stripey Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Anyway of bypassing the blue screen at the start of Dell Latitude programme if you don't have the OS and by going to last known good configuaration does nothing or pressing F1 or F2. In other words it will not start properly even in safe mode. All you get is a blue screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyirdaddy Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Anyway of bypassing the blue screen at the start of Dell Latitude programme if you don't have the OS and by going to last known good configuaration does nothing or pressing F1 or F2. In other words it will not start properly even in safe mode. All you get is a blue screen.Blue screen normally means DEATH Dont worry its normally just PC/Laptop . . . Not to you personally Best trying your command key & F10 as soon as you start and if you have a proper system restore built in then that might help. Not seen you posting so maybe your blue screen of death has killed you off the net for a bit, Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Blue screen normally means DEATH Dont worry its normally just PC/Laptop . . . Not to you personally Best trying your command key & F10 as soon as you start and if you have a proper system restore built in then that might help. Not seen you posting so maybe your blue screen of death has killed you off the net for a bit, Best of luck Tried what you put, at first it went to the screen telling me about safe mode, start with las configuration, etc, then it went to the blue screen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Ninjas Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Squibblebob on here is a bit of an IT whizz. I'll send him a wee link to this and see what the big chap has to say.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Squibblebob on here is a bit of an IT whizz. I'll send him a wee link to this and see what the big chap has to say.... Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyirdaddy Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Tried what you put, at first it went to the screen telling me about safe mode, start with las configuration, etc, then it went to the blue screen again.I could be wrong but it does sound like you really need a CD to pop into your D:Drive and set the PC/Laptop to boot from discI once had the blue screen and it eventually worked away in the background and wiped everything apart from a black screen with white lettering saying No Operating System found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squigglebob Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Squibblebob on here is a bit of an IT whizz. I'll send him a wee link to this and see what the big chap has to say.... stripey, I'd say whosyirdaddy is correct in the needing to boot it up with the recovery cd. It depends on what's happened. Did you install/uninstall anything prior to it failing? Whether you have backups. Answers based on Windows XP, some of it may work for Vista - not too sure. If nothing has been changed it could just be a fault with the file system and just needs a "scan disk" run (Seen this 3 times in the last couple of months). Has Recovery Console been setup to run from the Boot menu (the menu that has the Last known good configuration), this is normally not set up by default and would have to have been set up by yourself. If it is, then you can run scan disk from there. If you've got a windows installation disk you can use that to enter recovery console and run scan disk. In cases where i've not had the Recovery CD, and recovery console is not set up, i've had limited success with removing the disk and attaching it to another system as a secondary drive and running scan disk from there. You can back up your files as well.. A bit tricky on a laptop though unless you have the appropriate adapter. You could use a boot disk from another operating system like Linux. This will at least get you to your files and let you back them up. (I did this a couple of weeks ago using ubuntu and backing everything up to an external usb drive. Ubuntu boots as a LiveCD (it doesn't touch your hard disk unless you want it to!)) You may even find that if you use Ubuntu that the act of accessing and reading files on your disk sorts the problem, although i wouldn't claim that this would happen. I'd try the ubuntu route first to make sure you have a backup. It depends on what resources you have available. If you have another computer or someone who can download ubuntu for you and burn the iso file properly then give it a try. If you have more information: model of laptop, which version of windows, what file the blue screen mentions, then there might be another solution. Long winded i know.... The thing to remember is that you should be able to get to your files and back them up in some way. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Ninjas Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I told you he was good.... Great work Squibble. Pint...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I told you he was good....Great work Squibble. Pint...? You can always get me in Hamishes Hoose after the game, Cannae be mistaken, guy in the wheelchair, for a pint. Blair(stripey) Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyirdaddy Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 You could always get this guy to phone around for you WWW.E4.COM/PHONEJACKER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyirdaddy Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Its actually www.e4.com/fonejacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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