lawrocket 3 #1 February 1, 2008 That's what my office computer displayed this morning. I had never heard that term before my law clerk explained it. The IT guy just left. With my tower. "Your hard drive is toast." When they got the e-mail from me explaining what it was I got an e-mail back that said, "Probably big trouble." (Blackberry's rock, but that's another story...) So I googled "Blue Screen of Death" and Wikipedia had my exact error on it! EXACTLY what my own BSoD said! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Windows_2000_BSoD.png SWEET! At least I have company. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #2 February 1, 2008 I got that one at work intermittently. Had a hard drive failure at work a while back, so I immediately started backing everything up that I thought I might need (though I barely put anything on my hard drive at work after the first incident). Sure enough, my hard drive was dying. I've killed 2 at work and had one hard drive running windows on my home computer for something like 7 years straight (almost never shut down). Dunno what I'm doing wrong at work! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #3 February 1, 2008 The last part of the first sentence says it all "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" Night night to the hard drive. She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #4 February 1, 2008 BSOD's even impact innocent children. There ought to be a government program to stop them. EDIT: You can fix HDD boot record errors in some cases. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #5 February 1, 2008 Yeah. I reckon that once we got to the point where twenty something's needed a guy that changed the hard drives in their computers we were doomed. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #6 February 1, 2008 ***The last part of the first sentence says it all "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" Night night to the hard drive. Quote Been there.....Seen that........What a nightmare!!!! I now have an external hard drive on my home computer and my work computer that automatically backs up my files every day. I know that's still not foolproof, but it's sure better than the no backup situation I had pre-crash!"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #7 February 1, 2008 We have BSBD; the computer guys have BSOD. Somehow, it always ends the same! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites turtlespeed 226 #8 February 1, 2008 Quote The last part of the first sentence says it all "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" Night night to the hard drive. That's what my HD did. It was VERY expensive to retrieve everything.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites iluvtofly 0 #9 February 1, 2008 my old laptop did that a my freshman year of college...i somehow got it working again...still not sure how Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 2 #10 February 1, 2008 Back-up daily. Store the data off-premises. Simple, but crucial. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nerdgirl 0 #11 February 1, 2008 The flip side is the "Blue Screen of Truth," derived from the BSOD, which is when someone puts a non-sensical or invalid assumption on a blue backgrounded PowerPoint slide (or overhead, back in the day) and then asserts it as assumed truth with no explanation ... because it's on the "Blue Screen of Truth." VR/Marg Just see [idrankwhat] & [lawrocket]'s new sig lines Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dannydan 5 #12 February 1, 2008 Quote We have BSBD; the computer guys have BSOD. Somehow, it always ends the same! Is that not the truth!?Hey jewels girlie.... yr invited TOO! You ask "to what dannyboy".... I respond to you ...To my "1st annual dannydans DREAM BOOGIE PARTY".....edit to add; http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3105736;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread YOU TOO Marg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #13 February 1, 2008 QuoteBack-up daily. Store the data off-premises. Simple, but crucial. I do that. All data is in San Diego My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites d_squared431 0 #14 February 1, 2008 My last laptop had the blue screen of death and then i bought this one... TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #15 February 1, 2008 QuoteThat's what my office computer displayed this morning. Quote Microsoft rocks, don'it?My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #16 February 1, 2008 QuoteMicrosoft rocks, don'it? It sure does.. its MS way of telling you that your hardware is shite and its time to get it fixed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #17 February 2, 2008 actually this seems to have been happening ALOT more lately.. BSOD werent a huge issue with 95 most machines recovered pretty well.. XP sp1 seemed to be ok too.. but XP sp2 and Vista seem to be pretty much toast (pieces of the OS and services go missing) when it happens... and we wonder why the Space shuttle still uses 286s ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jsaxton 0 #18 February 2, 2008 http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites misaltas 0 #19 February 2, 2008 QuoteMicrosoft rocks, don'it? Well, kinda like saying "Ford rocks, don't it?" when you replace the gas in your Taurus with 15gal of Hawaiian Punch. MS cannot control or trap for every hardware glitch or crappy library in the world. Yes, I just defended MS... strange feeling...Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pinkfairy 0 #20 February 2, 2008 http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death There ya go! Your error message is a pretty common one. It can mean that your hard drive has crashed or that the OS installed on it doesn't work properly (well, given that you run Windows, your Operating system isn't working properly in any case, even without the bluescreen. A bluescreen is often an indicator of a hardware error, but not necessarily. Were you able to restart your computer and get a normal startup? In that case, just backup your data, and try to reinstall Windows. Otherwise, if you don't have important data on your computer, just try to reformat the drive and reinstall Windows. Or you could take out the hard drive and install a new one. that works in most cases. But I'm a big fan of reformatting. There are probably less drastic things you could do.Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RyanOBrian 0 #21 February 2, 2008 Now this is sad!!!!!!! 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Jewels 0 #7 February 1, 2008 We have BSBD; the computer guys have BSOD. Somehow, it always ends the same! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #8 February 1, 2008 Quote The last part of the first sentence says it all "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" Night night to the hard drive. That's what my HD did. It was VERY expensive to retrieve everything.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #9 February 1, 2008 my old laptop did that a my freshman year of college...i somehow got it working again...still not sure how Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #10 February 1, 2008 Back-up daily. Store the data off-premises. Simple, but crucial. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #11 February 1, 2008 The flip side is the "Blue Screen of Truth," derived from the BSOD, which is when someone puts a non-sensical or invalid assumption on a blue backgrounded PowerPoint slide (or overhead, back in the day) and then asserts it as assumed truth with no explanation ... because it's on the "Blue Screen of Truth." VR/Marg Just see [idrankwhat] & [lawrocket]'s new sig lines Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #12 February 1, 2008 Quote We have BSBD; the computer guys have BSOD. Somehow, it always ends the same! Is that not the truth!?Hey jewels girlie.... yr invited TOO! You ask "to what dannyboy".... I respond to you ...To my "1st annual dannydans DREAM BOOGIE PARTY".....edit to add; http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3105736;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread YOU TOO Marg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #13 February 1, 2008 QuoteBack-up daily. Store the data off-premises. Simple, but crucial. I do that. All data is in San Diego My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #14 February 1, 2008 My last laptop had the blue screen of death and then i bought this one... TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #15 February 1, 2008 QuoteThat's what my office computer displayed this morning. Quote Microsoft rocks, don'it?My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #16 February 1, 2008 QuoteMicrosoft rocks, don'it? It sure does.. its MS way of telling you that your hardware is shite and its time to get it fixed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #17 February 2, 2008 actually this seems to have been happening ALOT more lately.. BSOD werent a huge issue with 95 most machines recovered pretty well.. XP sp1 seemed to be ok too.. but XP sp2 and Vista seem to be pretty much toast (pieces of the OS and services go missing) when it happens... and we wonder why the Space shuttle still uses 286s ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jsaxton 0 #18 February 2, 2008 http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites misaltas 0 #19 February 2, 2008 QuoteMicrosoft rocks, don'it? Well, kinda like saying "Ford rocks, don't it?" when you replace the gas in your Taurus with 15gal of Hawaiian Punch. MS cannot control or trap for every hardware glitch or crappy library in the world. Yes, I just defended MS... strange feeling...Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pinkfairy 0 #20 February 2, 2008 http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death There ya go! Your error message is a pretty common one. It can mean that your hard drive has crashed or that the OS installed on it doesn't work properly (well, given that you run Windows, your Operating system isn't working properly in any case, even without the bluescreen. A bluescreen is often an indicator of a hardware error, but not necessarily. Were you able to restart your computer and get a normal startup? In that case, just backup your data, and try to reinstall Windows. Otherwise, if you don't have important data on your computer, just try to reformat the drive and reinstall Windows. Or you could take out the hard drive and install a new one. that works in most cases. But I'm a big fan of reformatting. There are probably less drastic things you could do.Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RyanOBrian 0 #21 February 2, 2008 Now this is sad!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
Amazon 7 #16 February 1, 2008 QuoteMicrosoft rocks, don'it? It sure does.. its MS way of telling you that your hardware is shite and its time to get it fixed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #17 February 2, 2008 actually this seems to have been happening ALOT more lately.. BSOD werent a huge issue with 95 most machines recovered pretty well.. XP sp1 seemed to be ok too.. but XP sp2 and Vista seem to be pretty much toast (pieces of the OS and services go missing) when it happens... and we wonder why the Space shuttle still uses 286s ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #18 February 2, 2008 http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misaltas 0 #19 February 2, 2008 QuoteMicrosoft rocks, don'it? Well, kinda like saying "Ford rocks, don't it?" when you replace the gas in your Taurus with 15gal of Hawaiian Punch. MS cannot control or trap for every hardware glitch or crappy library in the world. Yes, I just defended MS... strange feeling...Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #20 February 2, 2008 http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death There ya go! Your error message is a pretty common one. It can mean that your hard drive has crashed or that the OS installed on it doesn't work properly (well, given that you run Windows, your Operating system isn't working properly in any case, even without the bluescreen. A bluescreen is often an indicator of a hardware error, but not necessarily. Were you able to restart your computer and get a normal startup? In that case, just backup your data, and try to reinstall Windows. Otherwise, if you don't have important data on your computer, just try to reformat the drive and reinstall Windows. Or you could take out the hard drive and install a new one. that works in most cases. But I'm a big fan of reformatting. There are probably less drastic things you could do.Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanOBrian 0 #21 February 2, 2008 Now this is sad!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
