Posted: 7/8/2016 3:36:58 PM EDT
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My laptop with Windows ten is not booting up. Tried f8 ...still can't get in.
It's at the Dell start up screen with the little circle thing spinning forever. No CD or DVD drive to reinstall even if I had the software. Wise asses gtfo. |
Sounds like a hardware failure. Windows will lock up waiting on failed hardware. Try taking the battery out for a few minutes and then reinstall and restart. If that doesn't work then you will have to pay the Indian guy.
P.S. If it was a desktop then I would suggest changing the motherboard battery, but Laptops are much more delicate and harder to get into. You will probably end up paying the Indian guy.
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Which Dell is it? Was it working before on Win10? What was the most significant change you can think of between the last time it worked and now? Can you get to recovery with F12? Can you hit ctrl+alt+d to run the Dell Diags? about 1 year old. Was working 100% but froze up and task mgr wouldnt come on. So I repowered. It tried an automatic repair but failed. I do have data on this fucker I need to get off before a reinstall. |
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about 1 year old. Was working 100% but froze up and task mgr wouldnt come on. So I repowered. It tried an automatic repair but failed. I do have data on this fucker I need to get off before a reinstall. Quoted:
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Which Dell is it? Was it working before on Win10? What was the most significant change you can think of between the last time it worked and now? Can you get to recovery with F12? Can you hit ctrl+alt+d to run the Dell Diags? about 1 year old. Was working 100% but froze up and task mgr wouldnt come on. So I repowered. It tried an automatic repair but failed. I do have data on this fucker I need to get off before a reinstall. You can get a thumb drive and load ubuntu on it to boot from and copy your data to an external USB drive, possibly the same thumb drive you're booting to. How long have you let it sit spinning? |
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Does it have a removable battery? If so, unplug it from AC power, flip it over, take the battery out, flip it back over, open the lid and hold the power button down for 30 seconds. Put the battery back in, plug it in and try booting it. If it still won't boot let Startup Repair run at least 3 times, then run hardware diagnostics on it. |
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about 1 year old. Was working 100% but froze up and task mgr wouldnt come on. So I repowered. It tried an automatic repair but failed. I do have data on this fucker I need to get off before a reinstall. Quoted:
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Which Dell is it? Was it working before on Win10? What was the most significant change you can think of between the last time it worked and now? Can you get to recovery with F12? Can you hit ctrl+alt+d to run the Dell Diags? about 1 year old. Was working 100% but froze up and task mgr wouldnt come on. So I repowered. It tried an automatic repair but failed. I do have data on this fucker I need to get off before a reinstall. I would pull the drive, connect it to another PC, pull the data, then force a reformat. |
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Quoted: I would pull the drive, connect it to another PC, pull the data, then force a reformat. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Which Dell is it? Was it working before on Win10? What was the most significant change you can think of between the last time it worked and now? Can you get to recovery with F12? Can you hit ctrl+alt+d to run the Dell Diags? about 1 year old. Was working 100% but froze up and task mgr wouldnt come on. So I repowered. It tried an automatic repair but failed. I do have data on this fucker I need to get off before a reinstall. I would pull the drive, connect it to another PC, pull the data, then force a reformat. |
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BTW, connecting your drive to another PC, this is the easiest way. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468020727&sr=8-1&keywords=sabrent+usb+3.0+to+sata+ide+adapter
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BTW, connecting your drive to another PC, this is the easiest way. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468020727&sr=8-1&keywords=sabrent+usb+3.0+to+sata+ide+adapter Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? |
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Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? Quoted:
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BTW, connecting your drive to another PC, this is the easiest way. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468020727&sr=8-1&keywords=sabrent+usb+3.0+to+sata+ide+adapter Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? If the drive is otherwise functional? Almost certainly. |
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Quoted: If the drive is otherwise functional? Almost certainly. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: BTW, connecting your drive to another PC, this is the easiest way. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468020727&sr=8-1&keywords=sabrent+usb+3.0+to+sata+ide+adapter Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? If the drive is otherwise functional? Almost certainly. |
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Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? Quoted:
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BTW, connecting your drive to another PC, this is the easiest way. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468020727&sr=8-1&keywords=sabrent+usb+3.0+to+sata+ide+adapter Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? Pretty much all Windows file systems are NTFS after XP. So yes, it would be readable, but just connecting the drive, even if it was FAT32, I'm pretty sure Win10 would be fine. Its booting to another file system that would be the issue. Edit: I should add, the drive has to be able to spin up if its mechanical. If its mechanical and doesn't spin, all is still not lost, but it gets wildly expensive in that case. Cost me $800.00 a few years back for a dead drive salvage. |
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BTW, connecting your drive to another PC, this is the easiest way. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468020727&sr=8-1&keywords=sabrent+usb+3.0+to+sata+ide+adapter Assuming the drive works, will the win10 file system and files be readable on another win10 machine? If the drive is otherwise functional? Almost certainly. OK...ordered it. Thanks |
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Good luck, hope it works out. On a side note, get a back up drive for these situations. Like a 128GB USB3 flash drive or a 1TB USB3.0 drive. The 128 is cheap and easy. I've got both, but I have like 5 of the 128 USB3 drives as well. I have one...sometimes I'm just lazy with backups 
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Quoted: I have one...sometimes I'm just lazy with backups Quoted: Quoted: Good luck, hope it works out. On a side note, get a back up drive for these situations. Like a 128GB USB3 flash drive or a 1TB USB3.0 drive. The 128 is cheap and easy. I've got both, but I have like 5 of the 128 USB3 drives as well. I have one...sometimes I'm just lazy with backups |
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Do you have lots o' data that you need to back up like pics and vids, or just documents? Quoted:
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Good luck, hope it works out. On a side note, get a back up drive for these situations. Like a 128GB USB3 flash drive or a 1TB USB3.0 drive. The 128 is cheap and easy. I've got both, but I have like 5 of the 128 USB3 drives as well. I have one...sometimes I'm just lazy with backups Mostly cell phone pics and videos. I don't like using online services. |
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I do a system image backup after every major Windows update. Heck, a month ago I rebuilt a whole new system from ground up using Windows 7 Use Firefox Synch and your bookmarks are automatically backed up. All data like docs, pics, music, etc are on external drives and won't get lost if the main computer dies |