BSOD

anuraj · 21 Apr 2011 at 19:35

My mate got sent a computer that isn't working by his uncle and it's really old. His uncle sent it him to see if he couldnt fix it just for fun. So far he has asked me for help and got all the cables plugged in and it can boot in to the bios just fine but I believe that the window install is corrupted. When i try to boot it up it comes up with the safe mode stuff and then when I press boot windows normally I believe I can see a bsod for the briefest of moments (like 0.1 seconds long) and then the computer just resets.
Ps.
It's using windows xp.

Curio · 21 Apr 2011 at 19:39

Does he need to save the data on it? If not, just try re-formatting and re-installing Windows. If that doesn't work then faulty RAM would the next guess.

anuraj · 21 Apr 2011 at 19:46

So how exactly would I be able to format it with out format disks or is there a way to do it on the bios.

Surveyor · 21 Apr 2011 at 19:50

You format the disk during the Windows installation process.

You do have a Windows installation disk and a licence key?

anuraj · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:06

Yes but when I put it in it just comes up with the safe mode thing again.

anuraj · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:18

BUMP.

anuraj · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:59

I've tried some stuff and now it says something about ntldr.

dfarrall · 21 Apr 2011 at 21:00

anuraj said:
I've tried some stuff and now it says something about ntldr.

Usually means the boot loader is missing, theres a process to replace i cant remember it off hand, you should find it with some googling.
Arent you going to be reformatting the PC anyway?

Surveyor · 21 Apr 2011 at 22:50

anuraj said:
Yes but when I put it in it just comes up with the safe mode thing again.

That's because you're still trying to boot from the hard disk.

Have you set the CD/DVD drive as the first boot device in the BIOS?

Cupra · 22 Apr 2011 at 00:17

anuraj said:
I've tried some stuff and now it says something about ntldr.

you need to point the bios to the first bootable device

fruman23 · 22 Apr 2011 at 00:35

Yeah, and your original installation disk should have a repair your pc function, which should restore all back to normal

DanielT · 22 Apr 2011 at 01:18

I got the Ntdlr missing error also.

I went into BIOS and changed the setting to " Default optimized settings " and now it works fine.

anuraj · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:28

I'll try that when I see him again