Weird BSOD behavior

[pfehr]

heya first of all happy new year.

well i dont mean to be so blunt but here it goes...

i had a bsod on my main hdd i tried restarting it but during the windows boot loading screen the loading bar just moves 3 clicks then quick flash of BSOD then reboots.i have no idea what is causing it i cant see the error code cuz it just flashes too fast. i cant boot in safe mode or the sort either. i also tried loadin optimized defaults on bios. i have 2 hdds a 1tb and 1 640 my os on the 1tb is fine but my main os on my 640 is the one thats iffy.and i cant find my damn windows cd lol...i know its a software thing since my backup windows on my 1tb is working fine so that rules out hardware. the only thing i can think of is maybe i mustve gotten some kinda virus or something since i did get several popups from avg to delete some files that supposedly had malware or a trojan. i thought that was the cause but i used tune up utilities to restore the deleted files still thesame thing. if you have any questions please ask i mean id really want to resolve this with your help since getting a technician would cost quite abit where im from.

 

[Route44]

No, it doesn't rule out hardware. In fact, my suggestion is you run a complete harddrive diagnostics on your "iffy" harddrive.

What OS are you running, how long has this issue been happening, and did AVG update recently?

 

[pfehr]

well

im running windows xp pro avg last updated like a day ago before it hapened.and this all just started yesterday i just installed that OS like 3 days ago

 

[Route44]

AVG is causing a lot of people problems in the past three weeks due to updates. Three weeks ago there was a lot on the net how one update literally crippled Vista and Windows 7 systems.

My sister's computer just last week wouldn't load. I finally narrowed it down to AVG and once it was uninstalled it runs great.

Try uninstalling AVG and get back to us with the results.

 

[pfehr]

should i just go to the folder and delete it? cuz i cant boot it up and uninstall it properly.sorry late reply fell asleep lol

 

[pfehr]

tried it

i tried deleting avg but to no avail it still bsod's at loading screen. fun way to start the new year lol?

 

[Route44]

What are the make of your harddrives and do you have a friend with some tech knowledge?

 

[pfehr]

my 650 is a hitachi
my 1tb is a western digital

do you need the rpm and other info?

 

[Route44]

No need for the RPM.

Ask your friends to burn you the free WD harddrive utility to a CD. Run this for your WD harddrive.

Ask again for Seagate's Seatools HD diagnostic utility and run it for the Hitachi.

Do the long tests for both. Any errors?

 

[pfehr]

just got back

ill try and search since i can burn using my laptop. i actually recovered the files avg deleted and i got my system running for a few days but then it crashed again lol ill post asap with the seagate report but where can i get the WD hdd utilities?

 

[Route44]

Western Digital's website is where you find their utility.

Is AVG completely removed now?

 

[pfehr]

yeah when i managed to get into my other OS i deleted and uninstalled every trace of it. im scanning with seagates utility now. halfway done. i also downloaded some registry tools to check for errors and i downloaded a program that reads the dumps for crash errors.the thing thats happening on my maun os now is that it lt goes past the windows loading screen then it displayes a kernel error i think if i remember the code was 000x00021a not sure ill check after i scan with the utilities since i use 1 cpu for both hdds

 

[Route44]

Stay far away from registry utilities. They cause much more than the little, if any, good they promise.

 

[pfehr]

they both passed the long test in seagates tools

 

[pfehr]

actually i rescanned my 1tb with the working os,it failed the long dst. But the WD hdd passed and thats the one with the OS that i get the c00021a error after windows loading screen. which is basically my main hdd

 

[Route44]

For that Seagate drive back up everything NOW. It appears both drives have issues.

 

[pfehr]

doing so atm im transferring what i can into whats free in my 1tb.what do i do afterwards?

 

[Route44]

New harddrive. How old is it?

 

[pfehr]

1tb is about a year and 3 months old 640 gig hdd is about 2 years and 6 monhs