Yesterday morning, my computer just froze in the middle of what I was doing, and I rebooted and it didn't even bring up my desktop before it froze again at the Windows intro screen.

I'm afraid my computer is .

Anyone have this happen to them? Didja fix it?

Yikes! Do you have the original discs it came with? You could maybe try a total system restore.

GangstaFam said:

i tried that, and my computer froze before i could even start the restore.

Anxiety said:

Your computer is far bitchier than you.

Check everything is connected properly, perhaps a card has become loose or something. I know it's a long shot, but worth trying.

Are you getting a partial boot, i.e. do you get as far as seeing any screen activity, like bios messages, or the MS logo, or does it freeze pretty much straight away ?

AsylumUtopia said:

it freezes at the MS logo.

and when i try to do a system recovery, it freezes on a blank screen.

Anxiety said:

Then I suggest you go into the bios on bootup and see what's showing up there. If it's getting past the bios to do an OS load, then it should be able to do one from your floppy/cd drive, so make sure your drives are all present and correct in bios.

It could be your hard drive (which should also show up in bios), but as far as I can remember you wouldn't get as far as the logo if the hard drive was fucked.

But you're still posting. Damn, I should have paid for the GOOD sabateur.

jerseykrs said:

if you get any funnier today i'm going to have to start looking at burial plots.

Anxiety said:

Here's a heads up, start looking for them anyway!!

jerseykrs said:

why, how much more to you plan on posting today?!?

Anxiety said:

how much does it take to stop you?!?!?

On a related note, this just reminded me that I have an old Mac that doesn't want to start-up. I want to get rid of the bitch, but when I try and boot it to trash what's on it, it just flashes a floppy disk symbol with a question mark in the middle. Anybody know how I proceed from here?

jerseykrs said:

I feel the love in the air!

PurpleThunder said:

i had mexican food for lunch yesterday.

Anxiety said:

I thought Pooter was a nickname for your chocolate starfish.


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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

SO crass.....

Anxiety said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

no, that's chugging along like the little engine that could.

Ace said:

I suggest you proceed with a lump hammer.


A floppy disk symbol with a question mark in it sounds to me like it's trying to boot from an unbootable floppy disk. Have you checked to make sure there's nothing in the floppy drive ? If there's any logic to these error messages and symbols then that's what it ought to indicate. Either that or the hard drive is fucked and it's saying it needs a boot disk in the floppy drive to boot from. Possibly. Or not. You should bear in mind the fact that I don't use a mac and therefore don't actually know what I'm talking about. So if it were me, I'd go for the lump hammer.

Anxiety said:

so that's what i keep smellin...

have you tried putting it in safe mode then restoring it with the discs.
i had to do that with mine

AsylumUtopia said:

There's nothing in the floppy drive.

Ace said:

Maybe it wants a boot disk ?

Anxiety said:

whats a chocolate starfish?

cinnamonjo said:

Haha!!

It's a butthole.

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

ooooohh....

It happens all the time.

Most feel that a computer is supposed to last you a long ass time. But I can tell you...if you use it frequently for whatever...figure on upgrading or getting a new one every 2 years.

Most of the time it's your hard drive and not your pooter (aka the mother board). Or it could be vice versa (which is better for you...so you didn't lose anything). But oft times it's just an old HD that is maxed out...which will cause your pooter not to boot.

I am willing to bet you can fix it. At least it's starting up...but not booting all the way.

You know any computer geeks?

Ace said:

You can always try kicking 9s in the ass. It may not help but it's a good frustration release