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I'm not even sure what the problem is!
Yesterday morning I brought my laptop into work like I always do, used it for the four hours I was here, no problem. Ran errands for a good portion of the day with my laptop in the car, about five hours, then got home and opened the lid and it started up with a notice telling me there was an error on C: and I needed to do a chkdsk. Okay fine, I back up my files to my external hard drive (by copying them, not using the system tool), which takes two hours. Somehow or other I told it to do TWO chkdsk scans, so that took four hours. FINALLY get it started up again and I get errors with AIM and iTunes. Then it froze up on me and I lamentably had to do a hard restart. I left it up overnight and when I went to move the mouse this morning to disable the screen saver, it froze again. Brought it down to work, and I'm backing up files with the tool. I would do a system restore--BUT! there is only ONE that is listed, which is timestamped for this morning, which isn't going to fix anything. I'm thinking I'm going to have to do "last known good configuration" or just start over and do a reinstall. Thoughts? Help! I am only slightly techy compared to most of you, I can find more information if you need it, but you'll have to tell me how and where to find it. -- rawbery79 |
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I'm not even sure what the problem is!
rawbery79 wrote:
Yesterday morning I brought my laptop into work like I always do, used it for the four hours I was here, no problem. Ran errands for a good portion of the day with my laptop in the car, about five hours, then got home and opened the lid and it started up with a notice telling me there was an error on C: and I needed to do a chkdsk. Okay fine, I back up my files to my external hard drive (by copying them, not using the system tool), which takes two hours. Somehow or other I told it to do TWO chkdsk scans, so that took four hours. FINALLY get it started up again and I get errors with AIM and iTunes. Then it froze up on me and I lamentably had to do a hard restart. I left it up overnight and when I went to move the mouse this morning to disable the screen saver, it froze again. Brought it down to work, and I'm backing up files with the tool. I would do a system restore--BUT! there is only ONE that is listed, which is timestamped for this morning, which isn't going to fix anything. I'm thinking I'm going to have to do "last known good configuration" or just start over and do a reinstall. It sounds like your hard drive (and/or other hardware components) is dying. You can do hardware troubleshooting yourself, but since this is a laptop you may wish to just contact the laptop mftr.'s tech support. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot Standard disclaimer: I can't see and test your computer myself, so these are just suggestions based on many years of being a professional computer tech; suggestions based on what you've written. You should not take my suggestions as a definitive diagnosis. Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). If possible, have all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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I'm not even sure what the problem is!
"Malke" wrote in message
... rawbery79 wrote: Yesterday morning I brought my laptop into work like I always do, used it for the four hours I was here, no problem. Ran errands for a good portion of the day with my laptop in the car, about five hours, then got home and opened the lid and it started up with a notice telling me there was an error on C: and I needed to do a chkdsk. Okay fine, I back up my files to my external hard drive (by copying them, not using the system tool), which takes two hours. Somehow or other I told it to do TWO chkdsk scans, so that took four hours. FINALLY get it started up again and I get errors with AIM and iTunes. Then it froze up on me and I lamentably had to do a hard restart. I left it up overnight and when I went to move the mouse this morning to disable the screen saver, it froze again. Brought it down to work, and I'm backing up files with the tool. I would do a system restore--BUT! there is only ONE that is listed, which is timestamped for this morning, which isn't going to fix anything. I'm thinking I'm going to have to do "last known good configuration" or just start over and do a reinstall. It sounds like your hard drive (and/or other hardware components) is dying. You can do hardware troubleshooting yourself, but since this is a laptop you may wish to just contact the laptop mftr.'s tech support. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot Standard disclaimer: I can't see and test your computer myself, so these are just suggestions based on many years of being a professional computer tech; suggestions based on what you've written. You should not take my suggestions as a definitive diagnosis. Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). If possible, have all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ For the OP.. Over time, restarting your laptop after having being left in a cold car could cause hardware problems. When computer components get really cold, one should let them return to normal room temperature before using them.. Apologies for replying to you, Malke, but the OP message would not allow me to reply.. :-) -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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I'm not even sure what the problem is!
Mike Hall - MVP;891848 Wrote: "Malke" malke@xxxxxx wrote in message news:OHs1eF%23SJHA.5312@xxxxxx rawbery79 wrote: Yesterday morning I brought my laptop into work like I always do, used it for the four hours I was here, no problem. Ran errands for a good portion of the day with my laptop in the car, about five hours, then got home and opened the lid and it started up with a notice telling me there was an error on C: and I needed to do a chkdsk. Okay fine, I back up my files to my external hard drive (by copying them, not using the system tool), which takes two hours. Somehow or other I told it to do TWO chkdsk scans, so that took four hours. FINALLY get it started up again and I get errors with AIM and iTunes. Then it froze up on me and I lamentably had to do a hard restart. I left it up overnight and when I went to move the mouse this morning to disable the screen saver, it froze again. Brought it down to work, and I'm backing up files with the tool. I would do a system restore--BUT! there is only ONE that is listed, which is timestamped for this morning, which isn't going to fix anything. I'm thinking I'm going to have to do "last known good configuration" or just start over and do a reinstall. It sounds like your hard drive (and/or other hardware components) is dying. You can do hardware troubleshooting yourself, but since this is a laptop you may wish to just contact the laptop mftr.'s tech support. 'page2' (http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot) Standard disclaimer: I can't see and test your computer myself, so these are just suggestions based on many years of being a professional computer tech; suggestions based on what you've written. You should not take my suggestions as a definitive diagnosis. Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). If possible, have all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - 'index' (http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ) For the OP.. Over time, restarting your laptop after having being left in a cold car could cause hardware problems. When computer components get really cold, one should let them return to normal room temperature before using them.. Apologies for replying to you, Malke, but the OP message would not allow me to reply.. :-) -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. 'Help US help YOU - Making good newsgroup posts:' (http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm) How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. 'How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups' (http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc) Mike's Window - My Blog.. 'Mike's Window' (http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx) So...do you think if I take it from work, to home with maybe not even ten minutes of car time today, it should be fine? (I'm totally stressing out here.) I'm testing the hard drive with the SeaTools link from your post, Malke, and so far, so good... -- rawbery79 |