Boot any XP cd, go into recovery console, run FIXMBR then run FIXBOOT. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote:
> sounds like the disk was interrupted as it was being written to. you > should be able to mount the disk and get the data off. Not sure what > to do with windows when that happens. > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > funny thing. I tried every way I could think of, and it won't give me the > > safe mode option > > > >> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:42:20 -0700 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death > >> > >> If you can boot into safe mode you can right-click on My computer, > >> Select Properties, Advanced tab, Look for the settings of "Startup and > >> Recovery". Uncheck automatically restart. > >> > >> If (when) the BSOD occurs you can then read it to see what it say. > >> > >> I've found the solution to most BSOD errors is to install Linux only ;-) > >> > >> -Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > I've been reading this Page: > >> > http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/asm/mbr/Win2kmbr.htm, and from > what > >> > I > >> > can gather from it, is that if I run boot.in and NTLDR files, and it > >> > boots > >> > up, then that would indicate that the problem is in the MBR and/or > >> > partition > >> > table, and that once I get into the system, I should be able to find > the > >> > partition table stored in C:\WINNT\system32\dmadmin.exe > >> > and a few other locations. I suppose that if I can access these files, > >> > then > >> > I can compare it with the current partition table to determine if it > has > >> > been corrupted. I don't have much time to work on this today, but I > will > >> > continue to post progress. I may be able to figure this out myself, > buy > >> > any > >> > suggestions would be appreciated, of course. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > Paul > >> > ________________________________ > >> > From: [email protected] > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:39:32 -0700 > >> > Subject: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death > >> > > >> > I ran parted magic on my friends laptop, only to look which broadcom > >> > wireless model he had. > >> > While restarting, he plugged in his flash drive, and afterwards it got > >> > the > >> > blue screen of death. The blue screen only pops up for less than a > >> > second, > >> > so it cannot be read. Can plugging the flash drive in during bootup > >> > cause > >> > the MBR to be corrupted? Is there a possibility that the Parted Magic > OS > >> > could have caused the problem? In other words, if it was not shut down > >> > properly, could the Parted Magic have caused a problem? > >> > > >> > I've been checking out the Hirens boot disk, and the disk that Roger > >> > called > >> > coolcd.iso, and I found the MBR Save/Restore tool, but I couldn't > figure > >> > out > >> > how to make it work, and I couldn't find any documentation online. I > did > >> > find a users manual for the Active Partition Recovery. > >> > > >> > We ran a utility called: MBRWorks, and it is showing me the partition > >> > table. > >> > > >> > Can anyone suggest which tool I should be running to restore this disk > >> > operational, and hopefully a documentation page, since I will not be > >> > able to > >> > figure out how to run the program without documentation, and or user > >> > manual. > >> > > >> > I did find this website that explained the MBR: > >> > http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/asm/mbr/Win2kmbr.htm > >> > > >> > Is this good info? I also have other websites that I have archived > about > >> > the > >> > windows method of mbr. Is understanding the XP style MBR the key to > the > >> > situation, and how can I tell if the boot record is even the problem. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > Paul > >> > > >> > ________________________________ > >> > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. See how. > >> > ________________________________ > >> > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > >> > Check > >> > it out. > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > LinuxUsers mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > ________________________________ > > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. 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