It started last night. My computer would sound like it was shutting off and restarting abnormally, however it would still run. It sounds like it was overheating. Then it went to the blue screen of death with this error code:
“KERNEL_DATA_INPAE_ERROR”
While also mentioning something about “atapi.sys”
Now whenever I start it up it does the following:
-Displays intel screen
-Goes to “Press any key to boot from disc” screen.
-After I wait for the 5 periods after the message, random characters appear all over the screen.
Ex.) ABCDEFGHIJ >>>> Aé_DEýGðI+
Some will be flashing, others won’t. Some are blue, red, green, yellow, ect. and others are plain black.
-Then my computer freezes nd I have to restart.
MY FIX ATTEMPTS~~
-Reinstalled windows
-Repaired windows
-Booted with disc
-Tried to start in safe mode, wouldn’t go to it
-Uninstalled windows, installed again.
-Tried booted using external hard drive, it didn’t reconize it, but it did rconize it when installing windows.
I’m out of options, and I REALLY NEED THIS HARD DRIVE. I have years of pictures, documents (School + work), and other files on it. I need to find a way to extract them at all costs.
Please help…