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we have a big problem....(laptop trouble)
10 years ago
for starters, what happened:
I was using it after I got back home from an interview, but only was able to use it for a about...20 mins or so before it suddenly froze on me. I waited it out, tried to fix the freeze but nothing worked and i had to hard shut it off. Then a weird pixelated box popped up on the left side before it shut off, and then after that when i tried turning it on, the monitor wouldnt turn on. I did the usual fixes to try and get the monitor to turn on but then when it did turn on, it would freeze at start up. Then even when I got it to the login screen, I would try logging in but it wouldn't work, it would either freeze, and/or go to a black screen, or it would blue screen.
Now it will only turn on when I leave it alone for a while, but it will still always freeze at startup...
The problem here is I have irreplaceable pictures on there...
Not to mention I have commission works in progress...
Right now I don't know what to do until I can find a way of getting my files back and then unforuntaly have to save up for a new laptop..
Concidering my laptop was my only way of income, I might have to resort to doing the stupid "Iron Artist" Challange that i freakin hated doing just to get enough money to get a working laptop..
Posting this so you guys have a heads up of what's been going on.
I at least have the Internet Explorer on Xbox and on my 3DS so I can still check small things here and there.
If you have any suggestions, let me know.\
I already tried to open it up by taking the screws out the back, but one side is stuck and won't come off, so by fear of breaking it, I stopped and just put it back.
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And please, master, invest in something to back up your files. This has happened before. You can even put everything in a zip folder and save it as a draft in an email. That's how I got most of my files back when my Dell broke years ago.
I'll even offer to help raise money with my own commissions. I know I'm not a lot of help, but I at least want to do what i can for you, sir.
1. get the pictures taken by professional computer nerds
2. what archie said...
3. invest 9 or ten bucks in colors! live
As for your data, you can recover it by taking the hard drive out of your laptop and plugging it into a fully working desktop computer. (Yes, you can plug a laptop hard drive into a desktop computer. Just shaped a bit differently to fit into a laptop.)
I'm surprised that nobody else mentioned this. But a pixelated boy? Perhaps, you acquired a nasty boot sector virus. By all means, try the F8 key approach when attempting to turn the computer on. See if you can regain any control.
Another interesting option kind of (ironically) requires access to a working PC with a CD burner. I found it a long time ago via the net. Seems this guy reverse engineered Windows so as to make it possible to totally boot the OS from a CD drive. The purpose of this is to have a non-corrupt OS operating on the supposedly broken PC, so as to have access to the HDD and both diagnose what is going on AND recover any important files to a back up medium. (CD/card/net) But, like I said, you need a working PC to download to, gather copyrighted material from and build the darn thing with, first. Very useful tool to have and something that M$ should have created, themselves.