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Old 02-04-2008, 13:43   #1
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Please Help - emamums pc broken
Please can someone help. Em's pc is not working. It boots up then switches itself back off. She has tried system restore and it wouldnt do it.

Think she may be suicidal lol
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hiya, ive got it working in safe mode but not normally.. erm... could it be a virus?
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hiya, ive got it working in safe mode but not normally.. erm... could it be a virus?
Now that you've managed to get it into 'safe mode', have you tried a restore point?
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yeah go back a few days
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yeah go back a few days
We all wish we could do that, in my case about 30 years worth!
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Re: Please Help - emamums pc broken
Less, she's tried system restore (it would only let her do this in safe mode) but still no joy, it seems fine and then when she re-boots it its back to what it was before the restore
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Thought it had gone quiet
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lol, i said the same to her, had to ring her to make sure she was ok, was worried when i didnt see her online lol
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Has she tried a virus scan in safe mode?

Mine does just the opposite. When I switch it off it switches itself back on again.
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done virus scan and will still only work in safe mode...
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Oh dear. It doesn't sound at all well.
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Re: Please Help - emamums pc broken
i think its dying

someones offered to come take a look but cant till friday.... is it ok for me to use it in safe mode?
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done virus scan and will still only work in safe mode...
To save a little time, what operating system are you on? if it's xp do you have the disk?

If yes to the above, then,
boot from the disk, (wait for ages, and ages and.....), then enter the recovery console by pressing "R" and type in "Fixboot" (without the quotes)
This may not work but its worth a try because system restore isn't doing anything.
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Old 02-04-2008, 17:00   #14
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Re: Please Help - emamums pc broken
sorry Less, i dont have the disc.....and its xp.. someones said it might need wiping.
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Has she tried a virus scan in safe mode?

Mine does just the opposite. When I switch it off it switches itself back on again.
if you have a dial up connection to the internet then i would check your phone bill
if you have broadband however then it should be fine

crappy badass companies used to be able to reboot your system through a trojan or something over dial up connections

so beware x
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