Read BSOD

Hi

I have Vista Ultimate

My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less than
a second.

How do I stop it an read what it says?

thanks

Daniel

"Daniel" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have Vista Ultimate
>
> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
than
> a second.
>
> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>
> thanks
>
> Daniel
>
>


First thing to do is see if you can bootup in safemode


Hit F8 just before the operating system loads (right after the bios
messages)

"philo" <> wrote in message
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> "Daniel" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Vista Ultimate
>>
>> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
> than
>> a second.
>>
>> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>
>
> First thing to do is see if you can bootup in safemode
>
>
> Hit F8 just before the operating system loads (right after the bios
> messages)

Thanks but that is not going to tell me what it says on the BSOD.

cheers

Daniel

"Daniel" <> wrote in message
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> "philo" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > "Daniel" <> wrote in message
> > news:%...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I have Vista Ultimate
> >>
> >> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
> > than
> >> a second.
> >>
> >> How do I stop it an read what it says?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > First thing to do is see if you can bootup in safemode
> >
> >
> > Hit F8 just before the operating system loads (right after the bios
> > messages)
>
> Thanks but that is not going to tell me what it says on the BSOD.
>
>

It very probably will tell you when you go into Administrative
tools....Event viewer
and look at the error log

Vista pretty much operates like any previous versions of NT

You might try pressing F8 when it reboots, and go into Safe Mode..


If you do get it stopped, you can set it to not automatically restart....

Start - Control Panel - System - Advanced System settings
Advanced tab - Startup & Recovery: Settings
System failure: uncheck [ ] Automatically restart
ok


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"Daniel" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have Vista Ultimate
>
> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
> than a second.
>
> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>
> thanks
>
> Daniel
>

Daniel wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have Vista Ultimate
>
> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
> than a second.
>
> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>
> thanks
>
> Daniel

I never get BSODs as I run a real operating system - Linux. But, maybe
hitting the Pause key will freeze it so you can read it?

Cheers.

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Thanks for your help

cheers

Daniel
"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> You might try pressing F8 when it reboots, and go into Safe Mode..
>
>
> If you do get it stopped, you can set it to not automatically restart....
>
> Start - Control Panel - System - Advanced System settings
> Advanced tab - Startup & Recovery: Settings
> System failure: uncheck [ ] Automatically restart
> ok
>
>
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> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
> "Daniel" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Vista Ultimate
>>
>> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
>> than a second.
>>
>> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Daniel
>>

Thank

I tried LinSux, what a load of %&#$%

cheers

Daniel
"NoStop" <> wrote in message
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> Daniel wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Vista Ultimate
>>
>> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
>> than a second.
>>
>> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Daniel
>
> I never get BSODs as I run a real operating system - Linux. But, maybe
> hitting the Pause key will freeze it so you can read it?
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Frank's Brain Activity Plotted (watch the red line):
> http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4...nceMonitor.jpg
>
> Frank's Corporate Headquarters: Business Sign on his Bedroom Door ...
> http://www.gneil.com/images/products/1slN1455.jpg
>
> Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
> http://www.binsa.org/
>

NoStop wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Vista Ultimate
>>
>> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
>> than a second.
>>
>> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Daniel
>
> I never get BSODs as I run a real operating system - Linux. But, maybe
> hitting the Pause key will freeze it so you can read it?
>
> Cheers.
>

Won't work. You gotta configure that in either Normal or Safe Mode. It's
one of the first things I do when I installed Windows.

Alias

Daniel wrote:
> Thank
>
> I tried LinSux, what a load of %&#$%
>
> cheers
>
> Daniel

And now you're happily looking at a BSOD?

LOL!

Alias
> "NoStop" <> wrote in message
> news:PeLmj.14715$ow.10765@pd7urf1no...
>> Daniel wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have Vista Ultimate
>>>
>>> My PC is in a reboot cycle with a BSOD but the BSOD is only up for less
>>> than a second.
>>>
>>> How do I stop it an read what it says?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Daniel
>> I never get BSODs as I run a real operating system - Linux. But, maybe
>> hitting the Pause key will freeze it so you can read it?
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> --
>> Frank's Brain Activity Plotted (watch the red line):
>> http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4...nceMonitor.jpg
>>
>> Frank's Corporate Headquarters: Business Sign on his Bedroom Door ...
>> http://www.gneil.com/images/products/1slN1455.jpg
>>
>> Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
>> http://www.binsa.org/
>>
>
>