"Joe Bloggs" <scrinn DeleteThis @scrinn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> Non-networked Laptop running Win2k sp2, is giving a work colleague a BSOD,
> after trying to install an external CDR-RW drive via the parallel port. I
> think it is a "backpack" cdr-rw.
>
> The stop code is: c000026, fail to load device driver bpflt.sys
>
> The BSOD appears when trying Safe Mode and Last Known Config.
>
> Does anyone have any clues as to how to get the thing started as he really
> needs some info off it. Windows aint a problem, the data is. I have a XP
> disc which I thought about loading over the 2k install. Would this work? I
> dont know if the 2k disc is available at the moment.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> TVM
>
> Barney
>
>
I think it's a CD Rom / Burner driver. Try unplugging your Optical drive/s.
If it starts, go to the hardware manager and delete the optical drives. Shut
down. Plug them back in and Windows should want to reinstall them. Let
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