BSOD on Windows + safe mode boot.

[just Scott]

Hey guys, got a problem here and need some help. Basically, when I try to boot into Windows I get BSOD and it restarts. The same happens when I try to boot into safe mode too. My initial impression of that is the hard drive is failing or something like that. I seriously hope not though. I'm using XP SP2 and my spec is in my sig.

I've tried: resetting the CMOS, swapping the video card with a 6600GT, swapping out both RAM sticks, changing SATA ports for the hard drive, changing SATA power cable. None of those work. I really need some ideas here. The BSOD error only flashes for a second, and I don't have access to the option to make it so it doesn't reboot after a BSOD.

Normally I would just format to fix problems like this, but I need to backup some stuff before I format this time. Also, this just started happening for no reason. It was fine last night, but then this happened this morning.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[coolpunkskater]

is there a error code ? can u post what it says?

as for backing up data just boot of another hdd then copy the work u need to ghost the drive to another (this is much easyer)

 

[just Scott]

Nevermind, I fixed it. I just booted from an old drive, backed up the stuff I needed and then formatted.

Thanks anyway.

 

[coolpunkskater]

good to see it all sorted