Good day guys,
First time ever visiting these forums, found it through google. I can't actually boot into windows at all - every time I type in my password, it loads for about 10-20 seconds and seems to lag for a little while, and then jumps straight to the BSOD, or occassionally it will load all the icons just to tease me, and once that i done, it will BSOD. Same thing happens in Safe Mode (the most basic version).
After this happened about 20 times, I got a bootable windows 7 repair USB and tried to have it scan drivers etc for errors but it found nothing wrong. Finally I decided to do a System Restore to just 1 week before the BSOD started (strange enough the only 1 that was saved - I couldn't find any more)
I'm running a USB bootable copy of Linux Mint right now and have access to the HDD. I was actually ready just format the laptop but while backing up files I discovered ALL 5 years worth of my photos from My Pictures are gone, including photos from a 4 month backpacking trip to Europe from just a few months ago!
I have no idea how to interpret the minidump but have read somewhere that it helps determine what causes the BSOD so I've attached it (there were 3 in the minidump folder, i've put them into a zip). System details as follows:
Windows 7: Retail x64
Laptop make: Acer 1810tz, purchased brand new around 1 yr ago, no reinstalls since.
Software last installed (or should I say software installations that System Restore advised would be changed as a result of the restore): Acoustica (fresh install), Firefox (update).
Bottom line is I just want to get my photos back - if there's a way to do it in Linux Mint I am more than willing to learn but I have no idea how to even start. The only option as I see it is to find out how to get back into Windows and go from there. Any advice would be appreciated!
First time ever visiting these forums, found it through google. I can't actually boot into windows at all - every time I type in my password, it loads for about 10-20 seconds and seems to lag for a little while, and then jumps straight to the BSOD, or occassionally it will load all the icons just to tease me, and once that i done, it will BSOD. Same thing happens in Safe Mode (the most basic version).
After this happened about 20 times, I got a bootable windows 7 repair USB and tried to have it scan drivers etc for errors but it found nothing wrong. Finally I decided to do a System Restore to just 1 week before the BSOD started (strange enough the only 1 that was saved - I couldn't find any more)
I'm running a USB bootable copy of Linux Mint right now and have access to the HDD. I was actually ready just format the laptop but while backing up files I discovered ALL 5 years worth of my photos from My Pictures are gone, including photos from a 4 month backpacking trip to Europe from just a few months ago!
I have no idea how to interpret the minidump but have read somewhere that it helps determine what causes the BSOD so I've attached it (there were 3 in the minidump folder, i've put them into a zip). System details as follows:
Windows 7: Retail x64
Laptop make: Acer 1810tz, purchased brand new around 1 yr ago, no reinstalls since.
Software last installed (or should I say software installations that System Restore advised would be changed as a result of the restore): Acoustica (fresh install), Firefox (update).
Bottom line is I just want to get my photos back - if there's a way to do it in Linux Mint I am more than willing to learn but I have no idea how to even start. The only option as I see it is to find out how to get back into Windows and go from there. Any advice would be appreciated!
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Acer 1810TZ
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate
