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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier
I got somehting similair recently on my toshiba laptop. It was my HD, so they put a new one in and almost got ready to give it back to me and it died again on them, so they ordered another HD.
The physicaly dumping of memeory is the bad part and means you have lost all of your files. sorry to hear. I surely hope it wasn't the programming laptop. And that bring me to a key point back up any programs that you use on your laptop to a separate disk or HD!!!
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The physical memory dump should just be Windows' loader program removing itself and any attempts to do anything from memory, and effectively putting the computer into a vegetative state of almost no consumed power.
As for the rest of the error, you might try disabling any built-in network adaptors in your BIOS and trying to boot again. I highly doubt there has been any physical damage if safe-mode with networking still functions, and suspect Windows might just be messing around with its driver catalog or be attempting to load an incorrect driver. I couldn't say whether or not it will work easily without reinstalling windows, but there is no reason for your data to be lost. I'm bringing a USB -> IDE/SATA/Laptop IDE adaptor to Atlanta, so if no one can do anything with it, just bring your reinstallation disks, and anyone with a laptop can copy off your data temporarily while you reinstall.