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STOP: 0x0000007B, blue screen error on Windows XP start up.

Anonymous
2010-12-19T01:39:33+00:00

Original Title: XP will not open in any safe mode.

XP will not open in any safe mode.  It just restarts over and over until I stop it.  I tryie "Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure" and the blue screen had these codes; I guess this is the BSOD, although I don't know what BSOD is right now.  The codes were--STOP:0x0000007B (0xF78AA524, 0x0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000).  I conclude this tells a knowledgeable person what is wrong but I don't know what it is or how to fix it.  I consider myself an intermediate level person; I am comfortable with some things and others I am not.  I am reluctant to make settings that I don't know what the results will be.  I don't experiment.

Until this, my Toshiba L300 laptop (about a year old) worked okay; I think it has a virus as a "news 11 window" kept popping up in IE.  I ran the Windows scan and it didn't find anything.  I was trying to run a Norton software check which is supposed to run in the safe mode and that is when this happened.  I may have inadvertantly done something incorrect; I don't know what.  Is this enough information for someone to help me fix this problem or do I need to take it to someone smarter than I am?

Thanks, Al H

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-19T13:22:03+00:00

    Hi

    STOP 0x7B means INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.

    1. First you can restart the PC and press F8 to enter the Windows XP Advanced Options Menu. Once the menu appears select "Last Known Good Configuration". See if Windows XP starts correctly. If it does restart the PC again and make sure it goes in normally.
    2. The second thing you want to do is enter recovery console and run a check disk. Here is how to enter the recovery console with your Windows XP CD:

    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/rconsole.htm

    Once in recovery console you want to type

    chkdsk c: /r

    then press enter. Allow ChkDsk to run and fix any errors. Restart the PC once done and see if it is now working.

    1. If it still doesn't work restart the PC again and enter Recovery Console. Once in Recovery Console type the following pressing enter after each line:

    Fixboot

    Fixmbr

    Once done exit recovery console and restart the PC. See if it is now working.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-24T06:07:16+00:00

    I know this is an old Q, but no one can deny that there are still a lot of WinXP users out there.

    it just happens that I was able to fix a Chinese version of this :)

    use Hiren's Boot CD, boot with Windows Emulator, 1st on the list

    once you're in, Start > Registry Tools > fix hard disk controller

    it is safe to play with the 3 choices, just map the target anyway - c:\Windows

    restart...you should get your WinXp running again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-07-26T22:24:41+00:00

    Hi, you may try to set in bios the mode of disk sata, if you have mode compatibility then set to mode ACHI, if you have mode ACHI then set to mode compatibility

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-19T14:02:05+00:00

    Hi Al H,

    You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message if your computer is infected with a boot-sector virus or device driver issues or hardware issues.

    Let’s follow these methods & check if it helps.

    Method 1

    You may try to boot the computer into ‘Last Known Good Configuration’ to restore the operation of Windows XP.

    For more information, refer this link: Advanced troubleshooting for general startup problems in Windows XP

    Method 2

    You may also follow this link & check if it helps.

     Advanced troubleshooting for "Stop 0x0000007B" errors in Windows XP

    Hope the information helps. Please post back and let us know.

    Regards

    Debleena S

    Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-12-20T05:47:52+00:00

    boot to recovery console (boot from Windows XP CD and press "R" when prompted to

    enter the recovery console.)

    run "chkdsk /p" to check the disk for errors

    run "bootcfg /scan" to further check the disk

    if you find an error here you can try "bootcfg /rebuild" to rebuild the

    partition.

    Source: Windows Data Recovery

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