Windows Vista Serious Crash

Hi,
Can anyone help me with my problem? I'm actually using a laptop (an hp
pavillion dv6203tx). Dual core 2.0, asus motherboard, 2gb ram, nvidia 7400go
256mb video card. Anyway, when I was using my laptop yesterday, playing C&C
at nomal settings, my laptop suddenly turned to the blue screen - you know
that if you've experienced one. All i can remember is that is says there "if
this is the first time you have experienced this... (blabla)" then there was
a count down. After that, the laptop restarted on its own, asked whether i
want to run it to normal, or safe mode. I chose normal. When I logged in, I
played the game again. As I was playing, all of a sudden (and again), the
laptop went to that darned blue screen again. Frustrated, I just pressed on
any key, then it restarted quickly. Only this time, with the problem I'm
facing right now. I cannot access Vista anymore. That time, I was seized at a
black screen with the message "BOOTMGR image is corrupted. System cannot
boot." After that, I just turned the comp off, and powered it on again, then
the same msg went out, but this time the message was jumping off and on the
screen (like the one seen on televisions when they're starting to lose signal
on a certain channel - JUMPING screen). So, not knowing what to do, I turned
it off again. When I turned it on, this time the screen doesn't even light
up. There's no way I can access anything - it's all black screen as if it
hadn't been turned on. I tried and tried to turn the comp on and off, and at
one instance, the screen came to life again and this time with a different
message, "The file is probably corrupt. The file header checksum does not
match the _________ checksum" at the black backgroud.

Having to see the screen at least lit up again is I think a luck from many
turn ons and offs.

Now, I don't actually mind reformatting the computer as long as I get to
save my files to an external drive first. If no backing up is needed, then
the better. The only helpful thing I have with me are the Windows Vista
Recovery Discs (2 DVDs) which I have burned from the laptop a year ago. Can
someone please help me. Thanks very much. I hope others with the same problem
can have the answer also.

Sound like a hardware problem. Too much stuff
is broken to be just an OS problem, although the hardware
issue has likely corrupted the OS as well.

Send it in for repair.


"Paklot" <> wrote in message
news:42FB29BC-C7C5-40EF-9341-...
> Hi,
> Can anyone help me with my problem? I'm actually using a laptop (an hp
> pavillion dv6203tx). Dual core 2.0, asus motherboard, 2gb ram, nvidia 7400go
> 256mb video card. Anyway, when I was using my laptop yesterday, playing C&C
> at nomal settings, my laptop suddenly turned to the blue screen - you know
> that if you've experienced one. All i can remember is that is says there "if
> this is the first time you have experienced this... (blabla)" then there was
> a count down. After that, the laptop restarted on its own, asked whether i
> want to run it to normal, or safe mode. I chose normal. When I logged in, I
> played the game again. As I was playing, all of a sudden (and again), the
> laptop went to that darned blue screen again. Frustrated, I just pressed on
> any key, then it restarted quickly. Only this time, with the problem I'm
> facing right now. I cannot access Vista anymore. That time, I was seized at a
> black screen with the message "BOOTMGR image is corrupted. System cannot
> boot." After that, I just turned the comp off, and powered it on again, then
> the same msg went out, but this time the message was jumping off and on the
> screen (like the one seen on televisions when they're starting to lose signal
> on a certain channel - JUMPING screen). So, not knowing what to do, I turned
> it off again. When I turned it on, this time the screen doesn't even light
> up. There's no way I can access anything - it's all black screen as if it
> hadn't been turned on. I tried and tried to turn the comp on and off, and at
> one instance, the screen came to life again and this time with a different
> message, "The file is probably corrupt. The file header checksum does not
> match the _________ checksum" at the black backgroud.
>
> Having to see the screen at least lit up again is I think a luck from many
> turn ons and offs.
>
> Now, I don't actually mind reformatting the computer as long as I get to
> save my files to an external drive first. If no backing up is needed, then
> the better. The only helpful thing I have with me are the Windows Vista
> Recovery Discs (2 DVDs) which I have burned from the laptop a year ago. Can
> someone please help me. Thanks very much. I hope others with the same problem
> can have the answer also.