thank you very much for your time.
computer restarts, (help please)
Started by
Jagger7
, Nov 19 2006 07:00 PM
#1
Posted 19 November 2006 - 07:00 PM
thank you very much for your time.
#2
Posted 20 November 2006 - 07:13 AM
You stopped the system restore process before it was finished which is never a good idea. If that important file was one you created yourself or downloaded, system restore would not have zapped it anyway as it only restores vital system files and the Windows Registry. Try continually tapping the F8 key while it's booting until you get a startup menu. Choose "last known good configuration" if it's available.
Edited by pip22, 20 November 2006 - 07:16 AM.
#3
Posted 20 November 2006 - 03:27 PM
Almost the same thing happened to me. I was trying to set a restore point and then restart...then my pc froze....so I pushed the power button. It kept going to the windows logo screen and restarting. I could get to the bios. And after I hit f8 to try last known good cofiguration and safe mode, the same thing happened. Nothing worked. I gave up and re-installed windows. I tried everything i could think of...
#4
Posted 20 November 2006 - 06:53 PM
i have no idea, but how do you reinstall windows? (i have never done it before)
#5
Posted 20 November 2006 - 07:33 PM
Hello.
Typically windows comes with whats called an install disk. It's a disk you put into the machine to restore or install whatever programs your heart desires. If for some reason you bought a cheap computer/lap top it could be possible that you might not have a install disk but instead something called a "restore disk" or "recovery disk".
Either way put the disk into the computer. It will try to start up normally. Then it will goto a screen and have instructions. If you have anything on the hard drive you need to save you might want to try repairing windows before completely re-installing it to see if it fixes the problem.
However if the problem still exists after repairing then most likely your going to need to reinstall.
Keep us posted on your progress.
Typically windows comes with whats called an install disk. It's a disk you put into the machine to restore or install whatever programs your heart desires. If for some reason you bought a cheap computer/lap top it could be possible that you might not have a install disk but instead something called a "restore disk" or "recovery disk".
Either way put the disk into the computer. It will try to start up normally. Then it will goto a screen and have instructions. If you have anything on the hard drive you need to save you might want to try repairing windows before completely re-installing it to see if it fixes the problem.
However if the problem still exists after repairing then most likely your going to need to reinstall.
Keep us posted on your progress.
Edited by pyron81, 20 November 2006 - 07:34 PM.
#6
Posted 20 November 2006 - 07:56 PM
thanks alot for all the replies, but is there any other way to install it? like use F8 or something like that. For some reason, its not working. T_T
thanks alot
thanks alot
#7
Posted 20 November 2006 - 09:05 PM
No I am afraid that if you in fact need to re install windows then you need the windows disk. There is no way around it.
Sorry
Sorry
#8
Posted 20 November 2006 - 10:46 PM
oh, alright, thanks alot for your help and putting up with me. i really appreciate it, thanks again. =)
#9
Posted 21 November 2006 - 10:14 AM
if you have the disc in and its not working, try hitting f12 during startup get to the boot priority menu. make sure you check the drive that the disc is in first
#10
Posted 21 November 2006 - 06:39 PM
after hitting f12, i still go back to the same screen where it tells me "windows did not start up completely because of the following problems" or something like that. Is it supposed to have that screen or another screen?
#11
Posted 22 November 2006 - 10:44 AM
Hi,
Maybe I misunderstood what you said but do you have the windows disk? Is your CD ROM not booting at start-up?
Let us know.
Maybe I misunderstood what you said but do you have the windows disk? Is your CD ROM not booting at start-up?
Let us know.
#12
Posted 22 November 2006 - 04:29 PM
yeah, i dont think my cd drive or cd rom is booting up. What i meant was like, is it possible to start up the cd rom another way? (anyway would be fine)
from earlier posts:
"thanks alot for all the replies, but is there any other way to install it? like use F8 or something like that. For some reason, its not working. T_T
thanks alot"
I just read that again, and I hope you didnt get the wrong message with the "Thanks alot" at the end. I really meant thanks, and reading it over again, it sounded like i was being sarcastic. (wasnt really paying attention when i was typing it. xD )
happy holidays.
from earlier posts:
"thanks alot for all the replies, but is there any other way to install it? like use F8 or something like that. For some reason, its not working. T_T
thanks alot"
I just read that again, and I hope you didnt get the wrong message with the "Thanks alot" at the end. I really meant thanks, and reading it over again, it sounded like i was being sarcastic. (wasnt really paying attention when i was typing it. xD )
happy holidays.
Edited by Jagger7, 22 November 2006 - 04:31 PM.
#13
Posted 22 November 2006 - 07:23 PM
Ahhh okay.
Well when windows starts up does it ask you to press F something to start safe mode or bios? I would check to see if when you push the power button if the CD is lighting up?
Well when windows starts up does it ask you to press F something to start safe mode or bios? I would check to see if when you push the power button if the CD is lighting up?
#14
Posted 22 November 2006 - 07:25 PM
Another thing I meant to ask was could you explain the first day this started happening and what was going wrong or give me a run down of what the computer was doing before it crashed like this?
Happy Holidays.
Happy Holidays.
#15
Posted 23 November 2006 - 10:42 AM
well, the reason why i rebooted my computer, was because something kept taking up all the hard drive space, minute by minute. I thought I had no other choice but to install windows all over again. I wasnt sure if it was a virus or something, but the scans did not detect anything. My computer was getting very slow, with all the hard drive space being taken up, i think thats the reason, why it got so slow. So, thats when i tried to return my computer to an earlier time, and when i made the mistake of pressing the reset button.
"Ahhh okay.
Well when windows starts up does it ask you to press F something to start safe mode or bios? I would check to see if when you push the power button if the CD is lighting up?"
when windows starts up, it doesnt ask me to press F8 or anything. The CD is lighting up.
"Ahhh okay.
Well when windows starts up does it ask you to press F something to start safe mode or bios? I would check to see if when you push the power button if the CD is lighting up?"
when windows starts up, it doesnt ask me to press F8 or anything. The CD is lighting up.
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