[pchelpers] Re: Computer won't boot

Something to note this is the second reply where someone mentioned BSOD 
the posted never said he say the BSOD he said it kept going back to the 
login screen there was no Windows folder to read the OS he never saw a BSOD

Scott McNay wrote:

>Hi Jo,
>
>Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 2:19:00 PM, you wrote:
>
>JW> It won't let me get that far. Can't get into Safe Mode - SetUp -
>JW> or CD Rom. There is no A Drive. When I turn it on, it immediately
>JW> does the initial writing on the screen before it goes into
>JW> Windows.....then I hear a 'click' and it goes to the screen to
>JW> choose how you want to boot (safe mode, windows, etc.). No matter
>JW> which I choose it will briefly show the Windows Logo screen as if
>JW> it is booting up.....THEN it goes right back to the screen to
>JW> select how you want to boot. I can't get anywhere else. There is a
>JW> blue screen that flashes with writing - but it is so fast, I can't
>JW> read a word of it.......then it starts all over again.
>
>Sounds like the system was set to automatically restart when a BSOD
>occurred.  I had that happen to me; I'd get a blue flash and the
>computer would restart, and I couldn't figure out what the problem
>was.  I now make sure that "Automatically restart" is turned OFF.  To
>check this, go to Control Panel, System, Advanced tab, Startup and
>Recovery Settings.  DON'T change anything on top, unless you're a
>masochist (or unless you know what you're doing).  The item in
>question is in the bottom half.
>
>Something that I heard that someone else did is use a video camera to
>record it, then find the right frame in the recording.
>
>  
>

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