Blue screen on startup

bmi92 · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:19

Hey guys,

So I came home from school yesterday and turned my PC on, only to be greeted by a BSOD upon reaching the Vista load bar. I tried to run with last known good config and it does the same. So then I thought it was time to try loading into safe mode to see what was what. But that was a no go. Each different type of safe mode all load to crcdisc.sys and then freeze, five seconds later, the pc reboots.

I'm not quite sure what is causing this issue. Only problem is, I have misplaced my windows disc so I'm not sure what I can do apart from take this opportunity to upgrade to 7?

Any help on ways I can fix this please.

Thanks
M0nster

pupsta8910 · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:22

any chance u can slave it into another machine?

then u could a) pull of your data and reload

or b) run a manual system restore within windows

Google manual system restore, - Plug the drive into another machine as a secondary drive or use one of those USB cables to plug into a laptop or Pc etc .

Otherwise ask a friend to download like a checkdisk onto CD and run that by hitting f12 (normally) and run a repair. may fix it./

bmi92 · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:10

What do you mean by checkdisk? Google is throwing this up as a function within windows?

wannabedamned · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:14

Are you overclocked atall? This can sometimes throw up a blue screen

bmi92 · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:32

Nope, no overclock at all. Only thing I did notice is that it was a restart from Windows Update that caused my computer to be off in the first place.

Electronic Dave · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:43

Could be this

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1591682/windows-update-causes-blue-screen-death

Is mentioned nearly everywhere and seems to affect 32 bit Windows.... :rolleyes:

Googled with some interesting comments

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/73cea559-ebbd-4274-96bc-e292b69f2fd1

https://patrickwbarnes.com/blog/2010/02/microsoft-update-kb977165-triggering-widespread-bsod/

Best to write down the code that the BSOD gives you - this will give you a clue

bmi92 · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:55

The screen goes off straight away, is there a way to stop that?

Electronic Dave · 12 Feb 2010 at 17:01

Yes you'd need to change the option in Windows Vista so as to not reboot upon error (in System settings). However you can't access the OS so your stuck.

My advice is to follow this thread...instructions are for XP....not sure on Vista

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/73cea559-ebbd-4274-96bc-e292b69f2fd1

I installed this update on my office machine with XP 32 bit - no issues.

Pawnless Endgame · 12 Feb 2010 at 21:32

crcdisc.sys = cyclic redundancy check. I think your hard disk is toast.

Tiamat21 · 12 Feb 2010 at 21:35

Try buying a Hardrive bay and pop your hardrive in that and then check in on another pc?
You can get one here for about £15 I think.
P.S.
is your drive sata or IDE?