T43: WinXP BSOD when loading STPD.SYS, Cant get to Safe Mode

[crashnburn]

T43: WinXP BSOD when loading STPD.SYS, Cant get to Safe Mode

In My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery, you can uncheck Automatically Restart if you need the Blue Screen to pause while you write down the error to research it. ... JD Hurst

Okay my T43 has been going BSOD during Startup.
Even during SafeMode startup.

So I cant get into Windows do that change. I have tons of different Bootable CDs/DVDs & tools.

I cant even read the BSOD completely and it reboots again. How do I make it pause at the BSOD so as to be able to Google for the problem / solution ?

Thoughts?

Loading SPTD.sys.. Thats where it BSODs.

- How to make it pause at the BSOD, so we can read it? (Esp when we cant get into Windows) ?
- How to figure out a fix for this BSOD?

UPDATE:

Got into Safe Mode using certain Boot CDs etc.

BSOD:
0x0000007E (0x0000005, 0x86BFEAB3, 0xF7A63B90, 0xF7A6388C)

[RealBlackStuff]

Check this out: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
Click on 7E in the left column.

[jdrou]

Are you running Daemon Tools 4.x or Alcohol 120%? I believe that is the 'SCSI pass-through direct' driver that they install.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI_Pass-Through_Direct

If you can get into safe mode you may need to delete that file manually and/or uninstall+reinstall Daemon Tools/Alcohol. Might also try the latest version of the driver from http://www.duplexsecure.com/downloads . The driver is apparently known to be incompatible with some debugging tools.

[crashnburn]

Thanks for the Aumha link. Thats a great page for BSODs.

I was able to figure out that its a SCSI related thingy. But I never installed Alcohol on this machine or Daemon tools.. well not that I remember.

What I was able to do.

Safe Mode booting.. Pressed Esc when it said SPTD.SYS ...Press Esc to prevent loading.

Got into safe mode. System Restore point was a waste of time.. So next boot went in and did the BSOD Pause instead of Restart.

Some more googling, I got the threads on Renaming (in Windows) / Disabling (Using Win XP Recovery Console & DISABLE SPTD command) / Uninstalling SPTD (Windows Device Management Console).

Did all of the above and now it boots.

I am wondering if I should just do a Factory System Restore from the HIDDEN RESTORE PARTITION (If it still works)...
- How do I do that?
- Can I check before to see if its a-ok?
- Last option next time this happens would be to install a fresh WinXP OEM.