My computer wont start up.?

Question

It goes to a blue screen and says it has to shut down to prevent damadge. I am not good with computers so please keep it simple. Thanks.

It goes to a blue screen and says it has to shut down to prevent damage. What should i do my moms gonna kill me if i dont fix it

Answer 1

In general terms start up errors especially the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) can be caused by many different problems and Windows has shut down in order to protect the system. Most BSOD problems are caused by installing new incompatible software or indeed new hardware that has an incorrect driver or somewhere along the way something has become corrupt. In any event you might just be able to roll back your system to a good state before the problems started occurring:

Re-boot your system in Safe Mode: This can be achieved by continually pressing F8 during the boot sequence. You should now see an option to boot your system at the last known good configuration – select this and if it works - fine.

Assuming the above failed it is possible that your boot sector or boot files on your hard drive have become corrupt. You can attempt a fix by booting from your ‘Recovery’ CD and following the instructions for ‘Repair’.
If and when the repair has finished you will get the C: prompt. Now type chkdsk /r (NOT chkdsk/r but chkdsk space /r) and press return (enter). This means run a program called check disk and repair any faults found on the hard drive.

I am now going to assume that your Windows Loader file is corrupt and it is this that is causing your problems.
First of all you need to have your C prompt sitting at the root directory of your hard drive. This can be achieved by typing cd c:\
You need to rename your corrupt loader file by typing ren ntldr ntldr.old – did you get an error message? If so you might not be at the root directory so try cd c:\ again and then rename the ntldr file.
Now copy your good original loader file from the Recovery CD and put it back into the root directory of your hard drive. For this exercise I am going to assume that your CD drive is drive D but it could be drive E or even F so replace the D in my instructions with your own CD drive letter. Here goes:
Copy D:\i386\ntldr c:\

In English – Copy SPACE D:\i386\ntldr SPACE c:\ - you should now be able to re-boot.

wdw

Answer 2

If the F8 key is not the correct key to hold down then press down the F5 when you restart. Then select safe. One of the things you might need to do is have your computer scan your hard drive for repairs the next time you start.

Answer 3

Got infected by a virus.