BSOD!!! Info needed

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » September 15th, 2007, 7:27

I have a PC that Blue Screens when it gets to Windows (XP).. unfortunately it's been set to reboot at fail so I don't get a chance to read what the BSOD is picking up.. anyone know of a Reg Hack or something that will horse it to keep the BSOD on screen long enough for me to see what has caused it??

Post by **ProfHawking** » September 15th, 2007, 8:02

can you get to safe mode? press F8 at the start of it booting

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » September 15th, 2007, 8:25

Tried that... still BSOD's and reboots, doing a DiskScan at the moment for any bad sectors but it would be usefull if I could se what the BSOD actually said, may be corrupt regisrty hive or something so don't want to waste my time loking for a hardware fault if it's the software thats corrupted.

eion · Post by **eion** » September 15th, 2007, 9:32

If you can stick the hard drive in another machine, %systemroot%\memory.dmp or %systemroot%\minidump\ should tell you the cause of the BSOD.

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » September 15th, 2007, 9:43

F8 key to enter Windows Advance Options Menu.
Sselect "Disable automatic restart on system failure".

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » September 15th, 2007, 9:50

While looking for a piccie of this I came across this troubleshooting guide on another forum. Looks whin so gonna add it to the wiki