Thread: windows malfunction

My system working differently and no network adapters and cd drive shown in device manager but shown in safe mode. I am using windows XP sp2.When trying to insatalling windows(fresh), it shows blue screen error. What is the problem (it may have virus)? please help me solve this problem.

Try if you can install Avast and perform a boot time scan.

Try CA Yahoo Antispy (comes free with Yahoo Toolbar)

If nothing works, format your OS drive and reinstall.

I tried to install os clean & fresh but while "starting up windows message" comes bluescreen error comes and can not proceed to install and format hard disk. What to do?

Remove LAN card and CD drive and check. May be some hardware error.

I tried it also, no difference

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describe exactly which blue screen error you are getting like error code,error description(e.g.driver_irq_less_or_equal etc).

most probably, this is a RAM issue. The RAM in your computer may have developed some sort of issue.

clean RAM slots with a blowing balloon,
try using same ram chip in another slot on the motherboard,
in case u have more than one ram chip, interchange the slots,
try using only one ram chip, etc.

generally BSOD while OS installation is a sign of a faulty RAM

Google for memtest. You should be able to find a bootable-CD version to test your memory*. Also there is something called 'ultimate boot cd' which I haven't tried, but has a few diagnostics.

Easier to suggest google than posting links here!



*but, if you can't even do that, I guess you need a hardware engineer.