Hardrive Failure Need Assistance

[BMAR240SX]

Alright here is the problem, I installed a copy of SP2 on my computer and everything was running fine, but on some day's i believe only when i was running too many program's at once it would bring up a blue screen that would basically restart the whole computer. As time went on the screen continued to show more and more to the point now that I can not do anything. I tried to re-format the hardrive but even when I am doing that during the process the screen pop's out. My question is, is there an alternative way to clean out my hardrive due to the fact i cant get it done the way I know.

Bryan

[xekushnr]

Take the harddrive out and put it in another computer. You can then format it on that computer, and throw the drive back in yours when its clean.

[BMAR240SX]

Install it on the another computer as a slave?

[xekushnr]

Install it on the another computer as a slave?

You got it.

I dont know much about safe mode, but you may want to try doing it in safe mode first. Press F8 before the Windows screen appears, and select Safe Mode on the list. See if it will let you format in safe mode, cuz I have no idea. That would be much easier than ripping out your hard drive.

[BMAR240SX]

No i tried that, i didnt find the safe mode. So

1. Make it a slave 2. Install it on my other computer3. Pop the CD and select my slave drive to be formatted and im done?

[240Knightrider]

Go into safe mode with NETWORKING. Then, go to http://www.Driveragent.com pay the $30 and have it scan your computer. It will find what driver is causing the bluescreen, and you can download the driver from the site. Blue screens are not about hardware failures (but it could happen) My guess is with installing the new SP2 your drivers got messed up and need to be fixed.

Then download spybot search and Destroy, and A-squared anti malware free version. Both free google it. then run both of them. Get all the nasties off.

Done properly it should allow you to boot up your computer to get it back to normal.

Also you can go to my computer right click, click on manage and go to event viewer and it might give you the driver that is causing that blue screen.

-this is only a suggestion that it might work (it works for me) use this at your own risk.

[240Knightrider]

No i tried that, i didnt find the safe mode. So

1. Make it a slave 2. Install it on my other computer3. Pop the CD and select my slave drive to be formatted and im done?

NO NO NO, no need to reformat unless you cannot get windows to boot at all, meaning no load screens no blue screens no nothing. pretty much when your disk says please insert boot disk. Thats when.

[BMAR240SX]

The sp2 copy i have isnt a good one i got it off the Net so, thats the reason it got reformat. My computer wont allow me to get far at all in operating it without the screen coming up, so i have no option but too. As far as losing stuff i have an external 80 gig hardrive so im not losing anything at all

[BMAR240SX]

Thank you fella's so much i have my computer up and running. Thanks for your time and helping out i appreciate it

[240Knightrider]

Guess you didnt have anything to important on there. You could have saved the drive.