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System configuration data read error - why???

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by mattias.bladh

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This is one hell of a annoying problem. I got this laptop (not the newest on the market, but its good to do basic stuff); Esprimo Mobile v5515 (fujitsu siemens), 1,60 ghz,, 765 mb RAM. Here?s the problem: It restarts exactly when my OS, windows xp pro, is about to start (a blue screen appears right before it restarts. Every time i start up the laptop i get this message: System Configuration Data Updated
ERROR
System configuration data read error
Press F1 to resume, F2 to setup.

The good news is that the Smart disk failure error is gone, i replaced the harddrive with another one, but this message is still STUCK!

And this is important - i reinstalled everything the other day, i got it to work (pressed f1) and used it perfectly. But when i installed f-secure it just won?t boot up. I almost get to windows but it reboots, right when it is about to start. Annoying.

So, its not the harddrive. Its replaced. CMOS battery? Well, it looks good. The date and time is correct in bios. I have tried to take out components and put it right back but still i get this message. The smart disk error is solved, but how do i get rid of this? Can it just crash when i try to install f-secure?

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by jck

you have a bad disk controller on the motherboard. try the drive in another machine if you have one available.

it is scrambling your data when a certain FSecurelibrary is pre-loaded in the startup. see if FSecure has any updates you need to install before rebooting.

that's all i can think of.

by mattias.bladh

...bad disk controller. I?ll look at it...but now i can?t make any updates to f-secure, because it won?t start?
By the way - how do i enter this computer in safe mode? its driving me crazy, i cant find any keys to do it ( i have looked at fujitsu siemens website).

by jck

Safe mode should be the F8 key when the OS tries to boot after BIOS initialization for Windows

If your machine works fine [b][u]until[/u][/b] you install F-Secure, I would say if it doesn't start the F-Secure service until re-boot then you could:

Download the updates manually (or get F-Secure to send them to you)
Install F-Secure (don't reboot)
Install the updates
Reboot

That way, any updated driver they give you would be installed and used.

Hope things work out for you.

by mattias.bladh

used last known good configuration and f-secure is gone. but i can?t access the internet now (cable), it used to work....and the wlan doesnt work.

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