Surviving BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)

• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 06, 03:15

  What to Do
  
  

  
  [*]Copy down the information displayed on the screen, which can be helpful in later diagnostics, and reboot the machine to normal mode, if that's an available option.
  [*]If the computer continues to fail, reboot into Windows' stripped-down safe mode. Continuously press the F8 key upon rebooting, and choose the Safe Mode option from the following advanced options screen. This starts up Windows without the extra drivers and programs that usually load during startup.
  [*]If you're able to get the machine running again, immediately scan for spyware and viruses, which might be causing the computer failures.
  [*]Should a new device or program create a programming conflict, a further option is to use the System Restore Utility, found in the Windows application folder, to revert computer settings to earlier, usable states. Using a restore point rewrites the computer's internal systems, so any programs installed after the last restore point will need to be reinstalled in order to work.
  [*]Roll back to earlier versions of hardware drivers or manually remove unwanted programs in the Systems Configuration Utility.

  
  
  What not to Do
  
  Do not repeatedly on and off the power switch.Repeatedly powering up a machine with a bad drive, however, will only magnify the problem and possibly ruin data permanently.
  
  If, upon booting up, that happy computer whir sounds more like a grinding moan, keep the machine off and seek out a qualified technician or data recovery service to salvage your drive.
• LazerLordz

  22 Mar 06, 03:18

  Hmm. very useful..
  
  Mayi..not sleeping ah?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 06, 03:22

  Disk utilities programs like Norton Ghost can help fix problems and also clean up drives and resources to keep them from happening again.
  
  Most users would do best to turn to disk utility programs like EasyRecovery, PCDefense and Advanced EFS Data Recovery, which are specifically designed to restore deleted or damaged files and system settings after a failure.
  
  Backing up data is the most important step to take in ongoing computer maintenance – after a crash, it may be too late to salvage information. Utilities like Norton Ghost and Argentum Backup can quickly archive programs and settings on a computer for later reinstalling or transferring to another machine.
  
  But backing up data isn't enough – users have to be sure they can recover the data from the reserved disks and emergency files. Is your information really backed up? Do your boot disks work? Get a spare computer and crash it. Use the reserved disk and emergency files to test if it works. If it works, then you can be quite sure that in case Windows crashes again, you can recover most of documents.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 06, 03:23

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Hmm. very useful..
  
  Mayi..not sleeping ah?

  Not yet. Want to try crashing it and see if it works?
• LazerLordz

  22 Mar 06, 03:24

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Not yet. Want to try crashing it and see if it works?

  I'm on Mac the desktop is asleep.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 06, 03:30

  Now, what if your emergency disks didn't work? What can you do to recover the data?
  
  You can try a program called EasyRecovery to recover your data. However, there is no 100% guarantee that you will get back your data. This program can help repair partially recovered Microsoft Office documents, but not all. If your files are damaged beyond repair, high chance that it can't repair it. You probably have to re-do your presentation or re-write your assignment.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 06, 03:31

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  I'm on Mac the desktop is asleep.

  Okie. I thought of getting someone to try it and see if my suggestion works.
  
  Any guinea pigs?
• LazerLordz

  22 Mar 06, 03:48

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Okie. I thought of getting someone to try it and see if my suggestion works.
  
  Any guinea pigs?

  When the day breaks perhaps.
  
  If you want to kill time, go http://www.deviantart.com
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 06, 03:51

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  When the day breaks perhaps.
  
  If you want to kill time, go http://www.deviantart.com

  Killing some time right now. Playing with XP. Deviantart would be nice. Enjoy some nice works of people.
• LazerLordz

  22 Mar 06, 03:54

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Killing some time right now. Playing with XP. Deviantart would be nice. Enjoy some nice works of people.

  yeah..it's nice DA.
  
  Look at http://gilad.deviantart.com really magnificient works.
• thoreldan

  22 Mar 06, 07:09

  i have not seen bsod even since i used win2k and xp
• kiss_my (_i_)

  23 Mar 06, 19:51

  wat if safemode also cannot go in.
  
• ditzy

  23 Mar 06, 19:53

  Originally posted by kiss_my (_i_):

  wat if safemode also cannot go in.
  

  Reformat lor.
• kiss_my (_i_)

  23 Mar 06, 19:59

  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  24 Mar 06, 00:41

  Originally posted by kiss_my (_i_):

  wat if safemode also cannot go in.
  

  Safe Mode cannot go in means registry corrupted. The only way is to reformat.