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Asus Aspire 1 BSOD

rmg1 · 2012-02-01 08:20:43

Hi all I've been asked to look at a friends netbook because it won't boot. It tries to load Windows (XP), gives a BSOD for about 1 second and then reboots. I've tried all the usual options (Safe Mode, Safe Mode with networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt and Last Known Good) but still the same error. I can't seem to…

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rmg1 Posts: 3,159 Forumite

3 February 2012 at 7:26AM

Thanks for all the assistance guys.
He's decided he wants his machine back a.s.a.p. so I've had to restore the OS (It gave me an option to do just the OS restore when I hit Alt-F10 on startup).
All his documents are safe, but he's got a bucket-load of Windows updates to do. I've installed Avira for him as it had an out of date instal of Mcrappee on it.
I was hoping to fix it by following the advice on here, but he's got impatient.

Thanks again.

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