Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p

berttheturt · 09-11-2009, 12:15 PM

hi there, i am literally about to go buck daft at my pc and throw it out the window... every time i try to log on it comes up saying

svchost.exe application error "0x00766a33" referenced memory at "0x0000000c" could not be read - click ok to terminate program click on cancel to debug...
so whenever i press either of these things it loads up my wallpaper then it says "preparing to log off" and then goes back to login... i have tried everything, i cant even reboot it! the F10 function doesnt work! I cant do anything at all.... i have tried using various other forums to find my answer but nothing has worked, i have ran the OP XP disk and pressed R for repair and entered teh corresponding op system etc and done everything they have said and absooutely nothing is working and i really need my files!!! Can you please please help me :( This is really pissing me off!!!

**simpswr** · 09-11-2009, 12:22 PM

and welcome to the Forum

If you want to salvage fies, you can take the drive out and attach it in place of a cd/dvd drive in a working pc to copy them.

Then you can reinstall XP

Dogg · 09-11-2009, 12:22 PM

Sounds like you possibly have some bad RAM. You could try reseating the memory. And if you have more than one stick installed, try swapping where they are installed.

berttheturt · 09-11-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpswr

and welcome to the Forum

If you want to salvage fies, you can take the drive out and attach it in place of a cd/dvd drive in a working pc to copy them.

Then you can reinstall XP

this sounds good, but how exactly would i go about doing this? I did ICT in school for Alevels but that was quite some time ago... could you give me a beginners guide to doing this? lol sorry... and would it not still cause problems? if i put it in my sisters pc wouldnt it come up with the same problems? sorry to sound like an eejet but i really dont know much about this kind of stuff anymore

thank you so so much!

Dogg · 09-11-2009, 01:20 PM

Her PC should still boot from HDD (depending on how you attach it). It's preferable that you connect it to an unused connector, but if none are available, you may need to disconnect another device such as her CDROM/DVDROM. Also, assuming this is an IDE drive, you may have to change the jumper from Master to Slave.

**simpswr** · 09-11-2009, 01:50 PM

Attaching your drive to the secondary channel ( the one with CD/DVD drives ) will insure that her machinedoes not try to boot from it. Once hers boots to her operating system, you create afilder on her drive for your files and just copy the files from your drive to that folder

Dingo_Tush · 09-11-2009, 05:15 PM

Getting the files off is easy as long as the drive is still good. Go get a USB to IDE(SATA) cable kit. A kit like that costs about 15 bucks. Then take the old hard drive out and connect it Sisters pc via the USB cable. Sisters pc will pick up the drive as an external hard drive. From there just copy your files.

Can you boot in safe mode? What happens then?

09-11-2009, 12:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
berttheturt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p hi there, i am literally about to go buck daft at my pc and throw it out the window... every time i try to log on it comes up saying svchost.exe application error "0x00766a33" referenced memory at "0x0000000c" could not be read - click ok to terminate program click on cancel to debug... so whenever i press either of these things it loads up my wallpaper then it says "preparing to log off" and then goes back to login... i have tried everything, i cant even reboot it! the F10 function doesnt work! I cant do anything at all.... i have tried using various other forums to find my answer but nothing has worked, i have ran the OP XP disk and pressed R for repair and entered teh corresponding op system etc and done everything they have said and absooutely nothing is working and i really need my files!!! Can you please please help me :( This is really pissing me off!!!

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simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,271 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p and welcome to the Forum If you want to salvage fies, you can take the drive out and attach it in place of a cd/dvd drive in a working pc to copy them. Then you can reinstall XP __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

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Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,085 OS: XP sp3	Re: Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p Sounds like you possibly have some bad RAM. You could try reseating the memory. And if you have more than one stick installed, try swapping where they are installed.

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Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,085 OS: XP sp3	Re: Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p Her PC should still boot from HDD (depending on how you attach it). It's preferable that you connect it to an unused connector, but if none are available, you may need to disconnect another device such as her CDROM/DVDROM. Also, assuming this is an IDE drive, you may have to change the jumper from Master to Slave.

09-11-2009, 01:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,271 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p Attaching your drive to the secondary channel ( the one with CD/DVD drives ) will insure that her machinedoes not try to boot from it. Once hers boots to her operating system, you create afilder on her drive for your files and just copy the files from your drive to that folder __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

09-11-2009, 05:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dingo_Tush Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA-CA-LA (Hollywood) Posts: 11 OS: XP Sp3	Re: Can somebody please help me before i crack up!!! :p Getting the files off is easy as long as the drive is still good. Go get a USB to IDE(SATA) cable kit. A kit like that costs about 15 bucks. Then take the old hard drive out and connect it Sisters pc via the USB cable. Sisters pc will pick up the drive as an external hard drive. From there just copy your files. Can you boot in safe mode? What happens then? __________________ A young boy puts a feather into his mouth...