Reboot - Again

richlevy · 07-20-2004, 08:17 PM

Well, it finally happened to my new computer. I have been using a laptop as the family computer for over a year after a card in my desktop got fried. The desktop worked long enough for me to spend a few hours reloading software and died.

The laptop was working fine until yesterday. My sons reported a problem. The machine would boot, flash a blue screen for a tenth of a second, and go into the failed boot menu.

I tried last known good and safe modes with the same result. Either I had a bad sector on a critical portion of the drive or a virus.

I run two firewalls and updated antivirus. Unfortunately, I have a son who might be willing to ignore warnings when something on the Internet tries to initiate a download.

I'm not really sure if this was the case or not.

I reinstalled the manufacturer software, which reformatted the drive. I lost pictures, but I have backups on disk marked to June 2004 so I hope my plastic forks pictures made it, along with my son's graduation.

I have already reinstalled antivirus and firewalls, and am working to reinstall applications software.

07-20-2004, 08:17 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Reboot - Again Well, it finally happened to my new computer. I have been using a laptop as the family computer for over a year after a card in my desktop got fried. The desktop worked long enough for me to spend a few hours reloading software and died. The laptop was working fine until yesterday. My sons reported a problem. The machine would boot, flash a blue screen for a tenth of a second, and go into the failed boot menu. I tried last known good and safe modes with the same result. Either I had a bad sector on a critical portion of the drive or a virus. I run two firewalls and updated antivirus. Unfortunately, I have a son who might be willing to ignore warnings when something on the Internet tries to initiate a download. I'm not really sure if this was the case or not. I reinstalled the manufacturer software, which reformatted the drive. I lost pictures, but I have backups on disk marked to June 2004 so I hope my plastic forks pictures made it, along with my son's graduation. I have already reinstalled antivirus and firewalls, and am working to reinstall applications software. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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