Hello: I'm having trouble with booting up my PC. I hope some people more knowledgable than me can help with this puzzler; The computer starts normally, nothing out of the ordinary that I can tell but after the Windows logo and the little blue progress bar saying 'starting up, please wait' it flashes up a blue screen with somekind of message on it. Now the msg is only on screen for a fraction of a second, I only managed to catch the words 'corrupt' and phrase 'dump of physical memory' Following this the PC restarts the bootup sequence again. and again. and again. Each time the same message flashes up. I know somethings causing the memory dump but I can't get into Safe Mode at all nor can I restart with the last known good config. So I'm lost at what to do next. Anyone able to help? Thanks & Kind Regards, tonaso

Frequently, but not always..., bso/dump-screen can be due to less than purrfect RAM; one or more modules/sticks may be failing... A corrupt hard-drive can also cause same effect. In the case of RAM if you have two or more sticks installed, typical advice is to reduce to a single stick (min 128Meg) and try each in turn... But as you have a laptop this may not be practical? If you can remove additional RAM (there is usually some permanently installed on the mobo and the rest in an expansion slot(?)) that may allow some RAM confirmation? Personally I've not had much success with Memory check utils; although many have... As for the drive... boot up with the W2K CD and run the recovery Console - specifically the checkdisk routine: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229716 http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kb... http://labmice.techtarget.com/troub... http://www.computerhope.com/issues/... discuss it all in reasonable depth. And if that doesn't resolve it.. try a Repair routine; opt to check the system files; and if that doesn't work... do a repair instalation - in effect an overwrite of the current installation (i.e. re-install to same folder). More on this at: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic835... http://www.windowsreinstall.com - specifically: http://www.windows2000.windowsreins... The Repair installation may be be easier option overall; will probably do all that's required in fell swooop?