bsod on startup :( Options

[=R6= Raile]

yo guys

so last night my computer decided to bsod on me while it was just sitting at the desktop. Since then, it bsod'd about 5 seconds after loading the desktop each time I booted it. The first time I tried to boot in safe mode, it worked, however, the second time I booted it up, now safe mode won't work either (it gets to a black screen, with a mouse cursor, but just hangs there. even when booting in to safe mode with dos prompt only). So I'm kind of fucked. I've tried removing each ram stick and seeing if any of those are causing the problem. I've tried using the windows boot up disk (i'm using vista btw) to repair windows, do a system restore, and check for memory problems. basically I did every test the windows disk has to offer, and nothing worked. I'm guessing it's gotta be hardware? Though I didn't think it mattered, I pulled out my audio board anyway and tried booting but no change. It's the only thing I think I can unplug and test. All I've got left is the mb, graphics card, and harddrive. Any suggestions on how I find out what the problem is?

Cheers

[=R6= Raile]

ok in recovery console, however I cannot navigate to my main drive. it has me in X:

when I type "cd c:", it responds with c:\ but doesn't actually change me to there. Is X: the boot disk? oh and typing "cd c:\" doesnt do anything either. i'm just permanently stuck in x:

so I can't go any further.. oh and i used diskpart to look at my harddrive. it says its there and healthy, and it's c:


am i being a knob?