Dell Inspiron 1525 error!

Hello,

Today i got this error message. When i startup i get Dell Media Direct and then this blue screen error with this text:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent demage to your computer.

Plug and Play detected an error most likely caused by a faulty driver.

If this is the firt time you've seen this Stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable componentsm restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical infromation:

*** STOP: 0x000000CA (0x000000001, 0x82F62E30, 0x82FCBA68, 0x000000000)

- Im using Vista Home Premium
- When i push F8 nothing happens
- When i go to Safe Mode and then i need to select and OS i can select XP even i don't have installed it and i still get to the error
- If i want to restart the laptop i have to remove the battery

Please i need some help, thanks a lot!

 

Anyone? I dont know what should i do.

 

reformat it using the dell recovery disks. thats the easiest thing to do but you'll lose all the stuff you have.

difficult to troubleshoot over a forum, pass it to someone who knows about computers and ask them to fix it. sounds like a driver error or hardware failure.

 

Put in the recovery disk and run the diagnostics. Tell us what happens.

 

I had this same exact problem.

I accidentally hit the media direct button and turned it off midway to it booting up and got the blue screen as well whenever I'd try to load up Windows.

After calling Dell (I actually got a CS which was helpful ) that pointed me to the OS restore cd. Unfortunately while on the phone, it didn't work and he recommended that I bring my laptop to a shop to back up my drive and then do a complete system restore. I thanked him for his help and said goodbye.

WHat worked for me was:

Load up the cd, hit F12.
Click "Repair" on the lower left hand side.
Click "Repair start up registry".
Reboot.

I had to do this a few times before it worked.. it booted up normally to my desktop. SO RELIEVED!!


It seems a lot of people have had this problem.. hope this helps someone.

You can be sure I'm never going to touch the dell media direct button anytime in the near future..god help me if accidentally I do again.