McCall St. Brewer
Well-Known Member
Can anyone refer me to a good computer forum where I can get some help fixing my desktop? I tried updating to Service Pack 3 last night. It took forever, about 45 minutes with a pretty fast broadband connection. When it finished and I tried to restart.... blue screen of death.
Safe mode? no go.
Last known good config? no go.
Put in the Windows CD and try a repair? It spend most of last night checking the disk, said it found and fixed some errors, but still no go. Still blue screen.
I spent about an hour online with a Dell tech support agent who ended up saying I need to reformat and re-install Windows. I would really prefer not to do that, though. I don't have a lot on there that is vital data, but there are a couple of things, some photos that are not backed up, and about 8gb of music on iTunes that I would lose (was going to back it up last weekend but didn't quite get to it).
Any suggestions?
Safe mode? no go.
Last known good config? no go.
Put in the Windows CD and try a repair? It spend most of last night checking the disk, said it found and fixed some errors, but still no go. Still blue screen.
I spent about an hour online with a Dell tech support agent who ended up saying I need to reformat and re-install Windows. I would really prefer not to do that, though. I don't have a lot on there that is vital data, but there are a couple of things, some photos that are not backed up, and about 8gb of music on iTunes that I would lose (was going to back it up last weekend but didn't quite get to it).
Any suggestions?