please help before i throw my pc in the bin!

banger9365

duff psu,shows the same faults

chardonnay_2

loaner i originally typed it all in one line exactly as you typed with the spaces and it came up with error message i posted in my previous post

chardonnay_2

banger9365 wrote: »

duff psu,shows the same faults

i take it psu stands for power supply unit how do i check if it is duff?

chardonnay_2

loaner wrote: »

it is all one one line with spaces between the 3 words/filenames.

copySPACEc:\windows\repair\softwareSPACEc:\windows\system32\config\software

if it says one file copied, remove CD, and try a reboot.

reboot shows samw system 32 error

chardonnay_2

loaner wrote: »

cd \windows\repair
dir
dir /ah

does it come up with a file called software?

i take it i type these one at a time pressing enter after each one?

chardonnay_2

loaner wrote: »

did it copy the file or not?

one at a time

if you don't have any data on this pc, a reinstall might be easier.

after the second input (dir) it comes up with the volume in drive c has no label

then directory of c:\windows\repair

and shows 12 files one of which is software

the third command dir /ah it comes up with no matching files were found

banger9365

right ,your pc has just started to do this,the symptoms :-
overheating
corrupt windows
cpu fault
ram fault
hard drive fault
all happen with in a few min or a few hours of been turned on ,yes or no

chardonnay_2

date of software 07/15/08

chardonnay_2

loaner wrote: »

what is the date on the software file?

do the copy command, then

dir c:\windows\repair\software
dir c:\windows\system32\config\software

check it is the same size and time

it still has the command prompt c:\windows\repair>

chardonnay_2

banger9365 wrote: »

right ,your pc has just started to do this,the symptoms :-
overheating
corrupt windows
cpu fault
ram fault
hard drive fault
all happen with in a few min or a few hours of been turned on ,yes or no

no reinstalled it on tuesday, worked for 8 hours then i turned it off. next day on all day from 12pm till 10 pm when it crashed