Ok, my computer is being stupid.
We had a big storm last night, and so I was working on getting the computer powered down before the power went out...well I took too long and we had an outage.
Later in the evening when the storm passed I turned on my computer to find that it went to the screen asking if I wanted to start the computer normally or do a repair something or other.
So if I say start normally, it loads forever and never stops. If I say repair, it goes to a blue screen telling me that there may be some malfunction on the computer and tells me to do a virus check or a check disk.
So I can't seem to get the computer to do anything, heck it won't even load Safe Mode so I can check disk or anything. Any suggestions for those of you who may have experienced this?
I don't really have the money to get it repaired so I'm hoping I can figure out a way to fix this.
Thanks in advance.
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If you've got some extra compatible RAM lying around, you could try changing that as a possible solution. Might be worth a shot.
I'm hoping I can avoid a full on wipe out and restore too, as there are things on my computer I don't want to lose.
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During electrical storms, or if power goes out suddenly, I always physically unplug my powerbars from the wall. The only equipment I trust to protect computer equipment is a fully functional good-quality UPS, but there is one power strip: Tripp Lite IsoBars.
(seriously, I've no idea why anyone ever thinks computer problems can be solved without, y'know, writing down the error codes. They're there for a reason! Just tell us what the code is!)
Also, it would be good if you told us what you were doing when the power cut. Busy waiting at the Windows Is Shutting Down stage?