NOT REBOOTING???

[garethlh]

. . . . would be grateful if any more techy minded ppl than me [wouldnt be hard] could offer help and assistance re the above matter!!!

Laptop [windows XP] . . . . dont have a rebooting disk and the screen is hanging at Windows XP logo . . .. tried F8 but any of the options cannot progress the screen on from its current hanging state . . . have noticed start up and logging off becoming progressively slower over the last week. In fact this morning it wouldnt turn off unless by removing a/c and battery supply . . . .

I am in PC house using their pc [working] . .. . would be obliged if someone could help ASAP . . . need work for tmw pm . . . . aiya!!!

Thanks

Gareth
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[MrMoo]

Posting via .... teletype it would .... appear?

[discobay]

I've seen this recently on my friend's notebook. Service centre said that a software update must have failed. If the Windows boot options fail as they have for you then the only course is to recover the system. This will overwrite the Windows partition which includes anything in your user folders (desktop, my documents, my pictures etc). The data could be copied before you recover if you can take the drive out and attach it to a working computer.

[jgl]

Perhaps once you get your OS sorted out it'll fix your CAPS LOCK PROBLEM and mmby yr cnsnants wll wrk again. If you've got time for stomping icons, you've got time to type properly.

Otherwise, what discobay said.

[garethlh]

. .. many thanks for the more constructive comments discobay . . . . if you know of anyone that can undertake such a task let me know . . . . willing to pay [obviously] . . . . cheers!!!

PS . . .. jgl . . . quite whitty though . . . . !!!

PS . ... Mr Moo . . . . i trust the 1097 previous postings were more helpful?

[Arpsky]

Not for the faint hearted but Ubuntu Linux OS will run direct from CD if access to the data is what you need, there are ways to fix hard drive problems when that system is up.

If you can get the harddrive out often all is needed is to run CHKDSK and antivirus on that drive in another machine.

Even now in XP I still use FAT32 instead of NTFS so i can access the drive from a floppy and fix problems.

Most shops in the computer malls in 298 Wanchai or Golden SSP will fix it for a few dollars and keep your data.

Good luck, Ive been there too many times.

[jgl]

. .. many thanks for the more constructive comments discobay . . . . if you know of anyone that can undertake such a task let me know . . . . willing to pay [obviously] . . . . cheers!!!

PS . . .. jgl . . . quite whitty though . . . . !!!

PS . ... Mr Moo . . . . i trust the 1097 previous postings were more helpful?

There are a lot of tech-savvy posters on Geo. You probably would have gotten more help and less sarcasm if you could post like a grown up instead of an emo teenager.

Like it or not, people will treat you as you present yourself on the internet.

[justsomebody2]

If you still need help for this, you can bring your PC to any computer store that fixes PC's, they can restore your OS for you by reinstalling it, at your request, they will also back up anything they find on your system drive prior to reinstalling and burn in onto a DVD, this whole deal should cost roughly $500-600 last I checked.

You don have any naked pictures of yourself with countless girls on there right? (remembering the edison chen scandal case) LoL....

[garethlh]

If you still need help for this, you can bring your PC to any computer store that fixes PC's, they can restore your OS for you by reinstalling it, at your request, they will also back up anything they find on your system drive prior to reinstalling and burn in onto a DVD, this whole deal should cost roughly $500-600 last I checked.

You don have any naked pictures of yourself with countless girls on there right? (remembering the edison chen scandal case) LoL....

. . . thanks 'justsomebody2 . . . lol . . . regrettably no naked gals . . . appreciate the positive feedback, most welcome! As an update, the said laptop is now in for repair . . . it looks as if Windows was corrupted hence the difficulties . . . . cheers!