Danged Puter

[Deleted]

puter went to hell on me......i'm lucky to have my daughters here.
Sister says it's my hard drive
Well, i guess i'll have it fixed within a few months.

[Tonnymonk]

Thank Goodness you have her puter to be around here! We'd sure hate to be without ya! Hope yours is a simple fix!

[Axeman]

Hey Cavey, you got any details as to what your puter is or isn't doing? With all the puter geeks here in the phamily, maybe we could help.

[Deleted]

I hope it's an easy fix too....sis will check it out for me next week.
I'm on her lap top now, cause daughter is usein hers.
Aww, thanks bb.......it's nice to know i'd be missed

[Pharmer Phil]

Bro, no direspect to your Sister, but it takes quit a bit to take out da hard drive, under normal circumstance...
Like Axe sez...toss us some details..

[CaveWoman]

I'm pretty sure its the hard drive.. But I really hope not cause I've got ALL of stuff on there like all the Kids pics which I won't be able to get back if it is.. Which would rally S**K .

Here's what it's doing.

It was working fine during the night and most of the morning, just running slow . which usually for us it means that ole cavey was surfing alot during the night and got lots of Crap on it. hehe So like usual I cleaned everything up ran ccleaner, disk cleanup even did a spybot check and spybot found nothing but it stalled out when it was almost done, so like usual I stopped the bot and left it sit there . When cavey got up and logged me off and tried to get on his profile a small window popped up saying error and something else which i forget exactly what. then he X it out and tried to log onto his profile but then a Big Blue screen came up saying there was an error on the computer and we need to run a check disk for errors and so on . but the only way we could log off the system is to hold the power button in and then it would shut of. when we turned it back on it kept going right back to that screen where you choose which way to log onto XP, like safe mode or normal restart or last know good configuration. I tried all of them and everytime it would keep going to that blue screen telling me to run check disk for errors and so on..

Sister-in-law is bringing her disk to check and see if its the hard drive. she's got a special one. so we'll see.

The computer is a 2000 Desktop and Knock on wood its been great for us, but computers do crash. I think we had a virus that got through and it just kept getting worse and our virus program just didn't catch it.. It happens. I just hope its fixable. Cavey's no good with Change.. LOL and he misses all his favorites. Sorry cavey, you have to search for them all over again. Hey but it could have been worse we could have had NO extra computer on hand, then we would have been, TVLess, CarLess and PuterLess. Then Us Cave Pholks would have went Postal on Each other... Uh Oh, Better Unload ALL The Weapons around this house, or you'll be seeing one of on the NEws......LMAO

This is the CaveWoman- OUTTA Here..

HAHAHAHAHA

[Pharmer Phil]

this right here that ya said CW.
"but the only way we could log off the system is to hold the power button in and then it would shut of. when we turned it back on it kept going right back to that screen where you choose which way to log onto XP, like safe mode or normal restart or last know good configuration. I tried all of them and everytime it would keep going to that blue screen telling me to run check disk for errors and so on.. "

I had a problem with my power button fer a spell that when I touched it, it didn't quit make a good connection, made mine go to the same blue screen, Check volume C for errors, etc.
Have you gone in to set up (bios)
now it depends on your computer type///cause
Not every computers bios is accesible in the same manner...

To access any bios on any computer...watch the startup screen on the computer. It will usually say "To enter setup press (correct key will be here)......."
depending on your brand... keys you may have to press are F1, F2, F10, or maybe the delete key. You must press this key when the startup screen is showing. If you miss this you have to restart again.
You can boot in safe mode fom there and it may over ride whats happenng.
Then run you anti spyware/antivirus in safe mode

Xdx will be here shortly I'm sure and most likely Axeman...we'll get ya runnin...meanwhile,,,hide the sharp instruments and ammo

[Axeman]

Holding down F8 during boot up will get into the set up on MOST PC's. F1 is generally just the "HELP" menu. F10 on a Dell will let you choose YOUR settings but again F8 will give you the option to start in "SAFE" mode and work from there. I would not bet on you having a bad hard drive. I've seen this before caused by everything from a bad stick of RAM to dirty contacts on the power switch.

[CaveWoman]

Yes Pholks, thats what I did. Excuse my hillbilly slang in the way I decribed what I did. Being in KY for so long I forget how to talk the Computer lingo. lol But anyway. I did the Bios thing, F8, and went to that screen but still NO luck with any of that stuff.. Still went to the Blue screen over an over again. So I'll have to wait for the CD to check if its my Hard drive... But thanks for the help anyways..... We'll just keep using this Temp LapTop for right now. Just hard to get used to. and We'll just mostly upset about loosing all our personal crap. You all know how that goes. You get used to one way and Bang you gotta switch up. It stinks..

Thanks again.

[Pharmer Phil]

CW, it's possible to hook your Hard drive up as an external hard drive, on a different computer, and access your files that way...there's also lots of software available that will do the same thing, but can't vouche fer any of em.
Have Cavey try hard wirin that on switch first fer ya call it dead, Or like Axe said, have a look inside at the components...I got a feelin mine needs some attention inside to...
Oh, and who needs that damn puter lingo anywho...I reckon we talk the same language...it's dem geeks dat has der own lingo

[Deleted]

hhhmmm the BSOD(blue screen of death)

This is an old article I had in the x files
might help ya some.
bootdisk.com has some good utility proggys

TROUBLE SHOOTING

When you start your computer, several things happen between the time you press that power button and the time you see Windows on your screen, ready to roll. You know you have big trouble when you see that dreaded message that tells you, in very tech-like terms, that it can’t find your hard drive – so you’re out of luck. Right? Wrong. We’ll make our own luck as we work at bringing back that drive.

The 1st thing you’ll need to do is to unplug your computer and open the chassis, sometimes called the tower. Inspect the cable that connects your hard drive to its controller, usually found on the main electronics board, the Motherboard. Also inspect the power connection that provides power to the drive.

Now plug your computer in again and press the start button. Listen to your hard drive. You should hear that drive spinning up. It makes a whining sound that increases like the sound of your car engine makes when you press on the gas.

If all the connections are in tact and the drive spins up, it may have lost its ability to read the files it needs to find to start loading Windows. All of your data may still be intact and available if you boot or start that drive with Windows. So now we have to look for a computer that has a floppy disk drive and an Internet connection. Told ya it was old!
A regular CD boot disk will work.

When you find an available computer, get on the Internet and go to www.bootdisk.com. If your computer uses Windows 95, 98 or ME, your task is easy. You click to create a boot disk for your version of Windows. Take the newly created floppy disk, place it in your computer and start it up. The book disk will take you to what we call the A:> prompt.

From the A:> prompt we can take a look at your hard drive and see if it still works and still has your data on-board. To do this, type “dir c:” (without the quotes) and press the Enter key. If you see a list of files and folders, you’re in luck. Your hard drive is present and working. It just can’t locate an important file, the command interpreter. The file is called “command.com” and a working copy of that file is on the floppy drive you used to start your computer. There should also be a working copy of that file in the Windows directory or folder on that hard drive.

To copy the command.com file to the default directory on your hard drive, where your computer expects to find it, from the A:> prompt “copy c:\windows\command.com c:\” (Don’t use the quotes.) and press the Enter key. Your computer should tell you that 1 file has been copied. If you don’t see that message, type, “copy a:\command.com c:\” (Again, don’t use the quotes) and press the Enter key. That command copies the command.com file from the floppy drive to your hard drive. You should see the “1 file copied” message. When you see that message, remove your disk from the floppy disk drive and restart your computer. It will boot back up to Windows.

If your computer uses Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you’ll be able to create boot disks on bootdisk.com, and if you use XP, you’ll also be able to create the disks you need to start your computer.

You’ll find a file called Read.1st to the right of the links that let you make a Windows XP quick boot disk. Click on the Read.1st file to learn what the quick boot disks do and how to set them up.

Once you have everything back to normal, you absolutely must back up the important files that you just can’t afford to loose. Don’t wimp out here. Back up your work.

[CaveWoman]

Thanks XdX I'm gonna give this a try this evening or tommarow when there are no Kids around. I'll let you know what happens..

One question though can I make a boot disk on a cd or does it have to be a floppy disk..?

[Deleted]

A cd will work.

Sorry,.... its an old article, but still useful.
Basically CW ya need a disk to boot up windows.

Are ya hearin the drive start?

Be sure to unplug the tower, and inspect the connections inside.

[CaveWoman]

OKey Dokey PHOLKS, I got My Dagged Ole Puter Back Up and Running...

Had to WIPE it Completely CLEAN But I worked for two days installing the original programs and updating EVERYTHING til its back to My RUNNING STANDARDS and I'm happy with it now.

I'm just Ticked that I losted everything that was on it. But AT LEAST I DIDN'T have to buy a New Computer.. That was the Main thing.. I never new How much I actually knew about computers until I tore one apart with XdX's instructions.. LOL Thanks for all your help there Pholks..


Now MAYBE Just MAYBE I can Get some REST

[Axeman]

Great news! Glad to hear your back up and running.
Just wished we had told ya to "mirror" the hard drive first so you could save your files.
Great you got it back all the same.