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XP Blue Screen on Startup

Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by PJB65, Jan 9, 2010.

  1. PJB65 Newcomer, in training

    Hi there

    I recently tried (unsuccessfully) to start in Safe Mode by hitting F8 on startup ans now when I try to start I get the Blue Screen with the following reference.

    ***STOP: 0x0000007B (OxF792E524, OxC0000034,0x0000000, 0x0000000)

    That is the screen that comes up on start before I can access anything (other than F10 to go into setup.

    I have run the diagnostic on the HD and it is fine...

    Any help would be massively appreciated

    Thanks in advance
    Paul!
    PJB65, Jan 9, 2010
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  2. Route44 TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 12,022   +18

    0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
    Windows lost access to the system partition or boot volume during the startup process. Typical causes: Installing incorrect device drivers when installing or upgrading storage adapter hardware, or a virus.

    It seems a virus scan is in order here as a good diagnostic step. Can you slave this harddrive in another system and run scans?
    Route44, Jan 12, 2010
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