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    BSoD (Boot Sector Related)

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by Shazbotdom, Mar 2, 2009.

  1. Shazbotdom

    Shazbotdom Newbie

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    A friend of mine who lives in PA bought an eMachine about 2 weeks ago. A few days ago the machine locked up fully and when she did a hard reboot as was recommended to her by the Geek Squad at Best Buy the machine started to go into a boot cycle where it gets to the Windows XP Load Screen, flashes a BSoD and then restarts, bringing her computer to the Boot Selection screen (safe mode, regular, etc.). She recorded what happens with her webcam on a secondary laptop and send me it and I was able to do a screen capture of the BSoD.

    Her machine didn't come with a recovery disk and from what I can tell it seems like it needs the boot sector or the MBR rebuilt. With her not being able to afford a XP CD, I am in quiring as if there is a way that she can rebuild it without the CD or what would need to be done. I included a picture of the BSoD below.

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    Shazbotdom, Mar 2, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    It seems that the error points to a corrupted OS or a bad drive.

    If the machine has the COA key at the bottom, you can try borrowing an installation disk and use the key to activate.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Mar 5, 2009
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