I have windows xp...

when i switch on the pc gets as far as the xp loading screen, it flashes a bluescreen with white text so quickly i cant read it then restarts as if i have just turned it on... i have tried all safe modes to boot up but it hangs during listing and just starts all over again...
I have tried to boot via the recovery console on my xp master disk and despite repairing the system said that there was no problem, so i rebooted and had the same problem...

i need help... i called a few pc engineers in my local classifieds and all of them gave me different reasons why it could be happening but none were certain what it was until they came out to resolve the problem themselves at rates of £45+ perhour, nor did they know how long it would take... anyway...

I have 2 internal hard drives, drive c is my main drive and drive d is where i do all my back ups and installer files although a fair bit of the data on c has not been backed up in quite a while which leves me in a quandry...

It was suggested that i reinstall my os on the second drive but lose the saved or reinstall the os on my main drive and risk losing programs, this worries me as i have a lot of work on my c drive including instaleed progs that i cant lose...

what can i do to resolve this?

in an ideal world i would install on my d drive because i dont want to lose vital data on my c drive but in the same situation i dont want to lose the data on my d drive either...

It was also suggested that i switch the master/slave pins on the drives, create a partition on d drive (now c)... but again still risk losing data on that drive when windows reinstalls itself because there is no guarantee where the partition will make itself...

googling this problem gives many conflictions with what has been suggested...

i was told using recovery console try fixboot and even chkdsk /r... none of which made a difference... plz help me here and give best advice what i can do.... i have no alternative resources to help me ... help is much appreciated

i called a few pc engineers in my local classifieds and all of them gave me different reasons why it could be happening but none were certain what it was until they came out to resolve the problem themselves at rates of £45+ perhour, nor did they know how long it would take... anyway...

I don't think they were giving you the run around - this sounds like one of those problems where the technician really does need to physically get his hands on it to "touch and feel" for himself, and see what is going on. These problems can be caused by many things, some simple, some not so simple and that is why they cannot give you any time (and therefore cost) estimates.

Since saving your data is of paramount importance, I recommend first you remove your drives and install them in an exterior enclosure attached to, or as a secondary drive installed in a second computer (perhaps the one you are using here), then copy off the data you do not want to lose.

Blue screens generally indicate driver and/or hardware problems. You said you tried repairing the system and that did not work. But it does allow you to boot to the CD. And once booted to the CD, you can see what is going on with your monitor, the keyboard works, and of course the CD drive and it's controller works. That all "suggests" (though not conclusively) that the RAM, CPU and most of the motherboard's integrated components work too. A good sign.

It also suggests your graphics solution works at standard VGA resolutions - which is what is selected when booting to the Recovery Console. What we don't know is where in the boot process it halts. Unfortunately, you told us nothing of your hardware - such as brand and model of motherboard or PC (if store bought). Is that integrated graphics, or do you have a graphics card? If the graphics is damaged or corrupt, it could be causing problems when the system calls for switching to higher resolutions.

Can you boot into the BIOS Setup Menu? If so, are the drives properly identified? If you can't, you might try resetting the BIOS by using the jumper or unplugging from the wall and pulling the battery - your motherboard manual will have the instructions on resetting yours.

If me, I would pull all but one stick of RAM, disconnect all drives and any extra USB devices and reboot. You should see the graphics splash screen and the start of the boot process, then it will hang when no boot device is found. If it does not get that far, you have problems with your graphics card, or motherboard. This assumes your power supply is not stressed and working properly.

my pc died the following day with left me with another question, i have posted it in another section of this site so any help regarding that would be much appreciated...

http://www.d-a-l.com/help/how-build-...tml#post237216