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HELP HELP HELP!! Completely reinstalling everything from scratch..
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Or sort of, I;m using my Mam's laptop to post this. My PC is fucked. It is so slow to load and freezes when I use IE and I had to install Mozilla as it wouldn't work any other way when I wanted on t'internet.
I switched off the PC today and switched it back on 4 times and it just stays on the black screen with a white mouse cursor - no blue Windows XP log in. So I put the recorvery CD I got with the PC to repair it,and it says I need an administrator password - so thinking this is my own XP password I put it in.
It's not, ARGH.
I NEED TO REINSTALL EVERYTHING ONTO MY PC, DELETE IT ALL. I DON'T CARE ANYMOREM I NEED MY PC BACK.
Can someone instruct me how to delete everything and reinstall everything from scratch please? I'll happily lose all 3000+ of my songs on my PC to get it working again.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, help.
xxx,
I switched off the PC today and switched it back on 4 times and it just stays on the black screen with a white mouse cursor - no blue Windows XP log in. So I put the recorvery CD I got with the PC to repair it,and it says I need an administrator password - so thinking this is my own XP password I put it in.
It's not, ARGH.
I NEED TO REINSTALL EVERYTHING ONTO MY PC, DELETE IT ALL. I DON'T CARE ANYMOREM I NEED MY PC BACK.
Can someone instruct me how to delete everything and reinstall everything from scratch please? I'll happily lose all 3000+ of my songs on my PC to get it working again.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, help.
xxx,
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When I tried to reinstall/boot from the CD it said it couldn't find some items on the CD as well. ARGH. It's a complete and utter mess.
If worst comes to worst you'll need a CD to start from scratch. But then you'll also need to download all the hardware drivers. As well.
How do I do this? Starting from scratch? Completely having an empty PC again as if it were shiney shiney new?
If the Recovery disk is asking for a administrator password, and you haven't set one, chances are it's probably just nothing. So try typing administrator as the user name and leaving the password blank to see if that gets it going.
Windows recovery disks differ slightly from each manufacturer. Its best to contact them if your not sure how to use it.
If you're still having problems, post some more details about your system and the steps you are taking to troubleshoot the problem, and it will be easier to others to help.
I would advise against formating the hard drive untill you know exactly what your doing, beacuse a lot of PC/laptop maufatures these days install a lot of the recovery files on the hard drive itself.
Hope this helps.
I didn't! Shhh.
It didn't ask for a username.
I know, but I'm in a panic. It's a Medion PC. I'll look at their site see what they have.
Sigh, I just want my PC to work. It was working fine before I left for the Reading festival, I didn't download/delete anything I thought'd bugger up the settings on it or owt. GRR.
Unfortunately, the steps I took are rather risky if your not sure what your doing, so I advise you just wait until you can speak to the manufacturer tomorrow.
My mothersboard fucked up a few weeks ago because I kept yanking the lead out of the back instead of shutting it down properly, 2000+ songs lost and it cost me 70 notes :thumb:
Some PC's have a recovery CD and some have a copy of your windows original stored on the harddrive and you just press a sequence of keys on boot to reinstall it... maybe try pressing F8 on boot up
Are there not geeky guys where you live you can get to help you in exchange for a kiss?
I didn't quite understand all of that but is this lad from work sorting you out?
Can you start in safe mode? Keep hitting F8 when you turn the power on and then select 'start in safe mode'. Then if poss. run system restore!
This would normally be my first choice too. There's also another option when you hit F8 that is 'Use last known working configuration' (or something like that, I can't remember the exact words).
I tried using the last known config and it still went to the black screen etc.
I'm gonna have a bash with a proper Windows XP CD rather than the Medion Recovery CD, a lad from work is bringing in.
He's gonna talk me through on the dog and bone how to delete everything on my PC and start it all so fresh and so clean, clean.
See what I did there?
Seams more of a logical answer?
Explore all the options before a format:)
An interesting answer, but it assumes that the person doing it is familiar with the innards of a computer, and that you can somehow get ahold of a working copy of windows that would be ok for that computer.
She could ask her Computer friend thats helping her?
That's what I'm gonna try first of all and if there's no joy, completely overhaul everything thatw as ever on my PC, innit.
IMPORTANT BIT
If you put in the correct disc (sounds like that's what you're getting from work) then windows should give you the option to just replace windows rather than reformat the whole the hard drive.
If you do that then after the reinstall the green fields background should come up with the basic desktop options.
From there reinstall all the drivers and then have a play around for what's still left on your harddrive.
I Have never got that option....:sour:
The option is there. What it does is replace all the system files and keeps the rest of your data, however this option should only be used as a last resort. If there is an alternative and there is it should be used.
Unfortunately i cannot post the instructions yet but if the problem has not been resolved tomorrow i shall post up :thumb:
Any noob should not re-format if they can help it as most will struggle to get basic drivers, and for more complex machines drivers can be a bitch for a more experienced user.