Tired of constantly reinstalling windows!

irishluck

irishluck

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This is prolly the 6th time this year im going to have to do this.

Came home from school today to find my laptop off upon startup as soon as i o
Login after a couple minutes it starts freezing. Cant boot to safe mode. Cant get into bios. Cant into the startup menu. Nothing.

As soon as im able to get logged in i try to start a virus scan. Runs for 30 seconds and freezes. Why does this keep happening?

Running a hp laptop. Idk the model right now cause i cant even get into the damn thing!
 
the "plow and pave" method of fixing windows is not my first choice.if this a recurring problem?if not list the other reasons for the reinstall,and as voyagerfan states check out your hdd.the last 2 os i had (xp,and 7)ran for years without reinstalls.no reason for yours not to as well.
 
Defaulting to a reinstallation is not the same as actually troubleshooting the underlying issue.

If you remove the hard drive, can you boot into bios? That's the most common failed component on a laptop that isn't treated gently.
 
I should prolly add that i have to hard drives. The OS is on a 120 ssd and data on a 750 hdd.

I tried to reinstall windows on the ssd and cant even do that.
 
irishluck said:
I tried to reinstall windows on the ssd and cant even do that.
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Error messages? What exactly is happening when you install?

Disconnect the second drive while attempting to install windows to the ssd and see if it helps.
 
I already removed the 2nd hdd from the laptop.

No errors. When i install windows again it goes to the page where it actually installs the files (showing the % that has completed) and then just stops. It just stays at 0 with the 3 little dots that move to the right of the number. Those dots kept moving but the percentage stayed at 0. I started that at like 11pm last night. Was still like that this morning. Not a single percent moved on the installation files.
 
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You can get a new 256GB SSD for the price you would have paid for a 120GB a year or two ago.
 
Well i just remembered that i have a 750gb wd black 7200rpm hdd in my old broke laptop. Gona swap the ssd with thatone and hope it works. Then ill buy a new ssd here in a couple weeks.
 
My computer is fine I can assure you.
8gb of ddr3 memory
intel I5 processor.
17" screen.


I just tested my old ssd and its showing 100% healthy.
Uploaded a PNG file of the test if that would help
 

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irishluck said:
Hardware wise, my computer is fine.
Besides the harddrive its self.

New one seems to be working great.
Just not sure why my old one tested good with no issues.
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Sometimes tests don't always pick up the errors. If your OS is always under-performing or not working properly even after lots of reinstalls you can usually be sure it's a hardware issue, typically HDD or RAM (or a bad overclock).
 
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