BSOD error

[essop1@gp]

Hi guys

Please assist if you can, i am busy repairing a laptop with winXP sp3 installed, i get a BSOD BAD POOL CALLER error, even when trying to boot up into safe mode. Cannot do a system restore. Running erd commander and can't do much there aswell as it goes into the BSOD.

What other options do i have before reinstalling or formatting??

Thanks

 

[Kloofvreter]

If ERD gives a BSOD, check the hard drive settings in the BIOS, it should be set to native, or compatibility, or something in that line.

 

[essop1@gp]

No options in the BIOS to change that.

 

[ruan567]

Try the bios option 'load safe settings', or something like that - there is normally 3 (optimised settings etc)

 

[essop1@gp]

Unfortunately this is a very basic BIOS utility, all i can do is basically reset to factory defaults which i did.