Computer was working fine, lights went out and then know all I get is bios, a bunch of dollar signs and vistas please wait screen after 10 to 15 minutes I get the blue screen of death. I think it is virus, maleware or bad video card any body have a idea.
jogc979021 0 Newbie Poster
jogc979021 0 Newbie Poster
Any one out there?
cgeier 187 Junior Poster
Press the "esc" key during booting and you should be able to see additional information.
cgeier 187 Junior Poster
You'll probably need to download a Vista recovery DVD.
See http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=622
Look under the heading "Getting the ISO".
Burn it to a DVD using "ISO Recorder". Boot from it, then do the following:
-Click "Next"
-Click "Repair your computer"
Microsoft Windows Vista should show up. If not, let me know.
-Click "Next"
-Click "Command Prompt"
type the following:
>chkdsk c: /f /r
when that finishes type:
>bootrec /FixMBR
>bootrec /FixBoot
>exit
Eject your dvd and click "Restart".
jogc979021 0 Newbie Poster
I tried reformatting but still getting the same screen.
cgeier 187 Junior Poster
How did you "try reformatting"? What exactly have you done? I suppose that it is possible that a power spike occured and if you weren't using a surge protector that it caused damage to your computer. But let's check out some other things first.
jogc979021 0 Newbie Poster
I reformatted from recovery dvd and recovery partition. I tried both ways. Tried to install windows vista but now it will not finish, I know this because I tried to go into safe mode and it said that windows installation not completed. What should I try next?
cgeier 187 Junior Poster
You probably didn't let it finish. Not sure about Sony's recovery process, but I recovered my computer with recovery disks from another manufacturer and it took 4-6 hrs. It may reboot multiple times during this process and it may appear to be finished, but it won't be finished until it either says it's finished or you get a message saying welcome to Windows.
Alxandro 0 Newbie Poster
A bunch of dollar signs?
That's just the amount of money you could have saved by switching to Geico.
Have you ever felt like someboby is watching you?
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