yeah, but how do i reformat when i can't even get to a dos prompt? i'll reformat if i have to - it is no biggie really cause i don't have any data on my lappy...
i was about to ebay this laptop to go toward my GFM trip - i can't believe how many obstacles keep arising to do with $$$ for this trip. Last week a speeding fine, last Wednesday our landline died and it was only fixed this morning (yes, we have had no phone for over a week!), so I ring a lady who had enquired for a wedding booking last week, she was just about to pay me a deposit for the gig, and she says "oh, sorry, you didn't ring me back so I booked someone else", and now this! SOMEBODY doesn't want me going to GFM, it's sabotage I tell ya. Cotty, you don't practice telekenesis by any chance do you? tan. -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2004 1:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - omg, i think my laptop just died... If you had blown anything up, you wouldn't get the page fault screen, I don't think. I've always found that Windows problems are best fixed by a C drive format and re installation of the OS. Hoiwever, this is a fairly major undertaking, hopefully you will get better advice than this. William Robb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: OT - omg, i think my laptop just died... > > laptop experts unite! I have just been changing some software around on my > laptop, in preparation for GFM, and began to run a disk clean up. I walked > away from it and came back to a blank screen. Thinking it had just shut down > to save on the battery, I turned it back on and it began to reboot but then > came up with this blue "Stop" screen. When I try all of the options that it > suggests, it just keeps coming back to the same screen. It won't even allow > me to boot in safe mode. I am running Win 2000 Pro, on this machine. It > appears to begin to boot normally, gets as far as the Windows logo screen > and then, bam, the error page comes up. > > The error page is blue with white writing that reads: > > ***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xC1080212,0x00000000, 0x804Ac321,0x00000000) > PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA > > ***Address 804Ac321 base at 80400000, DateStamp 3ee6c002 - ntoskrnle.exe > > If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your > computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: > > Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. > If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer > for any Windows 2000 updates you might need. > > If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or > software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. > If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your > computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe > Mode. > > Refer to your Getting Started manual for more information on troubleshooting > Stop errors. > > Well, it won't let me reboot to Safe Mode or any other mode for that matter, > and when I press F12 to enter the BIOS at startup it says: > > Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 071) > PXE-E61: Media Test Failure: Check cable. > > Pleeeeeeeease don't tell me I've blown a motherboard or CPU.... > > help! > > tan. > > >
