My computer has fucking up a lot these two weeks. First a ram problem now this. Last night I did a disk defrag and left it to run over night. Now when I turn my computer on, nothing will start up. It just freezes. My keyboard freezes too sometimes. When I try to run in safe mode, it freezes. I don't have my windows disk to do a repair. I can only acess BIOS. I doubt there is a way to do a system restore in there. I need help guys.
What exactly do you mean by "Ram problem"?
[QUOTE=Dirtydeagle;19109717]What exactly do you mean by "Ram problem"?[/QUOTE]
My mobo wasn't reading my RAM. I just had to keep taking it out and putting it back in until it was resolved. I doubt this is a ram problem now.
Where exactly in the boot process does it freeze?
Get a Windows CD that is the same as your Windows, boot from it, then format your hard disk.
It's what I would do.
[QUOTE=Panda X;19109992]Where exactly in the boot process does it freeze?[/QUOTE]
In safe mode it loads all the files but freezes at isapnp.sys, when I start windows normally or last configuration that worked, it just goes straight to black screen, when I let it start itself with the 30 second countdown, it freezes when the number reaches 0. Each time it freezes my keyboard freezes too.
[QUOTE=DamnFool;19110096]In safe mode it loads all the files but freezes at isapnp.sys, when I start windows normally or last configuration that worked, it just goes straight to black screen, when I let it start itself with the 30 second countdown, it freezes when the number reaches 0. Each time it freezes my keyboard freezes too.[/QUOTE]
Tried system restore?
[QUOTE=taipan;19110191]Tried system restore?[/QUOTE]
Can't access it
[QUOTE=DamnFool;19110248]Can't access it[/QUOTE]
You don't have to login to windows to do that.
[QUOTE=taipan;19110540]You don't have to login to windows to do that.[/QUOTE]
How do I do it without logging into windows?
[QUOTE=DamnFool;19111119]How do I do it without logging into windows?[/QUOTE]
I don't think you can do it in XP. I could be wrong though. And you would need a disk which you don't.
press whatever button it says for system recovery on the bios screen.
[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;19111166]press whatever button it says for system recovery on the bios screen.[/QUOTE]
He could not have that.
This is where I am screwed. I can't get to system recovery. If I can save the files I want onto a CD, I would just reformat my PC and install windows 7.
[QUOTE=Panda X;19111160]I don't think you can do it in XP. I could be wrong though. And you would need a disk which you don't.[/QUOTE]
Hmm you might be right. I have never needed to restore an XP system so I wouldn't know.
Try making a Linux LiveCD and using that to access your Windows partition and back everything up to an external hard drive. That's what I would do and have done.
[QUOTE=Demache;19134794]Try making a Linux LiveCD and using that to access your Windows partition and back everything up to an external hard drive. That's what I would do and have done.[/QUOTE]
How can I make that?
I think the button for getting to system restore before startup is F8 or something. Just mash F-keys until one works, haha.
Here is ubuntu instructions are there just be sure to select try without any changes to my computer if you don't want it to install.
[url]http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download[/url]
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Ubuntu = Linux os I've linked to the live-cd download.
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Also google how to access ntfs from ubuntu Linux can't be distributed with support for it.
[QUOTE=Blarg190;19171015]Here is ubuntu instructions are there just be sure to select try without any changes to my computer if you don't want it to install.
[url]http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download[/url]
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Ubuntu = Linux os I've linked to the live-cd download.
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Also google how to access ntfs from ubuntu Linux can't be distributed with support for it.[/QUOTE]
Yeah do this
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