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redss   03-06-2009 at 09:33:42 PM

Lately my computer gets a BSOD while windows is loading (while the windows splashscreen is displayed) which restarts the boot process several times - until finally it works for some reason.

How can I trace what the problem is?

This is windows XP with latest service pack & updates.

When it finally does boot up, it says "the system has recovered from a serious error" and says:
BCCode : a0 BCP1 : 00000101 BCP2 : 00000007 BCP3 : BA503774
BCP4 : 00000000 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 256_1

Details shows me the following file paths which do NOT exist at that time:
C:\DOCUME~1\kryan\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER5fd8.dir00\Mini030509-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\kryan\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER5fd8.dir00\sysdata.xml


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ahhgeez   03-08-2009 at 02:58:46 PM
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We need more info. Have you recently installed any new software or hardware? Have you tried to boot into Safe Mode (f8) to check stability?

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redss   03-08-2009 at 08:19:15 PM
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No, I hadn't added or removed any new software/hardware. I haven't tried booting into safe mode, but I did try "last known configuration that worked" which also gave me a BSOD. Then a couple tries later, I was able to boot up.

Are there any resources that I can reference with the messages that were shown when it finally booted correctly?

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proedros   03-08-2009 at 08:33:47 PM
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Sounds like a memory problem or disk problem.Try a memory checking tool preferably burn a boot cd with it, they are a lot in the internet.
You can check the event viewer in software and system if there something wrong (e.g the disk has bad sectors)

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