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committed · Post by **committed** » 10/20/2004, 12:25 pm

my laptop is broke. when i turn it on i get a screen saying bad error blah blah would you like to do safe mode, two other version of safe mode, last workable settings, or start windows normally? no matter which one i choose it loads for about 10 seconds then flashes and restarts and makes me choose again. anyway i'm probably just going to run the reboot disk but i want to know if i can get any of my shit off the hard drive before that happens. english papers, mp3s, etcetera. help me please. thizzanks.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 10/20/2004, 2:32 pm

Your hard drive is dirty.

Open the case and scrub the inside with soap, water, and a loofa.

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 10/20/2004, 2:40 pm

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 10/20/2004, 7:22 pm

to fix it, run your XP cd and find an option in the installation procedure that lets you uninstall the old version of windows and you can then install a new version in the same directory. its just like installing a new version of windows but without the format!

Post by **xjsb125** » 10/20/2004, 7:40 pm

Repair install!

committed · Post by **committed** » 10/21/2004, 10:38 am

Korzic wrote:to fix it, run your XP cd and find an option in the installation procedure that lets you uninstall the old version of windows and you can then install a new version in the same directory. its just like installing a new version of windows but without the format!

will that work because man i got some stuff i don't want to lose!

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 10/21/2004, 11:04 am

committed wrote:
Korzic wrote:to fix it, run your XP cd and find an option in the installation procedure that lets you uninstall the old version of windows and you can then install a new version in the same directory. its just like installing a new version of windows but without the format!

will that work because man i got some stuff i don't want to lose!

Yes.

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/26/2004, 2:15 am

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/26/2004, 2:15 am

i dont know

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/26/2004, 2:15 am

maybe

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/26/2004, 2:16 am

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/26/2004, 2:16 am

wait, yes

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/26/2004, 2:16 am

alright

for sure yes.... maybe

reza · Post by **reza** » 10/26/2004, 6:47 am

i think you should defrag

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nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 10/26/2004, 8:05 am

Stop using a word you don't understand, frog!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 10/26/2004, 8:15 pm

kermit__35 wrote:i think you should defrag

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How do you propose to do that if it won't even load up?

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 10/26/2004, 8:41 pm

defrag sucks. does not help at all.

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 10/26/2004, 11:39 pm

^

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nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 10/27/2004, 10:10 am

Like I said... he doesn't know what it means... he told someone on the hub to do it, too, then admitted he just learned the word and has no idea what he was talking about.

Post by **faninor** » 10/27/2004, 2:47 pm

Kermit needs a good fragging.

For the computer help, you're using Windows XP? A repair install would probably be the best first step to take. If you let the reinstall disc run it will probably format the hard drive and you'll lose all data, but a repair install of Windows will only replace Windows system files, so in theory your computer should work and all your documents should be intact after that. I would assume that you would have to reinstall some programs before they work again, but I've never done a repair install (it's better to reformat and do a full reinstall if that is an option) so I'm no expert.