B0rked machine, stop error flashing by?

SiD the Turtle · 15 Feb 2007 at 22:09

My PC is refusing to start, at a certain point in the boot process (when loading the AGP DLL if I start in safe mode) a blue screen of death pops up, but it flashes on the screen only for an instant before the machine restarts itself. Any ideas on how to stop it on the blue screen? I've tried using pause but that doesn't work.

Thanks.

JayMax · 15 Feb 2007 at 23:51

I think you'll need something like BartPE to disable auto restart in the registry - or to get access to it.
If you can't get into safe mode, diagnosing the bsod might be more effort than it's worth via the recovery console.
I'd try kb307545 (worked a few times for me, not guaranteed), give that a go, if not an easier option might be a repair install?
imo

SiD the Turtle · 16 Feb 2007 at 08:58

Ah good idea, I'll give it a whirl tonight.

Can't get as far as safe mode unfortunately

rpstewart · 16 Feb 2007 at 09:01

If you have the auto restart on BSOD turned on there should be an option to turn it off if you hit F8 after an automatic reboot.

SiD the Turtle · 16 Feb 2007 at 09:15

rpstewart said:
If you have the auto restart on BSOD turned on there should be an option to turn it off if you hit F8 after an automatic reboot.

Oh I didn't know that too. Shameful really, my PC has worked so well the last few years my troubleshooting skills have waned.

Mr-White · 16 Feb 2007 at 09:44

could try a windows repair, might help if you have any corrupted or missing files.

MW

SiD the Turtle · 17 Feb 2007 at 09:38

Thanks for the advice guys, I managed to stop it auto rebooting so I could read the stop error, which was UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME, so I ran the recovery console and chkdsk and its all better now. The MS Knowledgebase link for anyone with similar issues:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185