Gerry,

I'm in Birmingham. England. I'm out for the most of the day today but I'll
be back at 6.30pm working on this problem. I'm gonna try and track down a
floppy drive for the laptop so I can try a boot disk. Would really
appreciate any help you can give. If you think of anything during the day
you can email me rlagah********.com or keep postin ideas on this forum. I
will be back on line this evening.

R u in Stourport?

Thanks
Rex

"Gerry" wrote:

> Rex
>
> Where are are you located i.e, U.S.A, UK or?
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Rex wrote:
> > Gerry,
> >
> > If i press "F1" my only options are:
> > 1.Safe mode
> > 2.Safe mode with Networking
> > 3.Safe mode with command prompt
> > 4.It says "if your comp stopped respondin, restarted unexpectedly, or
> > was automatically shut down select 'Last Known Good Config'"
> > 5.OR Start Windows Normally.
> >
> > Doesn't matter which one i select, nothing happens if I press "F8"
> > before or after selection, plus they each do the same thing...run for
> > 15 secs...freeze then quickly flash the blue screen. I have looked
> > at how to create a bootable CD for XP but it seems real complicated.
> >
> > Do you know what else I could try. Thanks again for helping
> > considering the time and all.
> >
> > Rex
> >
> > "Gerry" wrote:
> >
> >> Rex
> >>
> >> Look again at one of the safe mode options using your F1 key.You
> >> should see " Disable automatic restart on system failure" there.
> >>
> >> What exactly do you have by way of a CD? It looks as though you will
> >> have to try to boot using your CD. How lets see if we can get a Stop
> >> Error code and the line immediately below the code?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >> ~~~~
> >> FCA
> >> Stourport, England
> >> Enquire, plan and execute
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> Rex wrote:
> >>> Gerry, Thanks for getting back to me.
> >>>
> >>> The problem is on my laptop. I can't disable the restart on system
> >>> failure option as the laptop fails to boot up thus I cannot access
> >>> any part of my desktop at all. There is no affect from any of the
> >>> "F#" keys. The only thing I can do is press F2 to get to BIOS, F12
> >>> to select boot drive or F1 which lists safemode options...but F1
> >>> after listing the options allows you to select one of the options,
> >>> runs for 15 seconds then freezes, flashes the blue error screen real
> >>> quick then reboots. This laptop has no floppy drive, cd drive only.
> >>> I looked up the problem in MS KB and realised why it keeps
> >>> restarting and that i need to get the STOP code. I just don't know
> >>> how to stop it. The keyboard is part of the laptop (not wireless).
> >>> Can you suggest anything else.
> >>> Rex
> >>>
> >>> "Gerry" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Rex
> >>>>
> >>>> What is the Stop Error Reort?
> >>>>
> >>>> Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
> >>>> allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on
> >>>> the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties,
> >>>> Advanced, Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box
> >>>> before Automatically Restart.
> >>>>
> >>>> Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure even after you
> >>>> have solved the problem as it's better disabled. Check for variants
> >>>> of the Stop Error message.
> >>>>
> >>>> An alternative is to keep pressing the F8 key during Start-Up and
> >>>> select option - Disable automatic restart on system failure.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are using a wireless keyboard and the F8 key does not work
> >>>> substitute a wired keyboard and mouse for this exercise only.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps.
> >>>>
> >>>> Gerry
> >>>> ~~~~
> >>>> FCA
> >>>> Stourport, England
> >>>> Enquire, plan and execute
> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>>
> >>>> Rex wrote:
> >>>>> If anyone can please help, I have a toshiba laptop. I have not
> >>>>> installed any new hardware/software. At startup, I reach the
> >>>>> first Windows XP screen but then it goes black. I was told to
> >>>>> press F1 (by a friend) to get to the safemode logon options.
> >>>>> This worked for 2 weeks. Now this has stopped working. After
> >>>>> selecting any of the safemode logon options, the system starts to
> >>>>> boot but stops at "d347bus.sys" whilst loading files, flashes a
> >>>>> blue screen and then restarts. This just keeps repeating if i
> >>>>> select F1. If i dont select F1, the screen stays black. I have
> >>>>> no access to recovery options or CDs. I have no floppy drive to
> >>>>> create a boot disk. I do not have the XP setup CD's. I have
> >>>>> access to another pc and the web. The laptop has a CD drive only.
> >>>>> Can anyone offer me a solution or explanation. Thanks
>
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