I have a Compaq Presario r3000 laptop, from about 2004. I took the SDHC card from my camera and inserted it into the reader on the side, now that I think about it does it matter if it is sdhc or just SD with respect to the reader's compatability? The computer froze immediately, so I removed the card and the computer simply turned off cold i.e. no shutdown procedure initiated. When I try to reboot, it goes to the safemode/last known good config. screen. No matter what option I choose, it goes to the xp loading screen/safemode start, then a blue screen flickers into and out of existence very quickly. So quick I can't read anything on it. The harddrive turns off, and it's back to the safemode list.
I need some help to fix this. I tried dissabling everything but the HD on boot, but to no avail. I have a feeling it is hardware-related, I seem to remember reading about something similar to this problem with a usb port, maybe? Can I open my laptop and attack the card-reader, dissabling it, and solve the problem? Thank you very much in advance, and if this doesn't work out, I just get an excuse to build my new desktop
