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Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:08 am
by AlphaBravo
Our Pc at home is screwed up...you turn it on, it get to the windows loading screem with the little scrooling bar, then reboots and starts again...any idea on what to do that doesnt involve wipeing the harddrive??
Craig
Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:24 am
by Jimbo
Our Pc at home is screwed up...you turn it on, it get to the windows loading screem with the little scrooling bar, then reboots and starts again...any idea on what to do that doesnt involve wipeing the harddrive??
Craig
Ive had this problem before.
1) Do know of any virus within the system?
2) Try running in safe mode, once logged in do a virus scan.
Try those to see if you get anywhere.
James

Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:04 am
by AlphaBravo
i dont think it loads far enough to load safe mode....
Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:09 pm
by congo
Hit F8 before the WIn Load screen, sometime after the ram count, just keep tapping F8 until the menu appears.
Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:09 pm
by AlphaBravo
i tryed that... it just gets to the windows loading screen and reboots again... :(
Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:18 pm
by congo
So, you can't get into safe mode by using F8 key?
And you tried tapping F8 every second after the first "beep" until the loadscreen appears?
Anyone else got any ideas?
I dont' know much about trying to recover a WinXP op sys, sorry, I'm a nutter for a reformat, I just luvem!
Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:15 pm
by Jared
hmm, I have had that problem 3-4 different times....
Every time it has been a bad power supply. If I don't have a solid concrete answer on to what is causing troubles within my system nowadays I will reun down the street and pick up a cheap power supply to test with. As always if that doesn't work I can take it back and get a refund of my money.
Of course last time I was just sick of it and went with a seasonic 500W power supply for $120 I think is what it was and I have been running happily and much quieter than ever before..

Re: Computer Screwed, any ideas???

Posted:
Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:19 pm
by Craig.
There are programs you can download, that would recover lost files if you did a complete reboot.
I can't promise they will work 100% as I have only ever used it once, it worked with moderate sucess.