blue screen of death issues

[Garret722]

ok so im no where near the best when i comes to computers. but i do have a couple of friends who are really good.

but anyways a while back i was on the laptop (dell) and it had been getting gradually slow. but all of a sudden i received the blue screen of death. i've went though everything it will let me do. but i still cant get it working. my friends said that i would just have to re-install windows xp. which wouldnt be that much of a problem except that this computer is my mom's computer that she uses for work.

i was just wondering if there is anything else i might be able to do. or am i just fucked.

[deathlord888]

when that happens you are pretty much fucked lol, you can try a repair with one of the windows disks. they will ask if you would like to try a repair try it and see if that works

[Garret722]

ohh damn.
welll thanks anyways

[twenglish1]

do you have service pack 3 thats when my computer started getting them, i ended up just going back to service pack 2

[DoG MikkyW]

Yeah, run a linux disk, back up all the data onto a thumb drive, and then reboot. Even if you fix it, you'll probably have driver issues riddling you for the rest of the time on the computer.

[twenglish1]

yah thats the problem i ran into after i got rid of service pack 3 so i ended up just erasing my hard disk

[numerator-91]

Just take it to a computer repait place and let them deal with it for you.

[twenglish1]

i say just back your shit up and reinstall your OS

[Garret722]

Thats what i'll probly end up doing is just whip it out and re-install windows xp.
but it was a shitty computer anyways, and i already got a better one so its all good

[kram]

How can he back that shit up? Reinstall windows, kiss your pics goodby and get on w/your life