Computer now refuses to boot.

I was working on my java program for class and suddenly I got a weird blue screen that decided to make a thousand crash dump logs before I manually shut it off, but now it won't boot back up.


After the bios screen, it just shows a white highlighter blinking infinitely like, similar to the screen when you open up CMD and it says C>etc/etc...etc> _

But it's just the _ that's there, and it's blinking.

Wat2do, how2fix.

Repair installation of windows, or reformat...

Either way you're reinstalling Windows, it's just a matter of whether or not you can save your data.

If you're running XP, your only hope is to disconnect that HD, and connect it to a computer that's working, and copy your files onto the working harddrive, then plug the one that won't function back into the "dead" computer, and format it.

If it's Vista/7 you can do a repair installation, and all your old data will be in Windows.Old under the C: Drive (Be wary that this will only work if you have more than 15gb free on said HDD.)

TBH: sounds to me like it's a corruption of a boot.ini file in your system32 folder, but I have no idea how messing around in Java would corrupt it.

Good Luck!

Repair installation of windows, or reformat...

Either way you're reinstalling Windows, it's just a matter of whether or not you can save your data.

If you're running XP, your only hope is to disconnect that HD, and connect it to a computer that's working, and copy your files onto the working harddrive, then plug the one that won't function back into the "dead" computer, and format it.

If it's Vista/7 you can do a repair installation, and all your old data will be in Windows.Old under the C: Drive (Be wary that this will only work if you have more than 15gb free on said HDD.)

TBH: sounds to me like it's a corruption of a boot.ini file in your system32 folder, but I have no idea how messing around in Java would corrupt it.

Good Luck!

It's Windows Vista, but I don't have a vista disc with me right now.
I was thinking about using an external hdd to boot from but I have no clue how the heck to do that.

It's Windows Vista, but I don't have a vista disc with me right now.
I was thinking about using an external hdd to boot from but I have no clue how the heck to do that.

It doesn't matter what version of the disc you get (Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate) as Vista introduced a nifty little feature where regardless of what version you install, you get Vista Ultimate, the key you put in simply determines the features to "unlock".

Microsoft has OEM repair disks available for various PC manufacturers. It doesn't contain the installation of Windows itself, but it does have the tools to repair the OS. Google Search for:

Windows Vista Recovery CD-ROM