anyone please help computer prob

supersally

evry time i try to power up my computer i get a message saying
sorry for the inconvenience but windows did not start up properly bla bla bla and then i get a blue screen eventually saying disc check needs to be performed i let it run but it happens evry time i power up the computer somebody please help its really getting annoying the pc shop in my area charges too much lol so would rather fix it myself

AlexGreen_2

supersally wrote: »

evry time i try to power up my computer i get a message saying
sorry for the inconvenience but windows did not start up properly bla bla bla and then i get a blue screen eventually saying disc check needs to be performed i let it run but it happens evry time i power up the computer somebody please help its really getting annoying the pc shop in my area charges too much lol so would rather fix it myself

Sorry, bad news I think. Most probably your hard drive has gone. You'll have to buy another one and install all your software and data. But looks like you'll have lost all the data as well., unless it was backed up.

However, before buying a new hard drive (around £40 - £50) I would try and install Windows again but you must have the original disks.

Good luck

Blacksheep1979

bla bla bla isn't very helpful, if you print the actual error message you may get a better response it could be the disk but also could be gfx card, memory, motherboard, psu infact almost anything.

GreenNotM

supersally wrote: »

:cool:IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE THAT YOU TRIED:cool:

I hope your computer is not following the advice in your signature ......:eek:



Is the message did not "shut down" properly ??
Can you safe boot press F8 etc > as said - the message is there to help

superscaper

Last time I had similar problems (not too long ago infact, BSOD, reboots, checkdisk runs etc) I think it was down to some corrupted drivers. System restore seemed to fix it in my case. Not saying that's your problem but just to emphasise what Blacksheep said that it could be practically anything, even just software related.

350nutter

As said above it could be a lot of things, but ofter it is caused by the HDD starting to die. For peace of mind I would back up anything of importance on the machine next time you have it running.

Cricri

It could also simply be that scandisk is wrongly fired up at each boot instead of on demand, e.g. because after running it is not flagged as having running and not having to be run on next boot.
I'd start by downloading a program called Autoruns, run it, and disable scandisk in the boot section and see if the PC boots fine this way.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

supersally

hmm well ive had the mother board changed recently and since then ive been getting this problem allso i get message evrytime saying this copy of windows isnt genuine it just pops up how do i get rid of that i know nothing about fixing computers think ill have to take it to someone who knows wat they are doing

350nutter

Hmm, it appears that you're running a pirate version of Windows. I'd be chasing the shop you originally bought the machine from to find out why it's not a genuine copy and for them to do something about it.

superscaper

350nutter wrote: »

Hmm, it appears that you're running a pirate version of Windows. I'd be chasing the shop you originally bought the machine from to find out why it's not a genuine copy and for them to do something about it.

Or if the motherboard has changed it's could still be genuine but reached its hardware change limit for activations. A simple phone call to microsoft by going through the activation procedure should sort it.

GreenNotM

Agree with Superscaper - changing too many components in a computer will up set the MS validation checking - just make the call to MS - tell them you had to change the MB - may be an issue if its OEM s/w with the MB - but just tell MS the processor everything else is the same -

nothing to worry about they get 1000's calls a day ...