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Windows Forum / Windows Me / General Topics / May 2008Windows Protection Error - HELP!
For some reason unknown to me, when my computer started up today, I got a blue screen with the message: Windows Protection Error. Please restart your system. When I restarted, the same message came up. The keyboard and mouse are disabled, and i had to turn off the pc by unplugging the power. I checked microsoft on another pc for this problem, and it listed a large number of possibilites as the cause. I did manage to do a thorough scan disk. Some errors were found and automatically fixed. I then defragmented the drive. When rebooting, the same message came up. Does anyone have any hints for troubleshooting this? Thanks.  SignatureNot all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkein > For some reason unknown to me, when my computer started up today, I got a > blue screen with the message: Windows Protection Error. Please restart your [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Does anyone have any hints for troubleshooting this? Thanks. If you could not boot to windows ...how did you defrag the drive??? Does that mean you were able to boot to safe mode? See if you find the solution for your problem here: http://www.aumha.org/win4/kbewpe.php Harry. > For some reason unknown to me, when my computer started up today, I got a > blue screen with the message: Windows Protection Error. Please restart your [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Does anyone have any hints for troubleshooting this? Thanks. Hmm.. > I did manage to do a thorough scan disk. In Real Mode DOS or Windows Safe Mode? > Some errors were found and > automatically fixed. > I then defragmented the drive. Ah! - so you did manage to run your PC, at least in Safe Mode? Do you still see the 'Windows Protection Error' message when you boot into Safe Mode or does it only show when booting into Normal Mode? If only in Normal Mode, then you probably have a hardware/driver issue. Have you altered anything - installed hardware/software very recently? You could try a System Restore and select the last known 'Good' date/time immediately BEFORE the error message manifested itself. More info/feedback would be helpful. Mart > For some reason unknown to me, when my computer started up today, I got a > blue screen with the message: Windows Protection Error. Please restart [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Does anyone have any hints for troubleshooting this? Thanks. I was able to boot into Safe Mode. The Windows Protection Error only appears when booting into Normal Mode. No new hardware or software was installed prior to this happening. SignatureNot all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkein > Hmm.. > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > Does anyone have any hints for troubleshooting this? Thanks. > I was able to boot into Safe Mode. The Windows Protection Error only appears > when booting into Normal Mode. No new hardware or software was installed > prior to this happening. System restore should hopefull work in safe mode roll it back to a date prior to the problem For some reason, System Restore doesn't work. (It is turned on, but there is only one restore point which corresponds roughly to the date when this problem first appeared.) SignatureNot all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkein > > I was able to boot into Safe Mode. The Windows Protection Error only > appears [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > roll it back to a date prior to the problem OK - running out of options now, - boot into Real Mode DOS using your WinMe startup floppy disk and select option 4. Minimal Boot. At the A:\> prompt, type :- scanreg /restore and press Enter/Return. Follow the screen instructions and select the last GOOD registry BEFORE the problem occurred. Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell the PC to reboot - otherwise you'll boot back into DOS. Mart > For some reason, System Restore doesn't work. (It is turned on, but there > is [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> roll it back to a date prior to the problem I inserted the WinMe boot disk and restarted, but I get the same error message. Is there any way to get to the A:\ prompt without the boot disk? (From Safe Mode maybe?) SignatureNot all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkein > OK - running out of options now, - boot into Real Mode DOS using your WinMe > startup floppy disk and select option 4. Minimal Boot. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> > >> roll it back to a date prior to the problem Looks like your BIOS is set to seek C:\ before A:\. You could try resetting the boot sequence to seek the A:\ drive first. However, you could try booting into Safe Mode and then :- Start | Run and type :- scanreg /restore in the box and press Enter/Return Then continue with previous instructions. Mart >I inserted the WinMe boot disk and restarted, but I get the same error > message. Is there any way to get to the A:\ prompt without the boot disk? [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> >> >> roll it back to a date prior to the problem |
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