Heffalump Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Share Posted January 11, 2012 hi guys, i am hoping someone can point my pc in the right direction. i am getting a blue screen up when booting my pc, which tells me it is dumping physical memory to disk , counting up to 100, along with system registry, and that also there is registry error c000218, and system root software message, is not there or is corrupted. it says windows failed to start, wwhen i get the windows recovery screen where you have several boot options,and i have tried safe mode and lastknown good config,they don't help, and I also closed pc down inserted windows disk, but there are not options popping up? i hope you guys and gals can help me, it would be appreciated, as a blackberry playbook is not a replacement lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KicknDatAzz Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 833 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 765 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 591 Achievement Points: 5688 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 01:26 AM Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hey Heff, Sorry to hear about your troubles. Since I do this most of the day I have some suggestions based on general assumptions. Assuming you want to keep/retrieve data on the drive: Dont write to it!@ I would buy another hard drive, which are cheap now, and restore your PC from scratch on this new disk. Once its up and running you can connect the old drive to see whats retrievable. Im not sure what your specific problem is since it could be many things.... bad driver (have you updated anything recently?) bad memory, failed or failing HD, INFECTION, etc... Its best to analyse the blue screens with WinDBG to see whats causing them. You have to either get Windows working on it again or use the scenario above with the new drive. If you're like me and dont have much hair left to pull out, I would go with that. lol Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
dawgy Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 179 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1054 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 6817 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 17 Birthday: 12/07/1981 Device: iPhone Share Posted January 11, 2012 KicknDatAzz Hey Heff, Sorry to hear about your troubles. Since I do this most of the day I have some suggestions based on general assumptions. Assuming you want to keep/retrieve data on the drive: Dont write to it!@ I would buy another hard drive, which are cheap now, and restore your PC from scratch on this new disk. Once its up and running you can connect the old drive to see whats retrievable. Im not sure what your specific problem is since it could be many things.... bad driver (have you updated anything recently?) bad memory, failed or failing HD, INFECTION, etc... Its best to analyse the blue screens with WinDBG to see whats causing them. You have to either get Windows working on it again or use the scenario above with the new drive. If you're like me and dont have much hair left to pull out, I would go with that. lol Good Luck! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 16 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2012 I'v had a few blue screens of death but it ain't stop my PC working, it usually happens if i have just installed some hardware or updates, so i just uninstall whatever the last thing it was i installed and i am usually ok after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKAPE Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 170 Topic Count: 1093 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5155 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 3033 Achievement Points: 43571 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:36 PM Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2012 Check all of your ram is seated correctly too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2012 You also might try a repair reinstall of Windows 7 from the boot disk. Search Google for howto. This does not put current data at risk and has worked for me previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Heffalump Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 thanks guys, looks like hard drive had gone, as i have got another, and i can upload windows, where as it wouldn't let me do that before. thanks you Idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattlewolF Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2012 Heffalump thanks guys, looks like hard drive had gone, as i have got another, and i can upload windows, where as it wouldn't let me do that before. thanks you Idiots! What windows do you need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
h3adr00m Posted January 11, 2012 Member ID: 1045 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 20 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2018 Birthday: 09/25/1981 Share Posted January 11, 2012 c/p The C000218 error is a registry error that may prevent your Windows XP operating system from working correctly. In some cases, it causes the blue screen error message (also known as the Blue Screen of Death) to appear, preventing the operating system from working at all. Under normal circumstances, you'll need to have a professional fix your computer, but there is one method you can try before taking that step. It involves running the Recovery Console and using "chkdsk" to attempt to repair the damaged sectors. Type "chkdsk C: /R" in the Command Prompt, and hit the "Enter" key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme Posted January 12, 2012 Member ID: 3095 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 1277 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 10, 2013 Birthday: 02/14/1963 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Whenever you get a blue screen it's important to note the offending file shown. It's usually .sys or .dll file listed as the problem. It really helps in the diagnoses of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraBites Posted January 12, 2012 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Share Posted January 12, 2012 yea i got that error b4 i would try a windows install but use the repair so u dont lose data...now if u do that and still get the error its a harddrive failure error which in my case it was i had to buy new HD and reinstall everything again and the other HD was unreadable even thru Kickn first suggestion so if i were u id be prepared to buy another HD and install new wind on it sorry bud best suggestions and i also am PC tech ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heffalump Posted January 12, 2012 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Now windows is installed on my pc on new hard drive, and I can see the files on the older drive and would like to transfer the old files across to the new drive, is this recomended?, and can anyone recommend a good free data migration tool? Or, should I just leave on the old drive the existing files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattlewolF Posted January 12, 2012 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted January 12, 2012 You can transfer the files what you need to your new hard drive no problem If you can see the files on the old hard disc copy the files to the new ore just google for a tool you will find one just try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Heffalump Posted January 12, 2012 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Is it literally a case of click and drag the files i want to migrate from the old to the new hdd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgy Posted January 13, 2012 Member ID: 179 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1054 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 6817 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 17 Birthday: 12/07/1981 Device: iPhone Share Posted January 13, 2012 Heffalump Is it literally a case of click and drag the files i want to migrate from the old to the new hdd? Yep copy paste since it copies anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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