[TylerK]

Hey everyone, my name is Tyler and im new to this forum. I really need some advice/help. Personally, I think i'm very computer literate. I know alot about computer hardware, software, how they work, etc.

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except for yesterday.....
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Yesterday, I had to do a system restore on my windows Vista based desktop PC to restore some deleted files. When it looked like it was just about to be done, I get the all-hated Blue screen of death. I didnt even have time to read it, because it instantly reset. On the startup, I had my normal choices when you do a quick shutdown (safe mode, safe mode with command propt, etc.) except this time it also had start windows normally or last good known configuration. I have literally tried every one of these options. For the safe mode options, ill see the vista loading bar going across, then it will just restart. For the start windows normally and last known configuration options, the same thing will happen, but before it shuts down i will see the blue screen of death again, very quickly, and it will restart!

well... when this happened, my instinct told me to put in my windows disk and repair. So i had set my BIOS to automatically boot from my cd/dvd drive first. I put in the windows cd, started my computer, and began booting from the disk. everything goes fine, i see it (and hear) loading from the disk. when the loading bar totally fills up and its done loading from the disk, wouldnt you know it? BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH AGAIN!!!

I really need some advice, because even if i wanted to format my hard drive and start from scratch, i cant even get into my command promt! and all this just from a system restore? it doesnt seem right. Can anyone give me some advice as to what my next step is? anything can help me right now, except if you tell me to bring it to a computer shop or to call Dell... because they NEVER know what there talking about....

THANKS IN ADVANCE EVERYONE!!

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TylerK
First lets see if we can stop the BSOD so you can get some information for us. I will include the instructions for that and hopefully be able to help you further then.

• Start your system and at the Second post screen tap on F8 to get to the Boot Menu
• Use the Arrow Keys to Scroll down to the line that says "Auto Start On Error" and highlight it.
• Click Enter to disable it
• The system should reboot and if not then do so.
• When the BSOD shows it will stop so that you can reply with the STOP ERROR and any parameters.

[rshaffer61]

TylerK
First lets see if we can stop the BSOD so you can get some information for us. I will include the instructions for that and hopefully be able to help you further then.

• Start your system and at the Second post screen tap on F8 to get to the Boot Menu
• Use the Arrow Keys to Scroll down to the line that says "Auto Start On Error" and highlight it.
• Click Enter to disable it
• The system should reboot and if not then do so.
• When the BSOD shows it will stop so that you can reply with the STOP ERROR and any parameters.

[TylerK]

i was looking for that option yesterday so i could read what the bsod said and, i dont think i even have that option. but im going to look again

[TylerK]

im actually on my work computer right now, because i obviously cant go on my home pc lol. but ill try some things out and post up and update on monday when i come back to work.

[rshaffer61]

No problem I am here most of the day so Monday works great.

[TylerK]

BSOD code is :

0x0000c1f5

[rshaffer61]

Is that all the message says?
There should be more then just that showing.

[TylerK]

it also says if this is the first time seeing this message, restart the computer, etc. if you installed new hardware / software, uninstall and try again. if problem persists, go into safe mode, etc. basically all the stuff that i had already tried. looking that 0x0000c1F5 code on the MS website, thier explanation is:

This issue occurs because the Common Log File System (Clfs.sys) driver does not fix the $TxfLog file when the file is corrupted. In addition to the Stop error message, Windows Vista may not start during startup until the offending disk is removed from the computer.

It looks like i have to make a recovery disk?

[rshaffer61]

You can do a repair on Vista if you like by following the below.
You will have to Perform a Repair Installation For Vista...guide is here...
This will allow you to repair your Vista installation and keep all of your personal user account files, settings, and programs

[TylerK]

i have a vista installation cd, but it goes to the blue screen when i run the cd also. that was one of the first things i had tried

[rshaffer61]

Is it actually booting to the cd or is it bypassing it?
Have you checked your boot sequence in the bios to make sure the cdrom is the first boot device?

[TylerK]

yea, i have changed my bios settings to boot from the cd first. i will put in the vista cd, and it says hit any key to boot from dvd/cd drive. Ill hit a key and then i will see the loading bar going across the screen, with something like "loading files" (or something to that extent). the loading bar will fill up, and ill see the vista loading screen, like its about to show me the vista cd screen. then the blue screen will come up again with the same message.

[TylerK]

i have basically tried EVERYTHING to get some kind of screen to fix this, even a command prompt so i could use the FORMAT C: command. but im stuck.

[rshaffer61]

OK lets try a linux live cd.

Get Puppy Linux from my signature below...Get puppy-2.16-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso download it and burn it to cd
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if you don't have a burning program that will burn .ISO files get Burncdcc from my signature...it is a small FAST no frills iso burning program...

NOTE...do not put a blank cd in until burncdcc opens the tray for you
1. Start BurnCDCC
2. Browse to the ISO file you want to burn on cd/dvd ....in this case its puppy-2.16-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso
3. Select the ISO file
4. click on Start

make sure in the bios the cd drive is the first boot device....

put the cd in the cd drive..boot your computer....puppy will boot and run totally in ram...if your hardware is is good working order you will know...
after you get it running and your at the desktop...you take the puppy linux cd out and then you can use the burner to copy all your data to cd/dvds
you can also use it to backup your data to a external usb harddrive..just have it hooked to the computer when you boot up with puppy...

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quick guide for saving data...music..files on a system that will not boot using puppy Linux..


after you get to puppy desktop..
click on the drives icon...looks like a flash drive...top row..it will list all the drives connected to

your computer...

click on the red icon for the drive you want to mount...in this case its a flash drive ...puppy will

mount the drive..the drive icon turns green when its mounted...
minimize the drives mounter window..you will need it again in a few minutes..
drag the right edge of it sideways to shrink it to its narrowest size...about half the width of the screen...then drag the window to the right edge of the screen...

now click on the icon that looks like a filing cabinet (kind of yellow) on the main drive...it should
already be green..
you will see a list of all the folders on the main drive Usually your C: drive..shrink that window to
the narrowest you can..about half the width of the screen...drag that window to the left side of the screen...
at this point you should have 2 windows open on your desktop..the flash drive on the right side..
go back to the folders on the C: drive...click on the documents and settings folder...then your user
name or all users..find the folders that has your data..
drag and drop the folder with the data you want to make copies of to the flash drive window...

your options are to move ..copy ect...JUST COPY..if its to big you will have to open the folder and
drag and drop individual files until the flash drive is full...(I have a 120 GB external USB drive for
big data recovery jobs and a 4 GB flash drive for the smaller jobs)..after you get the files copied to
the flash drive...
Click on the drives mounter you minimized earlier
UNMOUNT THE FLASH DRIVE by clicking on the green icon..you will once in awhile get error messages when
unmouting the drive..ignore them..when the flash drive icon turns red again its safe to remove the
flash drive..trot on over (stroll if you want to look cool) to another computer and plug in the flash

drive and copy all the data files ( I drag and drop) to the other computer..
make sure the other computer can read them...

now delete the data on the flash drive...take it back to the misbehaving computer and plug it in

again..click on the drives icon again and repeat until you have all your data transferred to the working
system..

Thanks to happyrock

[TylerK]

that worked great. but i dont see how that will help fix my problem...