page fault in nonpaged area error

surferdude2,

I think in the night (when i was really sleepy) i did something stupid.
What i did using bouncexpress restore program - is replace any new files C:/ with files from the backup. (i.e if a new file was created after the backup then that one stays as it is but if an old file was changed after the backup it replaces it with the backup copy of that file)

Later on I felt I may have ******* up. I hope not too much.

ps. just to make sure you know the edition of bounceexpress i have does not create bootable backup as all other editions create.

 

That doesn't sound like any serious mistake. If it helped fix the problem, so much the better. Did it have any effect?

If it didn't help, you need to do some more digging and find out how to restore the entire drive to the state it was in when you made that backup. I assume the system was working well at that time.

 

No it did not work.
yes! as far as i know system was working perfectly that time.

 

Maybe I should just try windows xp repair....can there be any problems by trying this?

 

A repair install...only if you can't get your backup software to restore the drive. Perhaps you don't have a full version since it should offer that option very clearly.

A repair install will return your drive to the service pack version of whatever the install CD you has on it. Then you will likely want to update it with any newer released hotfixes. That's a little trouble but sometimes it's worth it. I must warn you that it will not likely correct any problem that is due to Registry corruption since it leaves most of that intact as well. It will preserve your personal data and installed programs.

I yet prefer that you use your backup program if at all possible since it will avoid all of the aforementioned drawbacks.

 

More trouble I think...

First I ran through a couple of Dell 32-bit Diagnostics by going through "Dell Solution Network: Step-by-Step Troubleshooting Wizard "
it did many tests on memory etc.
All tests were passed.

So Finally I decided to do the windows repair and unfortunately it did not solve the problem - still getting BSOD - page fault error
and now i can not even go to safe mode - it says "win xp setup cannot run under safemode..."

so i guess only option left in complete reinstall.
any other suggestions?

 

Go for the clean install since you have your data backed up currently. This problem has already burned more time than a clean install would have taken. Sometimes a system can get corruption that can't be located or removed.

I recommend that you consider a disk imaging software (Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost) for future backups. There are even some free one but I haven't tested any of those. The software you have is not able to restore your system files since it's not the premium version.

Good luck.

 

Would one be able to manually start the Remote Procedure Call service in services.msc while in Safe Mode and then use SFC?

 

No, unfortunately the required RPC will not run in Safe Mode either. There are many other services that won't run there either. It's very "safe." Safe from doing anything.

No doubt this system could be fixed, given lots more time. It would be a great rainy day (week, month, year) project. It might be akin to working a Rubic's cube, when/if you got it solved, you really wouldn't know how to do it again.

 

niks,

If you can get back to Safe Mode, try uninstalling and reinstalling your video drivers. There's an outside chance that the Yahoo game you mentioned in your first post corrupted the drivers.

Glimmer of hope.

Another question, do you have a floppy drive on that ailing rig?

 

No it does not allow me to enter safe mode as i said before.
so i will go ahead with reinstall.
I hope then things will start getting back to normal.

Will post once i finish reinstalling everything.

thanks to all of you for all the help.

 

I was going to hook you up with a floppy boot disk that would allow you to edit the boot.ini file on the NTFS system and place the /BASEVIDEO switch in the loader line so as to boot without relying on your normal drivers. That would use the standard VGA drivers and give an opportunity of reinstalling the video drivers.

But perhaps the clean install is best.

I'll put the boot.ini editing links in here anyway just in case someone else may have this problem and want that option.

Boot.ini floppy creator file Download that and double click it. Follow the screen directions to a boot floppy that will allow editing of a NTFS system boot.ini file when the system won't boot.

BootIniZippedISO Download that file and unzip it to get an ISO file that can be used with a CD burner to create a boot CD that works like the floppy described above.

 

Now that I think about it, you can boot to the F8 options screen and select "Enable VGA Mode" if you are running XP SP2. That's even easier!

 

Reinstall done

Oh! okey
anyway i hv already done the reinstall.
so far everything is working.
first thing i will do is windows update and then antivirus.
remaining things tomorrow.

thanks anyway.

 

That's great. You're back in action!

I just put the other stuff there for posterity.

 

Basic Reinstall complete

Okey finally i finished reinstalling, uninstalling some useless programs, updating windows, installing antivirus and other basic programs.

My compute feels lite xp starts much faster though i am sure within few weeks it will start becoming slower.

Anyway, thanks a lot to all of you for all the help.
I might consider investing in one of those professional backup softwares so that backups are more useful.

thanks again.