Momopi, Urgent! Boot problems, blue screen, paging file
Posted: August 28th, 2011, 2:47 am
Momopi,
I've had some serious problems lately with my laptop.
First, when I came back home, I downloaded two Windows Vista updates and after I restarted, it created an infinite reboot loop where it would say that it's configuring the updates, but then shut down and restart. Even when I booted in safe mode, same thing happened! There seemed to be no way out of it! I never knew that downloading windows updates could ruin your windows like that and put it into an infinite reboot loop that could not be broken! Sheesh. I was frustrated in disbelief! I had no system restore points either. So I inserted my Vista installation CD and booted from there, but it could not repair the problem. I was at a dead end.
So I went to an internet cafe and Googled the problem. Apparently, there is an easy fix in DOS that stops this infinite reboot loop.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Vist ... 8933.shtml
It worked, fortunately, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
But right after that, all sorts of problems began to emerge. I kept getting a blue screen with a message that said "page fault in nonpaged area error" and a memory dump. I had no idea what to do about that. So I did some system maintenance. But every time I used the diskcheck, it would show a ton of orphan file records and also some messages about "file record segment xxxxx is unreadable" and then the disk check would stop after that.
What's going on?!
Furthermore, when I booted in safe mode to do more system scans, I found that my Windows had turned off the paging file of its virtual memory. But to my dismay, every time I tried to switch it on or set it to system managed size, it would reset back to "no paging file" again right after I closed the system settings box! WTF is going on?! Why does the paging file keep turning itself off?!
Could the paging file being turned off account for the blue screen? And what is that message during disk check about orphan file records and unreadable file record segments?! Did the failed windows update cause this? I went to add/remove programs but could not find a way to uninstall the last windows update, cause it didn't even show in the selection.
Will reinstalling windows fix this problem? Or is my hard drive wearing out? How do I know if it's a problem with windows or the hard drive itself?
Thanks for any help.
I've had some serious problems lately with my laptop.
First, when I came back home, I downloaded two Windows Vista updates and after I restarted, it created an infinite reboot loop where it would say that it's configuring the updates, but then shut down and restart. Even when I booted in safe mode, same thing happened! There seemed to be no way out of it! I never knew that downloading windows updates could ruin your windows like that and put it into an infinite reboot loop that could not be broken! Sheesh. I was frustrated in disbelief! I had no system restore points either. So I inserted my Vista installation CD and booted from there, but it could not repair the problem. I was at a dead end.
So I went to an internet cafe and Googled the problem. Apparently, there is an easy fix in DOS that stops this infinite reboot loop.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Vist ... 8933.shtml
It worked, fortunately, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
But right after that, all sorts of problems began to emerge. I kept getting a blue screen with a message that said "page fault in nonpaged area error" and a memory dump. I had no idea what to do about that. So I did some system maintenance. But every time I used the diskcheck, it would show a ton of orphan file records and also some messages about "file record segment xxxxx is unreadable" and then the disk check would stop after that.
What's going on?!
Furthermore, when I booted in safe mode to do more system scans, I found that my Windows had turned off the paging file of its virtual memory. But to my dismay, every time I tried to switch it on or set it to system managed size, it would reset back to "no paging file" again right after I closed the system settings box! WTF is going on?! Why does the paging file keep turning itself off?!
Could the paging file being turned off account for the blue screen? And what is that message during disk check about orphan file records and unreadable file record segments?! Did the failed windows update cause this? I went to add/remove programs but could not find a way to uninstall the last windows update, cause it didn't even show in the selection.
Will reinstalling windows fix this problem? Or is my hard drive wearing out? How do I know if it's a problem with windows or the hard drive itself?
Thanks for any help.