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8th September 2009, 23:45
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laptop fault
Hi everyone,
hope i have posted in the right place
basically my laptop isnt starting up today and keeps restarting itself but comes up with a message saying it had to protect my files so i might have shut off the laptop and now seems to be a software fault so any chance i can get this up and running like before?
Mas
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9th September 2009, 00:07
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right... after the boot screen but before the windows loading screen... keep pressing F8... then select safe mode, do a quick virus scan in safe mode if possible... then restart and try again in normal mode...
if not post here... ill help out with other methods
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9th September 2009, 00:56
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I tried that mate but it wont let me go threw safe mode or normal mode i will post up in a bit what it exactly says
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9th September 2009, 07:09
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right ok mate
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9th September 2009, 10:08
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easy fix reformat and re install windows. do you have recovery disc or anything?
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9th September 2009, 10:09
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depends on if they lad wants to keep any data mate... will it boot into windows at all?
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9th September 2009, 11:37
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if all else fails. download a ubuntu live CD and you should be able to start up from that. also you should be able to access your hard drive contants.
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9th September 2009, 14:24
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sound like a backdoor w32 worm i had similar symptoms before .. kept restarting,, its a pain..
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9th September 2009, 14:39
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how far does it get before it restarts? you could try disabling automatic restart.... on the F8 menu... it would then usally display an error message rather than just restartin....
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9th September 2009, 18:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon191
easy fix reformat and re install windows. do you have recovery disc or anything?
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No mate dont have the disc and at the same time i dont want to reinstall anything as i know i will lose everything that is the main problem
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9th September 2009, 22:12
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how far does it get before it restarts? you could try disabling automatic restart.... on the F8 menu... it would then usally display an error message rather than just restartin....
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9th September 2009, 22:14
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best thing to do, post a video if u can of what happens after start up. That way we can see whats going on
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10th September 2009, 10:27
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throw it in a bin
k.o lol
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