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blue screen of death.. need help

  • 08-06-2008 7:59pm
    #1
    E@gle.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭


    need help with reformatting PC

    Everytime i turn on pc before i get to login screen the bue screen comes on

    i need to know how i can delete everything off of my HD so i can reinstall Windows XP and start from scratch

    thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    if you reformat you will loose all your data forever

    do you have drivers for your hard drive (if you have SATA)

    which brand of PC ?
    Many have recovery partitions so all you may need to do is press F12 to get the menu.


  • #3
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    E@gle. wrote: »
    need help with reformatting PC

    Everytime i turn on pc before i get to login screen the bue screen comes on

    i need to know how i can delete everything off of my HD so i can reinstall Windows XP and start from scratch

    thanks in advance.

    you need to put in a windows install disc then it will give you the option to reformat the dirve , alternatively you can try a repair install and see if that solves your problems


  • #4
    E@gle.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭E@gle.


    I tried putting in the windows CDs but nothing happens when i do

    the only thing i can do on the computer is press f1 or f12 before the blue screen comes on

    its a dell dimension 8400 if that helps... :/


  • #5
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    E@gle. wrote: »
    I tried putting in the windows CDs but nothing happens when i do

    the only thing i can do on the computer is press f1 or f12 before the blue screen comes on

    its a dell dimension 8400 if that helps... :/

    you need to hit either delete or f1 i think in in the bios set it to boot from the cd.

    either that or when it boots hit
    # Pressing <Ctrl> + <F11>
    and it should restore your os. mind you it will wipe all the data that was on the pc ;/


  • #6
    SouthpawGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭SouthpawGuy


    Have you taken note of the blue screen message ?
    Google the message details on a working pc it will point you in the right direction.

    Have you tried booting into safe mode , F8 on startup, if it boots into safe mode then the problem is related to something that is loading in "normal" mode.
    Could be video card drivers, "nv4_disp.dll" relates to Nvidia drivers.

    If it does not boot into safe mode then it might be hardware - CPU, motherboard, RAM, etc.

    If you Google "dell 8400 blue screen messages" ,there are a lot of results.

    Good luck.


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  • #7
    BoB_BoT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭BoB_BoT


    F12 will bring up the system boot menu, so you can choose which media to boot from. It should not be blue screening at this stage. As mentioned in the previous post, google the error message or throw it up here. It could be as simple as booting from a windows disk entering the console and running a check disk scan.


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