I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Feb 25th 2010, 4:48 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
here's another thing to try jen.
Assuming that your other pc is also a laptop... can you turn off both, unscrew the 2.5" hard drives, and swap them over. Turn both on, note what happens, turn both off, switch back and log back into BE.
Again - this is showing up the fact that I don't really know what I'm talking about. But hey - anything is worth a shot !
edit - I really don't know what I'm talking about Jen - ignore my posts and listen to the others ! I just can't resist throwing in my tuppence worth..
Assuming that your other pc is also a laptop... can you turn off both, unscrew the 2.5" hard drives, and swap them over. Turn both on, note what happens, turn both off, switch back and log back into BE.
Again - this is showing up the fact that I don't really know what I'm talking about. But hey - anything is worth a shot !
edit - I really don't know what I'm talking about Jen - ignore my posts and listen to the others ! I just can't resist throwing in my tuppence worth..
Feb 25th 2010, 4:48 pm
#92
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
If none of this works... you have to wait or get another Toshiba CD..... or take it to a shop.
Feb 25th 2010, 4:51 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
How are you doing it at the moment?
On the very first screen you see you should see an instruction that says hit F? to enter setup. That the buttong you hit. But you have to do it before the computer goes any further.
Trouble with these modern fast computers is that you're often past this screen before the monitor gets going. It'll be one of the function keys, F6, f8 and f10 are the favourites. Just start banging at it as soon as you start the computer. Try them one by one.
On the very first screen you see you should see an instruction that says hit F? to enter setup. That the buttong you hit. But you have to do it before the computer goes any further.
Trouble with these modern fast computers is that you're often past this screen before the monitor gets going. It'll be one of the function keys, F6, f8 and f10 are the favourites. Just start banging at it as soon as you start the computer. Try them one by one.
Feb 25th 2010, 4:52 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
here's another thing to try jen.
Assuming that your other pc is also a laptop... can you turn off both, unscrew the 2.5" hard drives, and swap them over. Turn both on, note what happens, turn both off, switch back and log back into BE.
Again - this is showing up the fact that I don't really know what I'm talking about. But hey - anything is worth a shot !
edit - I really don't know what I'm talking about Jen - ignore my posts and listen to the others ! I just can't resist throwing in my tuppence worth..
Assuming that your other pc is also a laptop... can you turn off both, unscrew the 2.5" hard drives, and swap them over. Turn both on, note what happens, turn both off, switch back and log back into BE.
Again - this is showing up the fact that I don't really know what I'm talking about. But hey - anything is worth a shot !
edit - I really don't know what I'm talking about Jen - ignore my posts and listen to the others ! I just can't resist throwing in my tuppence worth..
Feb 25th 2010, 4:54 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Surely if we can force it to not return from hibernation the original USB file issue will go away and it will boot?
No installs, no repair, no recovery?
Maybe just getting to a command prompt and deleting the hibernation file will do it?
No installs, no repair, no recovery?
Maybe just getting to a command prompt and deleting the hibernation file will do it?
Feb 25th 2010, 4:57 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Read this Jen It also tells you how to get your data off the computer.
http://www.user-guides.co.uk/cddownl...-XP-75498.html..
http://www.user-guides.co.uk/cddownl...-XP-75498.html..
Feb 25th 2010, 4:58 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Feb 25th 2010, 4:59 pm
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Feb 25th 2010, 5:01 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Apparently pressing the space bar will give an option to bypass the hibernation state, try that while it's booting
Feb 25th 2010, 5:02 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
How about, turning it on, then 1/2 a sec later holding down the power button to perform a forced shutdown... will that work?
Feb 25th 2010, 5:03 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
windows system32 files, says please wait at the bottom then.....goes to that grey bar along the bottom of the screen again, and finally the 'OH I'VE CRAPPED MYSELF YET AGAIN' screen lol
Feb 25th 2010, 5:05 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Possibly only to supremely shag it once and for all (especially if it's started weaving its magic inside the registry?)
Feb 25th 2010, 5:05 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Now I am scrambling for straws
I'd try the space bar thing first though.
Feb 25th 2010, 5:05 pm
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Re: I've killed my 'puter, please help me!
Jen, hope you can switch off the USB controller and it works. If it doesn't work then you will probably have to figure out which file on the hard disk has stored the configuration and replace it. Don't know about Win 7 but in the old days you'd replace the autoexec.bat and the congif.sys files.
Not a job for you I think. take it to the shop. If they want to reinstall, then get them to reinstall windows on a new hard disk and tell them to take the old one out. Buy a USB disk case for the old disk and you should be able to recover the data and reformat it and use it as a spare disk.
Or buy a MacBook.
Bloody Windows eh? I've almost forgotten how to get a banjaxxed computer going again... Mianly because I now use a mac for most day to day stuff.
Not a job for you I think. take it to the shop. If they want to reinstall, then get them to reinstall windows on a new hard disk and tell them to take the old one out. Buy a USB disk case for the old disk and you should be able to recover the data and reformat it and use it as a spare disk.
Or buy a MacBook.
Bloody Windows eh? I've almost forgotten how to get a banjaxxed computer going again... Mianly because I now use a mac for most day to day stuff.
