hitting f8 on startup ,when you get to screen to choose safe mode or normal boot ,you will see ,"disable auto restart on system error" or what ever it actually says . click on that ,you should then get the bsod to stay up long enough to copy down the error reported .
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try to start in safe mode, if you can't pop the windows xp cd in the d a repair. DO NOT FORMAT the drive
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I tried to start it in safe mode or any mode possible and it still did the same thing. also i tried to press f8 when it starts and nothing happens. and why should you not format the drive? when i booted from disk and selected recovery console it said no hard disk drives could be found?? should i send mine in for a replacement ( is it fubar) because i have a 3 year replacement plan but thats my last resort is there any other way to fix it???? Please help! and thank you for responding to my posts and trying to help me i appreciate that.
he didn't want you to loose any of your important Projects
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you could try removing hard drive and then plugging it back in ,make sure to unplug it from power source ,and take out the battery first
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also for f8 start hitting it and don't stop ,as soon as you turn on the laptop
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when ever i go to the console it says that no hard disk drives are installed so how can i get to the recovery console
all i can say is if that the case then the hdd died!send back the laptop .
in a previous post i suggested you remove and plug harddrive back in did you try this .
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