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earlier I said i could not reboot at all. know I can sometimes get on after it gave a blue screen and said dumping physically memory. i try to reboot in safe mode but it gets so far and then another blue error message comes up saying something like automatic boot overload.. can anyone help me? do i have redo windows? will i lose all my date? thanks

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Short, practical next steps based on the symptoms you described to and the suggestions from other posters.

The message "dumping physical memory" means Windows hit a STOP (blue‑screen) error. Stop the automatic restart so you can read the full STOP code (press F8 during boot and choose "Disable automatic restart on system failure", or in Safe Mode go to System Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings and uncheck "Automatically restart"). Write down the STOP code and the driver or file named on the screen — that narrows the cause quickly.

If you can reach Safe Mode or a recovery prompt, do these in order:

  • Check Event Viewer for recent disk/driver errors (as pointed out) to see whether the OS is logging disk or driver problems.
  • Run chkdsk /r C: from a recovery command prompt to repair file system corruption.
  • Run sfc /scannow if Windows will start (or from repair media where supported).
  • Run a bootable memory test (Memtest86 or the Windows Memory Diagnostic) and leave it running several passes to catch intermittent RAM faults (this expands on 's hardware hint without assuming replacement yet).
  • Remove extra cards, USB devices and try one RAM stick at a time to isolate faulty hardware.

Before formatting or reinstalling, copy important files to another disk. If Windows will not boot, remove the drive and connect it to another PC with a SATA/USB adapter or boot a live Linux USB to copy data. If diagnostics show repeated bad sectors or SMART failures, plan to replace the drive and restore data from the copy or image. If unsure or if hardware tests are inconclusive, a local repair shop (as suggested) can image the disk and recover data safely.

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Pelse Change Your Ram To slove Yor Problem And Fomat Your Drive the Install Windows From Good CD. This Will Definately Solve The Problem.

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Try to boot our PC up in safe mode, then go to control panle>admin tools>event viewer and look at the very first error message to see if your hard drive has bad blocks in it. If it does you will need to buy a new hard drive and format it with your current OS that you want to use. If you need to do a data recovery i suggest that you use Knoppix.

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Better take to the nearest PC store for repair.

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