basils57 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Guys Don't know if this is the right place to post this: I seem to be in serious trouble. My computer, running Win 7 Home Premium, suddenly started going crazy - cursor travelling across the page of it's own accord, and not responding to mouse actions, - so I closed it down by depressing the start button until it switched off. Upon pressing the start button again, the machine seems to start going through the motions, flashes up the Intel logo on the screen but then hangs there and I can't do anything! Does anyone have any ideas, because at present, I'm in some really deep stuff! Quote
GDW1982 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 When it goes through the boot sequence, do you get any Blue Screens (BSOD) or any other Error codes or anything? Another thing to do (presuming its a Desktop) is to take the side panel off and check everything is seated correctly, RAM, Graphics Cards (if any), connectors to the motherboard, hard drives, etc are pushed in right. Can even re seat the RAM by taken them out and putting them back in again. Quote
maynardvdm Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Just to add: Can you start in safe mode? (pressing f8 on startup) You might need to do a disk check on the drive. (if you have a boot disk or by putting the drive in another pc) Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. RaidMax Smilodon Gaming Case | Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H M/B | Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.4GHz | 8GB Corsair RAM | Nvidia GTX550 Ti 1GB GDDR5 | Corsair 800w PSU Register for FREE >>here<< | If we have helped you, please consider a donation >>here<< SAS | MBAM | WinPatrol | Avira | ERUNT | Nvidia Drivers http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/mjsmileys/userbarnew4sec.gif
basils57 Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Thanks Maynardvdm I switched it back on, and after about an hour it started to boot (!) and announced a disk boot failure, coupled with a request to load up the system repair disk. After doing this it went through various procedures, eventually resulting in a working machine. I think I got off light - thanks for your time and interest. Quote
KenB Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hi and welcome to ExTS If you have your machine up and running again it would be prudent to backup your important data onto an external device - DVD / external drive. I can give you a link to creating an image of your drive. The software is free. The image is a complete copy of the drive operating system / registry / files / data .....everything. If the drive fails you can replace the drive and install the saved image onto it. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
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