renosaurus
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Hi guys,
so I'm at a loss here. I know a little about computers but this is way over my head.
recently my pc wouldn't shut down. after some time, I ended it's suffering by shutting the power.
two weeks or so later my pc suddenly freezes midsession, out of nowhere. I restart my pc, and it works again. however in the following days it takes up to 6 reboots to get my pc working, otherwise it would freeze, and I have to hit the reset button.
at this moment, my pc isn't working at all! it starts windows, but either freezes at the windows welcome page, or 10 seconds after my desktop appears.
now, I've tried installing windows at another hd, but the same problem. somtimes my screen freezes, then my monitor goes black only to reapear in a second. then my desktop works again, if I'm lucky, for a second or 2. then freezes again.
sometimes windows will even force a reboot, but not always.
I would format my HD, were it not that I have important files on there which I really need to recover.
I'm running windows xp, (i've seen the BSOD in XP(once), for the first time in the 7-8 years I have this pc). Somtimes I get a message from windows telling me my system has recovered from a serious error, but usually my monitor just freezes again after. I've made it myself, but I have no idea what video card is in there right now. I have a 500 gb HD, which isn't even half full. I did not instal any updates whatsoever recently. not even system recovery or safe mode work right now.
I've tried probably every option available after hitting F8, from resetting a directory (can't remember which one) to letting windows search for errors, but no error where found.
I'm desperate, but I need those files!
Can anyone please help?
thanks,
Reno
so I'm at a loss here. I know a little about computers but this is way over my head.
recently my pc wouldn't shut down. after some time, I ended it's suffering by shutting the power.
two weeks or so later my pc suddenly freezes midsession, out of nowhere. I restart my pc, and it works again. however in the following days it takes up to 6 reboots to get my pc working, otherwise it would freeze, and I have to hit the reset button.
at this moment, my pc isn't working at all! it starts windows, but either freezes at the windows welcome page, or 10 seconds after my desktop appears.
now, I've tried installing windows at another hd, but the same problem. somtimes my screen freezes, then my monitor goes black only to reapear in a second. then my desktop works again, if I'm lucky, for a second or 2. then freezes again.
sometimes windows will even force a reboot, but not always.
I would format my HD, were it not that I have important files on there which I really need to recover.
I'm running windows xp, (i've seen the BSOD in XP(once), for the first time in the 7-8 years I have this pc). Somtimes I get a message from windows telling me my system has recovered from a serious error, but usually my monitor just freezes again after. I've made it myself, but I have no idea what video card is in there right now. I have a 500 gb HD, which isn't even half full. I did not instal any updates whatsoever recently. not even system recovery or safe mode work right now.
I've tried probably every option available after hitting F8, from resetting a directory (can't remember which one) to letting windows search for errors, but no error where found.
I'm desperate, but I need those files!
Can anyone please help?
thanks,
Reno