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sherryjg

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hi my windows xp wont work. first it started off by deleting some of my games and other things i had downloaded. then after i tried to log on it would not show my icons on the screen it just showed the background picture. i tried to do ctrl+alt+del but that would not come up. i tried to put in my system restore cd but that didnot work it said the systen shut down could not coninue or somthing like that. now i cant even get the computer to turn on the button light comes on but nothing happens.

do i have a virus or is my computer gone forever.

what can i do to fix this cause my old laptop which is what i am using now is too slow for me. i cant even look at videos on it and i miss my xp


please help
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what kind of computer is this...make and model #
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hi my desktop is emachine and on the back of the computer it has this:

part no 72-72-10354-29

model emachine w3107

s/no
cca5c-500-05285

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Put the restore CD in the CD drive then power off then power on the computer. If you see a message saying "Press any key to boot from CD" press the Enter key. Follow directions to restore your computer to factory settings.

Understand that this will wipe out everything on the hard drive and it will be just like it was the day you bought it.

Read through the Users Guide for your machine here if one didn't come with it:

http://emachines.com...amp;model=W3107
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my computer wont turn on now
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do you hear any beeps when you press the power button...if not ....your power supply is probably bad...
if you have access to a known good one try putting it in..
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no the light comes on and i can hear the fan but nothing else happens. do you mean plug it in somwhere else or get another power cord for the computer.


ok i got it to power up but i still dont have icons nor can i get the recovery disk to work or the crtl alt del. when i put in the disk it says stop sytem fatal error.

even tried to do safe mode and it will give me a black screen with safe mode on it but no icons


at least i can power on now somwhat. please help what should i do next?

Edited by sherryjg, 22 January 2008 - 09:55 AM.

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no ..I mean power supply...look here..
bad ram can cause this too..

Edited by happyrck, 22 January 2008 - 09:54 AM.

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oh ok i see this. but do you think i need to buy a new one or is there somthing i can do now
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first lets make sure its not your memory going bad...get memtest + here....
the lowdown is here...


if you have a floppy drive you can get the 6th one down ...set the bios to boot from the floppy drive A: first...then the cd drive then the Hard drive C:
or you can get the 2nd one down and burn the ISO file to a cd and then boot it from the cd drive...let memtest run for at least 2 hours...if it starts showing any errors during that time then you will have to replace the RAM...no errors after 2 hours just press Esc to end the tests and we will try some other tests

if you can't get the computer to run memtest then you will have to replace the power supply..

Edited by happyrck, 22 January 2008 - 10:45 AM.

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