My Windows 7 computer won't boot up and a BSOD keeps coming up; how do I solve it?

Question

Whenever I boot my Windows 7 computer, I get a blue screen of death with the following details:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart you computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical Information:

* STOP: 0x0000007B (0xFFFFF880009A98E8,0xFFFFFFFFC000000D,0x0000000000000000,0x0000000000000000)

What does this mean, and how can I fix it so I can boot my machine once again?

Answer 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976 was a good resource.

Your post doesn't indicate attempting to run in safe mode. Continuously press F8 while the computer boots and select "Safe Mode" to see if your computer will boot. If it does, uninstall the offending device driver. This should never happen with Windows 7 signed drivers though.