Need help with Laptop
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sorry to sound like a noob, but what does iswydt mean?
that's nice of him. i'll pm him now, since i haven't been on iclub all day.
yes, i've tried all of the options and unfortunately that didn't work either.
thanks for all your help everyone. i really appreciate it
that's nice of him. i'll pm him now, since i haven't been on iclub all day.
yes, i've tried all of the options and unfortunately that didn't work either.
thanks for all your help everyone. i really appreciate it
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Issue:
So my laptop completely crashed out of nowhere and I'm lost on what to do. I was in the middle of loading up music from an external hard drive, that a friend loaded up with new music, onto itunes then out of nowhere it completely crashed. It made a loud buzzing sound and the screen just went black and blue. I was forced to shut it down by holding down the power button.
Issue:
So my laptop completely crashed out of nowhere and I'm lost on what to do. I was in the middle of loading up music from an external hard drive, that a friend loaded up with new music, onto itunes then out of nowhere it completely crashed. It made a loud buzzing sound and the screen just went black and blue. I was forced to shut it down by holding down the power button.
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lol technically i didn't steal it.. a friend stole it and loaded up my hard drive with it.. so it was a "gift" on my part. i'm innocent! all i wanted was my taylor swift song! cuzz cuzz you know she had one of the best videos of all time! lol jkjk
Windows OS cd cloned to a thumb drive, boot from thumb drive, select repair Windows XP installation via recovery console, run the Fixboot tool (fixboot c, then use Fixmbr tool (Fixmbr).
If thosw dont work you'll need an in place upgrde, it reinstalls the OS into the same folder. Reboot the computer, select the first option at the Windows XP Pro Setup screen, and select "R" for repair at the next one (As opposed to the Fresh Install option where you lose data).
, then use Fixmbr tool (Fixmbr).If thosw dont work you'll need an in place upgrde, it reinstalls the OS into the same folder. Reboot the computer, select the first option at the Windows XP Pro Setup screen, and select "R" for repair at the next one (As opposed to the Fresh Install option where you lose data).
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Windows OS cd cloned to a thumb drive, boot from thumb drive, select repair Windows XP installation via recovery console, run the Fixboot tool (fixboot c, then use Fixmbr tool (Fixmbr).
If thosw dont work you'll need an in place upgrde, it reinstalls the OS into the same folder. Reboot the computer, select the first option at the Windows XP Pro Setup screen, and select "R" for repair at the next one (As opposed to the Fresh Install option where you lose data).
, then use Fixmbr tool (Fixmbr).If thosw dont work you'll need an in place upgrde, it reinstalls the OS into the same folder. Reboot the computer, select the first option at the Windows XP Pro Setup screen, and select "R" for repair at the next one (As opposed to the Fresh Install option where you lose data).
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i'm going to have a few people check out my laptop. thanks for everyone's help! i really appreciate it! hopefully i'll be able to retrieve my files
Running that chkdsk with /r (repair) will repair the things you screwed up when doing this.
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were you transferring files from that external to your main hdd?
were you doing other things that was accessing your main lappys hdd?
there could be other factors. maybe there was a fatal error with itunes while you were using it, AND/OR any other program you had open or were running which caused the entire windows to shut down..
and during this time again if your hdd was working, during the shut down it corrupted files.. not just any files, but important windows system files and/or boot sector.
that is why you cant load windows. this is common.
It happened to me and with friends I know.
There are ways to retrieve your files through several methods, some already mentioned by people.
Here is a ghetto one, but works, but takes more time.
Just reinstall windows in a different directory, once its complete, save the files, then reformat and put windows 7
were you doing other things that was accessing your main lappys hdd?
there could be other factors. maybe there was a fatal error with itunes while you were using it, AND/OR any other program you had open or were running which caused the entire windows to shut down..
and during this time again if your hdd was working, during the shut down it corrupted files.. not just any files, but important windows system files and/or boot sector.
that is why you cant load windows. this is common.
It happened to me and with friends I know.
There are ways to retrieve your files through several methods, some already mentioned by people.
Here is a ghetto one, but works, but takes more time.
Just reinstall windows in a different directory, once its complete, save the files, then reformat and put windows 7
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fixed! as stated by eugenile.. a fatal error corrupted some files due to itunes. Kaspersky did not find any viruses or anything infected. so I didn't spread any viruses. chkdsk found corrupted files in the itunes directory and repaired failed sectors. Everythings back to working order without reinstalling windows or reformat.
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