Blue screen of death

Originally posted by Woodgie
Lets see how it goes then.

Time to put the kettle on.


Dreaded blue screen has returned.


Perhaps the kettle is the source of the problem. 😛

Originally posted by Woodgie
This is best done from safe mode (which is done by pressing F8 after switching your computer on and then selecting safemode from the list)

Once in safe mode:

On your desktop,
right click "my computer"
right click "c" drive
left click "properties"
left click "tools"
click under "error checking" the "Check now" button

Pop both ticks in.

And t ...[text shortened]... the computer fails to shutdown properly, just switch off at mains and then restart)

Originally posted by Woodgie
How much downloading did you get before it happened?

Originally posted by helden
Quite a bit, working ok just now, never know when it is going to happen.

Originally posted by Woodgie
If this problem came up at work, I would have swapped the drive as the cheapest option (after watching the beast and several cups of tea).
Is this an option for you?

Is your internal C drive over 80gig?

Originally posted by helden
No it's just 37.5gb.

Originally posted by helden
No it's just 37.5gb.

Originally posted by Woodgie
Do you know how to find the make and model of the drive?

Originally posted by eatmybishop
helden, can you get into safe mode?