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| Thread ID: 66923 | 2006-03-11 14:28:00 | Help for my new PC | onslow (9962) | Press F1 |
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| 437458 | 2006-03-11 14:28:00 | Hi, I have recently bought a 2nd hand PC off a friend from work . I have only had it about two weeks, and things have gone seriously wrong with it . I paid him £250 for it, it is a good PC, 1024MB of RAM for example, and everything loads up instantly and is good for games too . However, things were going wrong from the beginning . Before asking for my money back, I was just wondering if any of you guys could help me . First of all, the first time I started the PC, the blue check disk screen started, I thought he may have just turned the PC off without logging off first . After about 15 mins the computer just resets on its own . This happened a few times and then it stopped . I installed my spyware and virus checkers and there was tons of spyware and virus on the computer, I removed it all and things were OK for a couple of days, then it just started resetting without warning, without any warning . I configured the machine to not automatically restart after a crash and this enabled the Blue screen of death to show its ugly face! The problem reported was a 'Driver not or less equal' . I've tried fidning a solution for this, but frankly, the problem could have been anything, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack! The Trouble shooter and help and support center will not load on the computer, and I booted it one day and the internet connections has dissappeared from the network connections folder! Something really up with this is my worry . Then went to start it today and once it gets to the Windows XP loading sign, the computer freeezes and will not boot up . Or if it gets to the user logon, it will say something like ''registry error, windows does not have the security rights to load windows , cannot flush something, I/O unrecoverable error etc . . . '' So now I cannot even log onto the blasted thing! What I was thinking is that obviously this computer has not been looked after in any way, but it is a very decent computer for the money if it works lol (far better than the one I am using now!) . 1 . So if he could find the reset to factory settings cd, could I perform this and start from scratch- would this solve the computer's problems? 2 . By resetting it to factory settings, what will be on it, absolutely nothing? 3 . If nothing, I'm worried that if I purchase a new Windows XP installation and it does not fix the computer, I'm going to be even more out of pocket!! Any help or advice would be great thanks, because I'm pulling my hair out over this!! Thanks John . |
onslow (9962) | ||
| 437459 | 2006-03-11 17:24:00 | We'll see if u have any spyware first. Get hijackthis (www.merijn.org) from here (www.spywareinfo.com) Unzip this file first, then run it, then click on scan and save a log. Copy and paste the log here. Then, if there's nothing nasty in the log, we'll try and figure out what else is wrong with it. Can you boot into safe mode?? Or get into safe mode? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 437460 | 2006-03-12 11:58:00 | Hi No the computer will not start at all, not even into safe mode! Just want to know what will be on the computer if I reset it to factory settings, and will it get rid of the problem if I then reinstall XP from scratch. Thanks John. |
onslow (9962) | ||
| 437461 | 2006-03-12 18:25:00 | Welcome to PF1. If you use the manufacturer's Cd, all that will be there will be the OS and any programs on the CD. Any programs added by the seller or yourself will be lost, as will any data you may have stored that is not on a separate disk. It will be as it was when originally delivered. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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