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blue screen?


Question Posted Tuesday June 24 2008, 2:11 pm

My computer I think is about to die. I turn it on this blue screen pops up then a black one does where you can boot your computer in safe mode safe mode with networking and some other things but when you try to boot on one of them it goes back tot he blue screen help!

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shootingstar2609 answered Sunday June 29 2008, 11:09 am:
It sounds to me like your hard drive might be dying. It just recently happened to me. You'll either have to buy a new hard drive, or just get a new computer. A new hard drive would be cheaper, but if you have an older computer, it might be worth it just to buy a new computer.
Hope this helps! :)

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ChevyIINova answered Tuesday June 24 2008, 3:12 pm:
Usually but not always this is a hardware issue. If you have installed new hardware, remove it such as a new hard drive, DVD-ROM, RAM etc... You may also have graphics driver/hardware issue. If you have an on board one, use it, if it is the on board you are using, try using a graphics card. If you can boot to at least command prompt, try running check disk to check the drive for errors. You can sometimes get a blue screen after a power failure. Taking out the BIOS battery for about a minute and then putting it back can sometimes help.

The check disk command is chkdsk /p /r

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venom_97 answered Tuesday June 24 2008, 2:19 pm:
first you have to do a cold boot. Turn everthing OFF, now turn everything back on. You will get an option at this time to restart in safe mode. If you have already done this and it just goes back to the blue screen, it's the CPU unit and it is dying. You may need to look into putting into a computer clinic for cleaning or purchase a cd to clean your unit. You may have contracted a virus by downloading, opening an email or attachment. There is an option to restart your system in normal settings before problems occur. If you see this option, chose this one first before doing the safe mode, this usually clears up the system on it's on which indicates no virus, but if this doesn't work, it's a virus. GOOD LUCK!!!

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