Hey, I have a dell latitude d610 and it has windows xp. Its been working fine and last night when i turned it on it went staight to the boot up menu. I tired safe mode last working configeration and even start widows normally none work. When i try to start windows normally it starts for a second or two. Then a blue screen with words appear for a split second and it goes back to boot menu. How can i get it to start windows properly? please helppp!?!

Originally Posted by sambojr22

Hey, I have a dell latitude d610 and it has windows xp. Its been working fine and last night when i turned it on it went staight to the boot up menu. I tired safe mode last working configeration and even start widows normally none work. When i try to start windows normally it starts for a second or two. Then a blue screen with words appear for a split second and it goes back to boot menu. How can i get it to start windows properly? please helppp!?!

Hi sambojr22 Welcome to D-A-L

When the Blue screen with words (this is known as a BSOD Blue Screen Of Death) appears.
Could you make an exact note of the message and post its full details here.
This could enable us to diagnose what is causing your problem and suggest
solutions to remedy them.

Jim

Boot to Safe mode and select "Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure". That should allow the BSOD screen to remain when it occurs so you can record the information.

Originally Posted by Ztruker

Boot to Safe mode and select "Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure". That should allow the BSOD screen to remain when it occurs so you can record the information.

He did say
"I tired safe mode last working configeration and even start widows normally none work."

If that's correct he will be unable to do as you ask.

That depends. The whole point of having that safe mode entry is to help resolve these situations so it's possible that it may work. I don't know how far the boot process has to get before this switch is honored. If it's early enough it may work.

Certainly no harm in trying it.

If its available?
I think Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure is only available in Vista and Win 7

Not true, it's available on my Windows XP Pro + SP3 system.

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Enable Boot Logging
Enable VGA Mode
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)
Debugging Mode
Disable automatic restart on system failure

Start Windows Normally
Reboot
Return to OS Choice Menu

Originally Posted by Ztruker

Not true, it's available on my Windows XP Pro + SP3 system

Your correct I've just done a restart into safe mode (can't remember when I last did that) and the Option is there.
I was using Getting into Windows Safe Mode
As a reference and assumed they were correct.
But as the say goes don't assume because you make a ASS out of U and ME
Don't you feel a fool when you do that
Apologies offered

Jim

Thanks Jim.

Now the real question is, can sambojr22 do it and if so, does it work?