360 for a little over a year now. The first...let's say 10 months were problem free and great. But now, my laptop is prone to having this problem: After usuing my computer for a couple weeks, performance will start to drop. iTunes starts cracking (which isn't unusual, many people have that problem with the program) Quicktime skips, WMP takes forever to load a video, games take forever to load, if at all, or they crash after 30 minutes of play, etc. Usually a simple restart fixes the problem. But sometimes, after the computer turns off and boots up again, I get a screen before windows loads giving me the options of: safe mode, safe mode + networking (something), safe mode + command prompt, start windows with last working settings, and start windows normally. Super. So I usually pick "start windows normally" and all is fine. The next time I try to restart, I'll pick "windows normally" and at the splash screen I get a blue screen of death for about .2/second (I can't even read what it says) and it turns off, putting me back with the options of safe mode, start normally, etc.
     
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    Aivyn Notebook Consultant

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    my girlfriends computer just did that about a week ago. It is more than likely a windows Hive error. There are fixes out there if you google it. However, the best method is to back up your files (externally) and reformat. Then run a diagnostic. Your HDD may be fried.
     
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    smileyman111 Newbie

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    Thanks for the replies.

    Sorry, what's a Hive error? Best Buy just replaced my HD, I hope it's not fried again. I run Norton in the bg, and I think that's it. How do I run a diagnostic when I clean install Windows? Once again, thanks a lot. This forum is the only one that responded to my plea.
     
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    Ok so I ran the recovery console using a XP disk and tried doing the fixboot command. Now all I get is the VAIO screen then a flashing "_" Bummer. Anything else I should try?
     
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    have you tried scandisk? it'll check for physical errors on your drive.

    All programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scandisk
     
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    I think I tried that in the recovery console, but I can't even boot into Windows on my laptop. I'm using my desktop right now.
     
    smileyman111, Aug 2, 2006
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