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    Laptop bluescreening how to view code

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Lavitz, Jan 10, 2010.

  1. Lavitz

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    Hey guys have laptop that bluescreen while going in to windows.I need stop the bluescreen before my laptop restarts so i can view the error code. I cant go in safemode or anything so i have BootCD on thats let me edit Registry I think and have I access to services thing. I'm not sure what to do HELP>!
     
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    Press F8 when you boot up the notebook. Keep on pressing it until a menu comes up. There should be an option that says Disable Restart on System Failure. Select it and see if it works.

    Now if that doesn't work, you just need to have the original Windows disc that came with your notebook, or the one you bought if you did buy another copy of Windows. By using that disc and booting from it, you should be able to repair the OS.
     
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  3. Lavitz

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    doesnt the bluescreen dump into a text file somewhere? if it does where does it go?
     
    Lavitz, Jan 10, 2010
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    it should, i think it's normally on by default.

    idk where itis, but tehre is a program that takes the information and summarizes it into beginner-friendly information

    it's called WhoCrashed and i used it like 4 times this past week
     
    joseph10444, Jan 11, 2010
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    I think he's having the bluescreen when he's trying to start up his computer, so therefore he can't access his files.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 11, 2010
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    c:\windows\minidump
     
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    I think i wasn't clear up in my post abv. What the problem is the laptop is bluescreen as windows is starting up. Can't access windows in safemode same problem occurs bluescreen.So I need a way read the bluescreen error to indentify the problem. I have access ULTIMATE BOOTDISK which allows to me view *I think* the services for windows, edit registries.And bios does not have option to where is pause after crash. >.< HELP!
     
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    Keep on pressing F8 until you get to the bluescreen. Trust me, just keep on pressing F8 until the menu comes up.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 12, 2010
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    If you post the most recent minidump. someone will read it for you
     
    gerryf19, Jan 12, 2010
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    If Windows doesn't have a page file, it doesn't pause after a BSOD (XP 32-bit, which you have). If you don't have a page file, that could be your problem. My guess is the page file setting is stored somewhere in the registry, so you probably can change it, but I don't know where. But AltaVista is your friend.
     
    Apollo13, Jan 12, 2010
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