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[Kog]

Topic.


But everytime I tried to get into safe mode/startup recovery it would just sit there with a blank black screen or literally just shut down.

[Saiyu]

U KNOW i think its a virus. -derp obvious- atleast take it in tog et checked or ask. if ur able to save some data its for the best

[shadow01]

Saiyu, on 27 December 2011 - 10:48 PM, said:

U KNOW i think its a virus. -derp obvious- at least take it in to get checked or ask if your able to save some data. It's for the best.

I fixed your quote for you, to the best of my ability.

I'll disagree with this statement. It could be a virus, but it is more than likely hardware failure or the OS having a hiccup. Could you possibly give a little more information as to what it was doing just before you could not log into the OS? There are just way to many scenarios that could have made this happen.

[Kog]

I had quite a bit of power outages back in november that, in hindsight, I think might have really messed it up. I have a surge protector and everything, but I only had bluescreening problems RIGHT before this started happening.

The only thing that really happened inbetween now and then was the computer running a bit slow.

a lot of people have been saying its most likely a harddrive problem, but even so I probably intend on buying a new PC.

[Zephiel]

I had a similar issue with my PC, sadly I never found the cause but it fixed itself after a while for no reason (the PC repair shop I took it to didn't even know what was wrong then BAMN it fixed itself). It would turn on, but it wouldn't boot up. Not even to the bios. Can you reach the bios screen and then it fails at windows or can you not get anything when you turn it on at all?

[Kog]

It fails at when trying to get the 'Windows' screen when loading.

[shadow01]

Kog, on 01 January 2012 - 12:31 AM, said:

I had quite a bit of power outages back in november that, in hindsight, I think might have really messed it up. I have a surge protector and everything, but I only had bluescreening problems RIGHT before this started happening.

The only thing that really happened inbetween now and then was the computer running a bit slow.

Sorry for the late response. That power outage seems like a likely candidate to me. I have personally seen this happen many times when I did support at a small shop. It normally ended up being some piece of hardware failing. Have you tried, if your willing to try, to remove the RAM and other components and unplugging power from disk drives, then plugging them back in? Another idea that could work is removing the CMOS battery, a small circular battery like device, for a few minutes then putting it back. Kind of a last ditch effort if neither of those ideas work, is to move the BIOS jumper. That jumper can be difficult to find sometimes, but I've seen that fix a hickup. I think I read a post in the Mental Shift where you said your using a 2nd system. I would take that chance to try and hook up your hard drive onto that old system and see what you can salvage. Windows might even fix the issue if the OS on the hard drive is corrupt. Just throwing out ideas to help make your better system work a tad longer before you decide to buy a new rig.

[Takashi]

This is usually a bad sector.
Had it on my last HDD, and now I renewed mine.
Had it checked up with a technician, it was indeed a bad sector.
you might want to get a new HDD. Or try loading it on another PC using a HDD loader to get yer files in it.

[Natsuki]

Since I work as a tech support guy for Sony VAIOs, I'd like to share something.

1.) Boot to BIOS and check if your HDD's there.
2.) If your rig has like a recovery partition which allows diagnostic toos to be ran outside of the OS, do so.
3.) FFR.

4.) Call tech support to process warranty options.

[Pessimist]

I had a similar problem with an old PC.
I couldn't get past blue screen of death.
I was really unsure what the problem was, on a whim I bought one of these because it's like £2 so I thought it was worth a try.
And like magic, it worked.
I was able to get to safe mode, system restore and hazzah, back in action.

That probably only helps if it isn't a hardware issue though.

[Hiryuu]

Didn't I tell you guys NOT to break your computers while I was gone? Sheesh.

Not responding past that point or just rebooting altogether if it can do that huh? If you mash F8 enough you should be able to get an extended recovery menu and there should be an option that says 'Disable automatic restart on system failure'. See if that does anything, first off. First and a half, I have no clue what your Windows operating system is, so that would help. If you get a blue screen, copy the contents, or at least the main error (i.e. STOP 0x00000050 WHATEVER_I_SCREWED_UP) here.

Second, I'd probably see about getting yourself an updated copy of Hiren's, burning that ISO to a CD, and have it ready because I have a feeling you'll need to load Mini XP to run a few diagnostics. Namely, your hard drive, just in case that ends up being the problem.

[Kog]

I've got windows 7 atm, but I'm probably already getting a new computer soon so it's likely I'll try to save the harddrive and trash the rest. it's a HP flatscreen tower/monitor-in-one PC.

I do greatly appreciate the help, regardless.