Help! Computer won't boot up

t&mwol · 05-14-2008, 05:04 PM

Hi there
A couple of days ago my computer just conked out on me! It just turned itself off. Now it won't turn on at all. I tried several times, but each time, windows starts loading, then, a screen comes up with four options for me to start, such as 'start in safe mode' etc. I have tried starting up with these four options, and none of them worked. Each time the blue screen flashed up for about half a second before the computer went off again.
Any ideas what could be causing this problem? Any ideas if it could be fixed? and if so how?
I was wondering if it is a hard drive problem. Does it sound like this?
Is it possible to swap the back up harddrive with the main harddrive, so that the backup can run as the main hardrive and would this fix the problem? If so how do u do this?

Any suggestions welcome
Thanks

royalmarine · 05-14-2008, 05:40 PM

its a BSOD or "blue screen of death"

its nothing to really worry about. but it might be a faulty component.

did you make any changes in windows when this started happening?

t&mwol · 05-14-2008, 08:14 PM

nope, was just typing a word document at the time, and going on the internet. Any ideas on what to do? can i fix it or is it time to buy a new computer?

t&mwol · 05-18-2008, 06:18 PM

Hi there, does anyone know how to swap harddrives over? i suspect there is a problem with the hard drive, as the light does not come on and it makes no noise. I have a slave hard drive, so how do i swap the jumpers over so that the slave is now the main hard drive, and run the main hard drive as the slave hard drive?

oscaryu1 · 05-18-2008, 08:11 PM

Take out one stick of RAM at a time. I doubt it is the HDD. If you're loading SOMETHING off of it, that usually means it works.

t&mwol · 05-18-2008, 08:46 PM

ah! even if it won't load windows all the way? great! so do u think i will be able to fix it?

05-14-2008, 05:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	Help! Computer won't boot up Hi there A couple of days ago my computer just conked out on me! It just turned itself off. Now it won't turn on at all. I tried several times, but each time, windows starts loading, then, a screen comes up with four options for me to start, such as 'start in safe mode' etc. I have tried starting up with these four options, and none of them worked. Each time the blue screen flashed up for about half a second before the computer went off again. Any ideas what could be causing this problem? Any ideas if it could be fixed? and if so how? I was wondering if it is a hard drive problem. Does it sound like this? Is it possible to swap the back up harddrive with the main harddrive, so that the backup can run as the main hardrive and would this fix the problem? If so how do u do this? Any suggestions welcome Thanks Last edited by t&mwol; 05-15-2008 at 08:12 PM.

05-14-2008, 05:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	its a BSOD or "blue screen of death" its nothing to really worry about. but it might be a faulty component. did you make any changes in windows when this started happening? __________________ want to download your favourite movies and tv shows and so much more? come join our forum and get them all for free! http://www.rapidfind.org/upload/regi...errerid=100905

05-18-2008, 08:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 9,694	Take out one stick of RAM at a time. I doubt it is the HDD. If you're loading SOMETHING off of it, that usually means it works. __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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05-14-2008, 08:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	nope, was just typing a word document at the time, and going on the internet. Any ideas on what to do? can i fix it or is it time to buy a new computer?

05-18-2008, 06:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	Hi there, does anyone know how to swap harddrives over? i suspect there is a problem with the hard drive, as the light does not come on and it makes no noise. I have a slave hard drive, so how do i swap the jumpers over so that the slave is now the main hard drive, and run the main hard drive as the slave hard drive?

05-18-2008, 08:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	ah! even if it won't load windows all the way? great! so do u think i will be able to fix it?