I got the "Blue Screen Of Death.." What do I do?

Question

My desktop got the "Blue Screen of Death" and it seems to be there. I purchased a laptop and I'm made PC Recovery Discs from the laptop. Will that work on the desktop?

Answer 1

Read these.

Blue Screen of Death
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Blue Screen of Death (sometimes called "bluescreen", "stop error" or just abbreviated as "BSoD") is a popular name for the screen displayed by Microsoft's Windows operating system when it cannot recover from, or is in danger of being unable to recover from, a system error. There are two Windows error screens that are both referred to as the blue screen of death, with one (Windows NT 4/2000/XP) being significantly more serious than the other (Windows 9x).

Blue Screen of Death
Last modified: Friday, June 13, 2003
Abbreviated BSOD, an error that can appear on computers running in a Windows environment. This includes even the earliest versions of Windows, such as Windows 3.0 and 3.1, and still occurs in later versions such as Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000. Jokingly called the blue screen of death because when the error occurs, the screen turns blue, and the computer almost always freezes and requires rebooting.
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Answer 2

If they both share the same operating system, then it will work. Otherwise try installing your recovery cd that came with the desktop. You will lose all your previous saved files and programs but on the bright side you will start out with a brand new desktop.
Good Luck.