Windows won't start
- Thread starter koopa-on-fire
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I've had this exact problem with my computer. This means your computer hard drive has been physically damaged. This may seem like a funny thing to ask but have you mis handled or hit your computer in the past? Just one punch is enough to damage a laptop. I know after having mines fixed only one day for that same exact reason, and thus caused my hard drive to fail. The way I see yourself is out of this is replacing your hard drive, or getting your old one fixed somehow.
One time my computer wouldn't turn on at all, so I got a paper clip and straightened it out and poked it into a random hole in the laptop and accidentally dropped it and it fell into the laptop.
I shook it about until the paper clip fell out, but I dropped the laptop and it fell down the stairs (I was in a boarding school and there were a lot of stairs) so I picked up the laptop and pressed the power button and the fan made some weird rumble noise (I dented the plastic inwards, accidentally of course).
So I went back to my room and threw the laptop onto my bed, jumped next to it and fell asleep. I had the greatest dream ever. My laptop wasn't in it at all, but it was raining skittles, like in that advert, and I drowned in them and died.
When I woke up, I pressed the power button and it worked! For another week or so.
So fix No.3 would be: Shove a pin into the side of the computer, drop it down stairs and throw it onto your bed, where you fall asleep and dream about some kind of sugary food. Oh yeah, and pray to the earth giai, it might work one day.
I hope you're trying these fixes because they do really work.
EDIT: After reading what you posted, Grandor, I can understand why I'm getting this error nowadays.
I shook it about until the paper clip fell out, but I dropped the laptop and it fell down the stairs (I was in a boarding school and there were a lot of stairs) so I picked up the laptop and pressed the power button and the fan made some weird rumble noise (I dented the plastic inwards, accidentally of course).
So I went back to my room and threw the laptop onto my bed, jumped next to it and fell asleep. I had the greatest dream ever. My laptop wasn't in it at all, but it was raining skittles, like in that advert, and I drowned in them and died.
When I woke up, I pressed the power button and it worked! For another week or so.
So fix No.3 would be: Shove a pin into the side of the computer, drop it down stairs and throw it onto your bed, where you fall asleep and dream about some kind of sugary food. Oh yeah, and pray to the earth giai, it might work one day.
I hope you're trying these fixes because they do really work.
EDIT: After reading what you posted, Grandor, I can understand why I'm getting this error nowadays.
I wouldn't recommend messing around with the hard drive if you don't know what you're doing. Their are sensitive disks in their that spin at very high speeds when on, since it will be off it obviously won't be moving but if you stick stuff in there you run the risk of damaging them.
I would definitely not recommend el felixo's Fix #3! Hahaha!
And, Grandor, it could be an error in the Window's boot code. It doesn't necessarily mean the HD is scrapped.
We should troubleshoot before he tosses an expensive harddrive and all the work with it when a simple install repair would do.
And, Grandor, it could be an error in the Window's boot code. It doesn't necessarily mean the HD is scrapped.
We should troubleshoot before he tosses an expensive harddrive and all the work with it when a simple install repair would do.
el felixio;189877":fhjt458w said:
Every time you handle the HD (even if you just shake your PC/laptop), you risk the needle slamming into the disk, causing permanent data damage. Try to handle/shake your HD as little as possible.
And, as I'm sure you know now
, never stick anything into your computer. Especially metal. Static shock can fry multiple components of your computer, not to mention damage you can do directly by poking the wrong thing.From the sound of it, I would say you knocked your CPU fan loose when you dropped it, el felixio. It could still function on occasion until the heat finally fried it.
el felixio;189877":fhjt458w said:
The error won't return much. It simply states that there is a conflict somewhere. I doubt Microsoft can offer any more on this vague error message (because it could be one of so many things).
Is Koopa-on-Fire even coming back to check on this thread?
Do you have a 1.44mb Floppy Drive? If so, google win98 boot disk and install it to a blank floppy. Boot with the Floppy in the drive and hit a key when told to. A command prompt saying a:> or b:> will appear. Type chkdisk c: /f Let it run for a while.
If you don't have a floppy drive. You can use any older Windows installation disk to do the same.
I recommend that if you do ever get it to start up again that you backup everything onto an external drive. Buy a cheap 40gb at walmart if you must...
If you have too, you can always send it to a, 'authorized' repair place thought the mail... I sent in an old HP laptop which was all dinged up and they sent it back as good as new... New HDD, Screen, Mousepad, and keyboard. Only $200.
Or you could send it to me. I run a computer repair place in my town...
If you don't have a floppy drive. You can use any older Windows installation disk to do the same.
I recommend that if you do ever get it to start up again that you backup everything onto an external drive. Buy a cheap 40gb at walmart if you must...
If you have too, you can always send it to a, 'authorized' repair place thought the mail... I sent in an old HP laptop which was all dinged up and they sent it back as good as new... New HDD, Screen, Mousepad, and keyboard. Only $200.
Or you could send it to me. I run a computer repair place in my town...
arcthemonkey
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Obvious question - have you made any hardware changes recently?
If so, change back and see if it fixes it.
If not, make sure your RAM and various connections are seated properly.
If so, change back and see if it fixes it.
If not, make sure your RAM and various connections are seated properly.
koopa-on-fire
Member
Okay, it works like a dime now. I had to reinstall Windows, but all of my files are intact. However, now on my laptop (the faulty computer) I have a sality virus that I can't get rid of. I found out how to, but I can get into My Computer because if I click on properties, it says "Cannot find ... system32\rundll32.exe" PLEASE HELP!
Fallofthetyrant
Member
Ok, I had this problem a while ago, what I did:
1. Backed up all my files (I triple boot + external hard drive this way I can transfer my files easily.
2. Re-Installed windows XP (Assuming you are using Windows XP), but rather than repairing, delete the partition, create a new one, and format it using NTFS (of course lol) but the second choice, not the quick one)
3. Finish installing the rest of your programs: video card, sound card, etc.
This should work, it did for me. remember that if you have two partitions (C and D), when you format you are just doing it on C so D still intact, if you ever have a virus in D, your computer may irremediably (perhaps) be corrupted again.
That's all, although there's some tweaks for better performance.
I hope this helps.
1. Backed up all my files (I triple boot + external hard drive this way I can transfer my files easily.
2. Re-Installed windows XP (Assuming you are using Windows XP), but rather than repairing, delete the partition, create a new one, and format it using NTFS (of course lol) but the second choice, not the quick one)
3. Finish installing the rest of your programs: video card, sound card, etc.
This should work, it did for me. remember that if you have two partitions (C and D), when you format you are just doing it on C so D still intact, if you ever have a virus in D, your computer may irremediably (perhaps) be corrupted again.
That's all, although there's some tweaks for better performance.
I hope this helps.