Sony VAIO laptop windows xp keeps restarting quickly after showing the BSOD. HELP!?
I'm desperate right now because my laptop holds a ton of important information and work. My laptop is a Sony PCG-6D2P running on Windows XP. It keeps restarting after showing the "blue screen of death" and I can't get into the log-in screen. I've tried safe mode, which works. Then I tried system restore to an earlier date. It looked like it was working. Then my laptop would not start up again. It keeps restarting.
I do not have the XP recovery disk. And I think it's an overheating problem because I left it on since last night by accident. What do I do? And can I clean out the fan? It is several years old.
Thank you!!!!!
In addition, I don't want to do anything that would make me lose my work. I've heard something about BIOS…will that wipe out my memory/hard drive though?
If my laptop is overheating (I'm almost positive it's because of this), should I not turn it on for a couple of days? Would it "repair" itself or cool down so my notebook will work again?
Thanks
If you can get into safe mode, you might have a software conflict that's causing the BSOD. Try going into safe, press start, go to run, type in "msconfig" and then do the diagnostic start up only, which loads only the basic drivers.. If you are able to boot normally, there must be some start up item causing the problem.
If it's overheating, you'll definitely feel the heat. Spray some dust-off in the vents anyways, though.
If you need to save that data, buy a USB transfer kit, remove the hard drive, connect the USB kit to the hard drive, then plug the USB cord into another computer.. Look through your "user" folder or "documents and settings" to find the stuff you need to save, then copy all of the things you want to keep onto the computer that works..
THEN, contact Sony and tell them to send you a recovery disk. Reformat and then transfer all the files you saved on the working PC back onto your Vaio.
Good luck
p.s. changing BIOS settings will not erase any info.. The BIOS information is stored directly on the motherboard and it's just the boot settings related to the hardware on the motherboard (i doubt changing anything will help)
Sometimes windows just fucks up.. Oh well, that's what happens when you have a DOS based OS : |
If the computer feels very hot, that is never good for things like the hard drive. So buy a can of dust-off and really try to work out the clumps of dust in the vents.. I did this for my old laptop and my CPU temps dropped 10C degrees, so ya! it matters a lot. Turn the PC off, blow the air in all the vents, then power it back on and listen for the fan..
Loud = overheating
Quiet= normal